Journal of Clinical Medicine, Volume 14, Issue 21

Objectives: Motor imagery (MI) may enhance post-stroke recovery, but evidence of its benefit over conventional rehabilitation therapy (CRT) is inconsistent. This study evaluated the effect of MI combined with CRT on upper-limb recovery, accounting fo...

Background: Clozapine is the only antipsychotic medication proven effective in patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS). However, many patients have serum concentrations outside the recommended therapeutic window, and clozapine exhibits...

Background: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a widely performed and highly successful procedure, with cemented fixation historically considered the standard. Advances in implant design have renewed interest in cementless fixation, which shows compara...

Converting a medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) presents challenges in bone preservation, alignment, and soft-tissue balance. Robotic assistance enables three-dimensional CT-based planning, precise bone p...

As global populations age, dementia has become a major public health challenge that warrants sustainable, person-centered, and community-integrated models of care. In Japan, the recent introduction of board-certified general medicine (GM) physicians,...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is the default therapy for most elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis, but outcomes in complex anatomy depend on imaging-guided planning and disciplined technique. This article aims to present our...

Background/Objectives: GPA is a PR3-ANCA–predominant small vessel vasculitis with organ involvement. Real-world, single-centre data are needed to interpret evolving therapies and phenotype patterns in national conditions. Material and Methods:...

Background: Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) have the potential to address the challenges of mammographic screening programs by enhancing the performance of Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) systems, improving detection accuracy, and...

Background: Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most common gynecological malignancy in developed countries. While early-stage disease has favorable outcomes, advanced or recurrent EC remains associated with poor prognosis. Novel prognostic markers are ne...

Background/Objectives: To report our single-centre experience with the first 100 patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with the new balloon-expandable Myval system. We report 3-year outcomes in low- to high-risk TAVR pa...