Here, we report the case of a 30-year-old female patient who underwent coil embolization for unruptured splenic artery aneurysm without any complication at 26 weeks of pregnancy with reduction in fetal radiation exposure. The patient did not suffer from rupture of splenic artery aneurysm during or after procedure. Pregnancy is a risk factor of…[Read more]

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Truncation of the PTV margin along the CW resulted in a marked reduction of CW toxicity for tumors in close proximity to the CW, with only a 2.8% rate of grade 1 to 2 CW toxicity. Despite PTV reduction, there was no appreciable increase in local failures. A multi-institutional validation of this technique is needed before general…[Read more]

Biomaterial with the dual-functions of bone regeneration and antibacterial is a novel therapy for infective bone defects. Three-dimensional (3D)-printed porous titanium (pTi) benefits bone ingrowth, but its microporous structure conducive to bacteria reproduction. Herein, a multifunctional hydrogel was prepared from dynamic supramolecular assembly…[Read more]

This study shows that ACE is an excellent tracer for evaluating sewer exfiltration to groundwater. In addition, it is important to obtain data on sewage tracers under normal condition as part of preparations for large-scale earthquakes.Groundwater plays an important role in the economic development of the Chaco-Pampean Plain (Argentina), where…[Read more]

Such measures should be addressed in a cooperative way, with efforts from multiple disciplines and with consensus among doctors, veterinary surgeons, and environment professionals. A revision of the mechanism of colistin action, resistance, animal and human use, as well as colistin susceptibility evaluation is debated here.Toll-like receptor 3…[Read more]

0% vs 13.2%; P < .05). No graft loss occurred in the drain group.

Prophylactic drainage after pancreas transplant may be helpful for reduction in the infection rate after reoperation. The risks of drain placement should be weighed against those of drain avoidance.

Prophylactic drainage after pancreas transplant may be helpful for…[Read more]

We not only reproduce the pandemic progression faithfully in New Zealand and Italy but also show the tradeoffs produced by differing control actions.Opioid use disorder and overdose deaths is a public health crisis in the United States, and there is increasing recognition that its etiology is rooted in part by social determinants such as poverty,…[Read more]

This study aimed to examine the health service use and healthcare costs of adults with anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) in Taiwan.

AN and BN cases between 2002-2013 were extracted from a national health insurance database. For each AN and BN case, we randomly selected 10 controls with no eating disorder, matched for sex, age,…[Read more]

Mucinous tubular and spindle cell carcinoma (MTSCC) of the kidney is a rare and polymorphic tumor, which has been previously considered to be a low-grade malignancy, predominantly occurring in women. To the best of our knowledge, MTSCC with bladder metastasis has never been reported. The current study presents five adult cases of MTSCC that…[Read more]