2026 July - 217 articles
Background and Objectives: Radial nerve palsy is one of the most clinically important neurological complications associated with humeral shaft fractures. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of radial nerve palsy in adult humeral shaft fracture...
Background and objectives: Optimal oxygen administration during delivery room resuscitation remains a major challenge in very preterm infants. While both hypoxemia and excessive oxygen exposure have been associated with adverse outcomes, the prognost...
Background and Objectives: Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized not only by its heterogeneity but also by its high relapse rate. This results in limited treatment options, especially in elderly or therapy-refractory patients. It is known tha...
Background and Objectives: Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is a clinically heterogeneous malignancy, and reliable prognostic biomarkers are still needed. Kinesin family members 4A and 4B (KIF4A and KIF4B) are mitosis-related motor proteins with potential...
Background and Objectives: Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a heterogeneous inflammatory disease of the nasal and paranasal sinus mucosa, associated with significant impairment in quality of life, frequent postoperative recurrence...
Background and Objectives: Acute heart failure (AHF) has heterogeneous clinical profiles and considerable short-term mortality. Bedside evaluation of congestion and peripheral perfusion may help identify clinically relevant risk groups. This study ai...
Background and Objectives: Persistent COVID-19 sequelae, often referred to as “long COVID”, still constitute a major global medical challenge. In particular, general fatigue is the most widely reported, serious symptom. In the framework o...
Background and Objectives: Diabetes mellitus is a major systemic modifier of oral infection, periodontal inflammation, and tissue healing. Persistent hyperglycemia may intensify oxidative stress, immune dysfunction, dysbiotic biofilm activity, and ad...
Background and Objectives: The Ankura stent graft was introduced in Europe in 2015 for the endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Evidence regarding its long-term efficacy remains limited. This study presents eight years...
Background and Objectives: Left atrial appendage (LAA) closure is a Class I recommendation in patients with atrial fibrillation to reduce the risk of cardioembolic stroke. Achieving reliable and complete LAA exclusion during minimally invasive mitral...
Background and Objectives: Accurate preoperative assessment of lymph node metastasis is essential for surgical staging and treatment planning in endometrial carcinoma. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used for local staging; however, its no...
Background and Objectives: Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) has become a central non-invasive imaging modality for the evaluation of suspected chronic coronary syndromes. Nevertheless, referral patterns and sex-related differences in r...
Background and Objectives: Risk stratification is an important tool for guiding clinical decision-making in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), yet mortality remains considerable despite contemporary therapeutic adv...
Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to use a modified lateral lumbar approach developed by the authors for single-level lumbar decompression and interbody fusion using intervertebral implants. Materials and Methods: A total of 38 pat...
Background and Objectives: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) improve survival in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), yet treatment responses vary. The potential influence of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), metformin, statins, and nonsteroid...
Background and Objectives: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a common condition among women and is frequently associated with impaired sexual function and increased sexual distress. Pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) is considered a first-line co...
Background/Objectives: Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. Open-angle glaucoma (OAG) predominates in East Asian populations, with normal-tension glaucoma accounting for the majority of cases. Although intraocula...
Background and Objectives: Ultrasound-guided sciatic and saphenous nerve blocks are widely used as analgesic alternatives for multimodal analgesia. However, how to objectively quantify the opioid- and anaesthetic-sparing effects of an additional peri...
Background and Objectives: Environmental exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) is increasingly recognized as a potential contributor to cancer-related biological variability; however, human biomonitoring data in oncology populations remai...
Background and Objectives: The prediction of difficult laryngoscopic view remains an important component of preoperative airway assessment. Conventional bedside tests are widely used, but their diagnostic performance may be limited by subjectivity an...
Background and Objectives: The method of femoral canal opening during intramedullary fixation may influence the biological response to surgery. The aim of this study was to compare the early biological responses associated with mechanical canal openi...
Background and Objectives: Renal sinus fat accumulation affects many diabetic processes, including blood pressure. The aim of this study was to find out if there is a link between the amount of fat in the renal sinus and the blood pressure that chang...
Background and Objectives: Sepsis is a life-threatening condition characterized by organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection. Blood cultures (BCs) remain the gold standard for diagnosing bloodstream infections, yet their posi...
Background and Objectives: Sarcoidosis is a multisystem inflammatory disorder associated with significant oxidative stress. This study aimed to evaluate dynamic thiol-disulfide homeostasis (TDH)-a systemic redox status indicator-in patients with sarc...
Background: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) represents the hepatic manifestation of systemic metabolic dysfunction and has become one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease worldwide. Although obesity is a maj...
Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is a distinct form of visceral adipose tissue that lies within the pericardium and directly adjacent to the myocardium. Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) exhibit excessive and metabolically active EAT, w...
Background and Objectives: Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OPSCC) is a biologically heterogeneous disease. p16 immunohistochemistry is widely used as a surrogate marker for human papillomavirus (HPV)–associated OPSCC and plays a key role...
Background and Objectives: The wrist is one of the most common sites of rheumatic disease. Based on the graded deformities of Larsen et al., surgery has been adapted to minimize harm while maximizing benefit to the individual. This study aims to surv...
Background and Objectives: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children. The standard of care has been appendectomy for many years. However, in recent years, studies investigating antibiotic therapy alone have increased rapidl...
Background and Objectives: The effects of nicotine on wound healing and flap survival remain controversial. While smoking is associated with increased flap complications, emerging evidence suggests that nicotine may exert dose- and duration-dependent...
Background and Objectives: Over recent decades, germline genetic testing has become increasingly integrated into breast cancer care, yet its precise effect on the timing of surgical workflows remains incompletely defined. This study investigates the...
Background and Objectives: This retrospective study evaluated patients with diabetes classified according to cluster-derived diabetes phenotype groups and compared their baseline metabolic characteristics, documented complication profiles, and HbA1c...
Background and Objectives: Long-standing contact between oral mucosa and restorative materials may be associated with adaptive epithelial and stromal remodeling. This study evaluated non-dysplastic epithelial plasticity in the oral mucosa adjacent to...
Background and Objectives: Medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) is a severe complication associated with antiresorptive therapy. Although several local and systemic risk factors have been documented, the role of metabolic biomarkers an...
Background and Objectives: Rhinosinusitis contributes to the development of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) by causing nasal obstruction and airway inflammation; however, the extent to which treatment improves these conditions remains unclear. To ad...
Background and Objectives: Immunosuppressive medication adherence is essential for maintaining graft function and long-term survival after liver transplantation, yet adherence may be influenced by treatment complexity, psychosocial burden, and post-t...
Background and Objectives: Advances in perinatal and neonatal care have improved survival in preterm infants, yet neurodevelopmental impairment remains a major concern. A considerable proportion of preterm infants with normal or only mildly abnormal...
Background and Objectives: Obesity is a major global public health problem associated with numerous complications. Likewise, the use of antiplatelet and anticoagulant agents has increased with population aging and the growing burden of cardiovascular...
Background and Objectives: Culture-based cervicovaginal assessment in late pregnancy may reveal bacterial and fungal findings beyond routine Group B Streptococcus (GBS) detection; however, third-trimester non-GBS findings remain insufficiently charac...
Background and Objectives: Synovial chondromatosis is a rare benign disease characterized by chondral metaplasia of the synovial membrane and the formation of intra-articular loose bodies. Although usually benign, delayed diagnosis may lead to progre...
Background and Objectives: Children with cerebral palsy (CP) are at increased risk for oral health problems, yet prospective evidence on the impact of dental rehabilitation on oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) in this population remains li...
Background and Objectives: Achieving a postoperative refractive outcome close to the target is crucial in cataract surgery, as residual refractive errors can affect visual quality and patient satisfaction. Methods: This study evaluates the relationsh...
Background and Objectives: Head and neck cancer in patients aged 40 years or younger represents a rare and heterogeneous entity with conflicting data regarding prognosis and risk factors. This study aimed to evaluate oncological outcomes and independ...
Background and Objectives: To investigate factors associated with first-trimester residual myometrial thickness (RMT) at the site of a previous cesarean section scar and to evaluate the relationship between RMT and selected pregnancy and neonatal out...
Background and Objectives: To identify factors associated with hospital admission decisions among hematologic patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) and to evaluate the incremental contribution of clinical, laboratory, and process-relat...
Background and Objectives: Endoscopic ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation (EUS-RFA) is an emerging minimally invasive therapeutic option for pancreatic and selected extra-pancreatic lesions. However, its clinical adoption is limited by heteroge...
Background and Objectives: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a key outcome in bronchiectasis, reflecting the multidimensional burden of the disease. While exacerbation frequency is known to influence patient-reported outcomes, the contributio...
Background and Objectives: This study aimed to determine whether the earliest C-reactive protein (CRP)-albumin-lymphocyte (CALLY) index at diagnosis was associated with progression to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) during follow-up in patients with...
Background and Objectives: Endoscopic beating-heart tricuspid valve (TV) surgery is increasingly adopted in cardiac surgery due to its association with improved postoperative recovery. Conventional approaches require jugular vein cannulation to estab...
Background and Objectives: Xerostomia is common among institutionalized older adults, but the relative contributions of comorbidity burden and medication-class burden remain incompletely clarified. This study evaluated their associations with Xerosto...
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