To evaluate the method of immediate postpartum IUD (ppIUD) insertion (manual versus ring forceps) and expulsion rate within 6-weeks postpartum....
We performed a retrospective cohort study of patients who had a singleton vaginal delivery and an immediate ppIUD inserted at Rush University from January 2014 to September 2023. The primary outcome w...
Two hundred nineteen patients met eligibility with 117 immediate ppIUDs inserted manually and 102 inserted with ring forceps. Baseline maternal demographics were similar across study groups. After adj...
In this retrospective analysis, insertion of immediate ppIUD with ring forceps was independently associated with an increased rate of expulsion within 6 weeks postpartum when compared to manual insert...
In this setting, ring forceps was associated with high rates of immediate postpartum IUD expulsion compared to manual technique. Studies disagree, suggesting need for additional work....
Access site complications remain common following atrial fibrillation (AF) catheter ablation. Femoral vascular closure devices (VCDs) reduce time to hemostasis compared with manual compression, althou...
Two cohorts of patients undergoing AF ablation were identified from 36 healthcare organizations using a global federated research network (TriNetX): those receiving a VCD for femoral hemostasis, and t...
After PSM, 28 872 patients were included (14 436 in each cohort). The primary composite outcome occurred less frequently in the VCD cohort during early (1.97% vs. 2.60%, odds ratio (OR) 0.76, 95% conf...
Following AF ablation, femoral venous hemostasis with a VCD was associated with reduced complications compared with hemostasis without a VCD....
Many devices are used for dissection and hemostasis during reduction mammoplasty. While one of the most common methods is monopolar electrocautery, tissue damage due to thermal spread remains a contro...
Sixty-eight patients were evaluated in a matched pair design, with random (blinded) assignment of 34 patients with conventional monopolar electrocautery (Group A) and 34 patients with plasmakinetic ca...
The groups were comparable in terms of age, body mass index (BMI), comorbidities, and medications (p > 0.05). The mean age of the patients were 38.50 ± 9.14 years in group A and 37.54 ± 8.17 in group ...
The study findings indicate that the main advantage of plasmakinetic cautery in reduction mammoplasty was a decrease in drainage volume when compared with monopolar electrocautery....
Despite the high prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD) among the elderly population, the rate of treatment is low due to stigmas and barriers to medical access. Wearable devices such as smartp...
The current cohort study recruited a subsample of 685 elderly people from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study-Cardiovascular Disease Association Study, a national large cohort established in 2004...
This study protocol has been reviewed and approved by the Yonsei University Mirae Campus Institutional Review Board (1041849-2 02 111 SB-180-06) in South Korea. All participants provided written infor...
Intravascular imaging, especially optical coherence tomography (OCT), has significantly improved percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), yet its routine clinical application faces challenges. This c...
In this case series, we included all patients who underwent intracoronary HF-OCT imaging at our center. The primary endpoint was image quality assessed by clear image length (CIL). Image quality was a...
Twenty-four HF-OCT runs from 14 patients were included. No significant differences in CIL were observed across lesion severity terciles (...
The Gentuity® HF-OCT is a new OCT device capable of navigating both small- and large-diameter vessels, with similar image quality, but vessel tortuosity seems to have an impact on image quality. It ap...
Several repair strategies emerged as possible treatment for severe mitral regurgitation (MR). A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to compare the different percutaneous mitral valve rep...
PubMed and Scopus electronic databases were scanned for eligible studies until December 11th, 2023. Clinical efficacy endpoints were all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events, and post-...
Eleven studies were included: 8 [N = 1662 patients, mean follow-up (FUP) 294 days] compared MitraClip® vs Pascal® device, 2 (N = 195 patients) MitraClip® vs Carillon® and 1 study (N = 186 patients) ev...
Pascal® is as safe and clinically effective as MitraClip® in treating patients with MR, with an apparent greater reduction in the magnitude of residual valve insufficiency over the long term. Data on ...
Recently, a novel method for the growth inhibition of malaria parasites using microwaves was proposed. However, the apparatuses used to demonstrate this method are high-cost and immovable, hindering t...
Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders represent a significant burden to society and can be unpleasant for the affected individuals. Physical activity (PA) can prevent MSK disorders while conferring other he...
PA at different intensity levels, standing, and sedentary behavior were measured with a hip-worn accelerometer in a cohort of 422 young adult Finnish men aged 26 years on average. The incidences of th...
PA, standing, and sedentary times were not significantly associated with the incidence of perceived MSK pain during the last month, except for lumbago pain. Lumbago pain was slightly more probable if ...
There were neither positive nor negative clinically meaningful associations between PA and recent MSK disorders among young adult men. The result is surprising and requires further confirmation....
Oscillating Water Column (OWC) systems harness wave energy using a partially submerged chamber with an underwater opening. The Savonius turbine, a vertical-axis wind turbine, is well-suited for this p...
