The role of surgery in recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains a controversial topic. The goal of this study was to perform a case control analysis including time to tumor recurrence as an add...
Our brain tumor database was reviewed over a 10-year period for all adult (≥18 years old) patients with primary isocitrate dehydrogenase wildtype GBM who received surgery for recurrent disease. These ...
A total of 174 adult patients with GBM were included in the study, 87 patients who received surgery for recurrent GBM (surgery cohort) and 87 patients who did not receive surgery for recurrent GBM (no...
Surgery for recurrent GBM leads to improved survival independent of age, Karnofsky Performance Scale, and time to tumor recurrence. Patients with time to tumor recurrence >6 months benefit most from a...
Graft infections are one of the most serious complications in vascular surgery, with high mortality rates. Few studies addressed risk factors associated with a higher susceptibility to infection. The ...
We designed a retrospective, case-control study from patients subjected to open aortic repair between 2013 and 2019. Cases of AGI were defined according to the management of aortic graft infection col...
Most graft infections occurred in a late period (n = 17; 85%), after a median interval of 13.5 months interquartile range (IQR 1.5-36). Gram-negative bacteria were most frequently isolated in infected...
The risk of AGI seems to be higher in patients with concurrent malignancy, alcohol abuse or prolonged hospital stays. Strategies to mitigate this complication in these patients are of utmost importanc...
Birth asphyxia is of significant concern because it impacts newborn health from low to severe levels. In Thailand, birth asphyxia remains a leading cause of delayed developmental health in children un...
A case-control design was conducted on a sample of 4256 intrapartum chart records. The samples were selected based on their Apgar scores in the first minute of life. A low Apgar score (≤ 7) was chosen...
The odds of birth asphyxia increases in the university and advanced hospitals but the university hospitals had the highest quality of care. The advanced and secondary hospitals had average nurse work-...
Birth asphyxia problems may be resolved in the health service management offered by reducing the nurse work-hours. Excellent quality of care required the primary nursing care model combined with a tea...
Familial longevity confers advantages in terms of health, functionality, and longevity. We sought to assess potential differences in frailty and sarcopenia in older adults according to a parental hist...
Prolactinomas (prolactin-secreting adenomas) are the most common type of hormone-secreting pituitary tumor. Mounting evidence indicates that excess prolactin impairs cognitive function, but specific a...
Male infertility is a serious concern for public health, and the possible role of exposure to plasticizers such as phthalates and bisphenol A in contributing to the condition is widely debated. We hav...
Despite a multitude of theoretical views, it is still unclear how individuals develop and sustain paraphilic interests (e.g., sexual attraction to children, interest in non-consensual violence). It is...
We determined the association between Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) infection and insomnia. Through an age-and gender-matched case-control study, 577 people with insomnia (cases) and 577 people withou...
Electrochemotherapy (ECT) is a combined treatment method based on electroporation and simultaneous chemotherapy. In cases where radiotherapy has previously been used, surgery is often the only treatme...
Eleven patients with single vulvar cancer recurrence were treated with ECT and followed up for 12 months. As a control group, 15 patients with single vulvar cancer recurrence were treated with wide lo...
The probability curves for local tumor control did not differ between the ECT group and the surgical group (p = 0.694). The mean hospital stay and the mean duration of procedure were statistically sig...
In this case-control study, treatment of vulvar cancer recurrence with ECT for non-palliative purposes was comparable to surgical treatment in terms of effectiveness. The results need to be confirmed ...
Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) present various clinical and radiological oral manifestations. However, precise evaluation of the oral features associated with diffuse cutaneous SSc (dcSSc) and...
SSc patients and matched controls underwent standardized oral examination and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). Levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 4 (CXCL-4) and matrix...
Thirty-nine SSc patients and 39 controls were included. SSc patients exhibited increased PDL surface, higher number of missing teeth as well as elevated IL-6, MMP-9 and CXCL-4 levels. Reduced mouth op...
SSc is associated with PDL space widening, impaired oral health and OHRQoL....
