13473 papers
This case report highlights the devastating psychological impact on families when cyclopia is undiagnosed until delivery due to inadequate antenatal care and provider training, underscoring the urgent need for improved prenatal screening, specialized provider education, and compassionate support systems to address recurrence risks and facilitate emotional preparation.
This propensity-score-matched retrospective study suggests that performing pre-labor amniotomy after balloon induction accelerates delivery and increases the likelihood of vaginal birth within 24 hours without significantly increasing the risk of confirmed chorioamnionitis, although it is associated with a higher rate of intrapartum fever.
This scoping review of 11 studies published between 2015 and 2026 concludes that while ultrasound-assisted anatomy teaching in preclinical medical education effectively enhances student engagement, confidence, and short-term understanding through diverse models like hands-on and blended learning, current evidence regarding long-term retention and clinical transfer remains limited and inconsistent, highlighting a need for standardized, longitudinal, multi-institutional research.
This study developed and validated a non-invasive three-marker urine DNA methylation assay that, when combined with multiparametric MRI, significantly improves the sensitivity for detecting clinically significant prostate cancer compared to MRI alone, offering a promising tool for refining pre-biopsy risk stratification.
This single-center retrospective study of 101 NSCLC patients found that higher clinical T stage and complex hilar anatomy (specifically pulmonary artery and bronchial relationships) on preoperative CT are key predictors of conversion from VATS to thoracotomy following neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy, a conversion that increases operative time and blood loss but should be viewed as a safety strategy rather than surgical failure.
This analytical cross-sectional study conducted in Damascus, Syria, reveals that despite a strong preference for medical treatment, nearly 60% of dental abscess patients delay seeking professional care due to misconceptions, fear, and financial constraints, with higher educational levels identified as the sole independent predictor of appropriate health-seeking behavior.
This retrospective two-center study demonstrates that a clinical-spatiotemporal radiomics model integrating longitudinal intratumoral and peritumoral MRI features with clinicopathologic factors significantly improves the preoperative prediction of pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
This prospective case series identifies a previously overlooked anatomical region, the right posterior carotid sheath channel, as a site of lymph node metastasis in 12.1% of papillary thyroid carcinoma patients, suggesting it may represent a distinct lymphatic pathway that warrants further investigation before routine surgical dissection is recommended.
This retrospective study of 164 knees with early-stage osteoarthritis identifies shallow medial tibial plateau depth as an independent predictor of medial meniscus posterior root tears, alongside increasing age and higher BMI, even after adjusting for coronal alignment and medial posterior tibial slope.
This study employed a novel Living Labs participatory approach to co-design a nutritional prehabilitation intervention for head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy, resulting in three user-centered solutions aimed at overcoming barriers to treatment readiness and improving wellbeing.