2026 August - 189 articles
Background and Objectives: Inborn errors of immunity (IEI), also referred to as primary immunodeficiencies, are chronic conditions characterized by recurrent infections and long-term treatment requirements that may adversely affect psychological well...
Background and Objectives: Olfactory dysfunction is an early non-cognitive feature of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The volumetric behavior of olfactory and related frontal structures and their link to eating disturbances remains unclear; we theref...
Background and Objectives: Facial nerve palsy (FNP) remains a clinically relevant complication after vestibular schwannoma (VS) resection. Recovery trajectories vary according to the severity of neural injury and early postoperative facial function....
Background and Objectives: Ovarian cancer remains the most lethal gynecologic malignancy, largely due to late diagnosis and the limitations of currently available diagnostic tools. Systemic inflammatory markers derived from routine blood tests have e...
Background and Objectives: Evidence regarding predictors of pathological response and long-term outcomes in older patients receiving perioperative FLOT chemotherapy for resectable gastric or gastroesophageal junction cancer remains limited. We aimed...
Background and Objectives: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterised by recurrent nodules, abscesses, sinus tract formation, and tissue remodelling. Increasing evidence suggests that oxidative stress contribut...
Background and Objectives: Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in clinical dentistry, but its diagnostic accuracy for oral mucosal lesions based on clinical photographs remains insufficiently validated. This prospective observational st...
Background and Objectives: Radical cystectomy (RC) is standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer, but the role of gynecologic organ preservation in women remains uncertain. We primarily evaluated the prevalence and predictors of pathologic...
Background and Objectives: Identification of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients presenting with a dilated cardiomyopathy phenotype is clinically important because it may influence etiologic classification, prognosis, and subsequent...
Background and Objectives: Wearable health technologies have become increasingly important in the remote management of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs); however, their successful implementation depends not only on technical performance but also on pati...
Background and Objectives: Presurgical infant orthopedics aims to reduce cleft severity and facilitate primary surgical repair during the early neonatal period, when increased tissue plasticity enhances molding. Nasoalveolar molding is widely used bu...
Background and Objectives: Topical diclofenac is recommended over oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for osteoarthritis, particularly in older adults and those with comorbidities, on the assumption that low systemic absorption limits...
Background and Objectives: The 2024 Korean medical–political conflict caused the mass resignation of trainee physicians, raising concerns about the quality of care for time-critical emergencies. This study aimed to assess the impact of workforc...
Backgroundand Objectives: Retinal microcirculation may serve as a surrogate marker of systemic vascular status and can be non-invasively assessed using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Emerging evidence suggests that retinal and choro...
Background and Objectives: Chronic non-specific neck pain (CNNP) is common among desk-based workers exposed to increased ergonomic risk and is accompanied by functional impairments. This study examined associations between exercise participation and...
Background and Objectives: Transfusion-related immunomodulation (TRIM) is a recognized immunosuppressive phenomenon whose interaction with immune checkpoint blockade remains poorly defined. We evaluated the impact of erythrocyte suspension transfusio...
Background: Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) was recognized in 2020 as a post-infectious hyperinflammatory condition occurring 2–6 weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection. While large studies from Europe and North America have des...
Nanomaterials are increasingly used in manufacturing, medicine, consumer products, and environmental technologies due to their unique physicochemical properties. Although these materials offer substantial technological and societal benefits, their wi...
Background and Objectives: Adolescent pregnancy is associated with biological, behavioral, and healthcare-related vulnerabilities that are incompletely captured by structured datasets. This study aimed to characterize selected maternal vulnerability...
Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac surgery is often managed as a transient inpatient arrhythmia, yet recurrent or silent atrial fibrillation (AF) after discharge may identify persistent atrial vulnerability. This issue is particul...
Background and Objectives: This retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the association between sagittal tibial tunnel angle and radiological and clinical outcomes following transtibial pull-out repair of medial meniscus posterior root tears. Ma...
Background and Objectives: Urinary tract infections are common in clinical practice, but in hospital settings, especially among older and catheterized patients, the microbial ecology and resistance burden may differ substantially from community-acqui...
Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the volume of dental tissue removed during conventional versus microscope-assisted coronal access cavity preparation by an undergraduate student in extracted mandibular incisors, and to...
Background and Objectives: Residual filling material may persist on the walls of oval root canals after mechanical retreatment, and the influence of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) concentration and supplementary irrigation procedures on its removal rema...
Background and Objectives: Dual-mobility cups are commonly used to reduce instability after total hip arthroplasty (THA) for femoral neck fracture (FNF), but their advantage over contemporary large-head standard cups remains uncertain. This registry...
Background and Objectives: Critically ill surgical patients frequently fail to achieve prescribed enteral nutrition targets because of feeding interruptions and variability in conventional physician-directed feeding practices. Although volume-based f...
Background and Objectives: Few cases of spontaneous evisceration through umbilical hernia (UH) in adult patients have been reported in the literature. Although uncommon, it is a potentially life-threatening surgical emergency. This scoping review aim...
Background: The interaction between COVID-19 vaccination and immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains incompletely characterized. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of 139 patients with stage I...
Background and Objectives: Severe traumatic limb injuries, particularly those involving extensive soft tissue damage, present significant challenges in clinical management. Thus, we aimed to critically assess the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen th...
Background and Objectives: Laboratory parameters associated with nutritional and metabolic status may be substantially influenced by inflammatory activity, complicating their interpretation in patients with advanced neurological diseases. This study...
Background and Objectives: Long-term prognosis after acute coronary syndrome (ACS) may reflect multidomain baseline characteristics. We evaluated outcome-independent mixed-data phenotypes and post hoc additive frameworks for all-cause mortality. Mate...
Background and Objectives: Apparent non-response to phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors is common, but the label conflates inadequate instruction or drug exposure, partial or absent response, treatment discontinuation, and coexisting clinical...
Physical therapy has undergone substantial evolution in recent decades, extending beyond post-surgical and post-traumatic rehabilitation to encompass prevention, health promotion, differential screening, and the management of complex movement-related...
Background and Objectives: The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 infection has been named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO). Cancer patients may have been more adversely affected during the COVID-19 Pandemic d...
Background and Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy of superior laryngeal nerve block (SLB) in the management of chronic cough associated with refractory laryngeal hypersensitivity. Materials and Methods: Studies assessing Cough Severity Index (CSI)...
Background and Objectives: Free flap reconstruction is the gold standard for complex head and neck defects following oncological ablation. While surgical techniques have improved flap success rates, donor site sensory morbidity remains relatively und...
Background and Objectives: Pulsed field ablation (PFA) and cryoballoon ablation (CRYO) are established approaches for pulmonary vein isolation in atrial fibrillation (AF). Given emerging concerns regarding hemolysis following PFA, this pilot study ai...
Background and Objectives: Hymenoptera venom allergy (HVA) represents one of the most frequent causes of anaphylaxis in adults. Venom immunotherapy (VIT) remains the only causal intervention that effectively reduces the risk of systemic reactions fol...
Background and Objectives: This study investigated the association between periodontal procedure intensity, serving as an indirect proxy for periodontal disease burden, and incident tinnitus in Korean adults. Materials and Methods: Using the Korean N...
Background and Objectives: Endometriosis is associated with chronic inflammation, immune dysregulation, oestrogen-dependent growth, oxidative stress, altered steroid hormone metabolism, compromised epithelial barrier integrity, and the production of...
Background and Objectives: Contact gonioscopy and optical biometry often happen at the same preoperative visit, with no defined interval between them. We asked whether uncomplicated Goldmann three-mirror gonioscopy was followed by short-term changes...
Background and Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and severity of dental erosion using the Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE) index in an adult cohort, exploring its associations with systemic health, gastrointestinal sympt...
Background and Objectives: Vasomotor symptoms (VMS), including hot flushes and night sweats, often co-occur with depressive and anxiety symptoms during the menopausal transition. This systematic review assessed the observational evidence for a quanti...
Background and Objectives: Inflammation and nutritional status are closely associated with prognosis in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). This study compared the prognostic performance of the conventional Naples score...
Background and Objectives: Endothelial dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a key determinant of transplant outcomes. The Endothelial Activation and Stress Index (EASIX), originally validated in allogeneic stem cell transplantation, integrates m...
Backgroundand Objectives: Endometrial cancer ranks among the most prevalent gynecologic malignancies in high-income countries, with increasing incidence and mortality driven by the global obesity epidemic. Evidence suggests that women with early-stag...
Background and Objectives: Systemic inflammatory indices derived from routine blood tests have been proposed as potential biomarkers reflecting tumor behavior. This study aimed to evaluate their association with parameters of locoregional tumor progr...
Background and Objectives: The prognostic effect of the number of neoplastic cells in classic Hodgkin lymphoma (CHL) regardless of the histological subgroup has not been studied to date. We aimed to evaluate the prognostic impact of the number, ratio...
Background and Objectives: Overactive bladder (OAB) has been associated with pelvic floor dysfunction, but the associations of vaginal pressure (VP) and transversus abdominis (TVA) thickness with OAB remain unclear. We examined these associations in...
Background and Objectives: Sinonasal inverted papilloma (IP) is a benign yet locally aggressive tumour associated with a clinically relevant risk of recurrence and malignant transformation. While surgical outcomes are well documented, data on long-te...
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