Restenosis after carotid endarterectomy and carotid artery stenting remains the main complication after both surgical and endovascular treatment of carotid stenosis, with a 2-year restenosis rate of 6–12%. Complex inflammation processes are the...
Background/Objectives: Vitamin D deficiency and obesity are prevalent public health concerns among older adults, with potential impacts on metabolic health. Despite high deficiency rates reported globally, data on their relationship in Chilean older...
Frailty is a multidomain reduction in physiologic reserve that impacts recovery and can contribute to poor outcomes following trauma beyond what chronological age, comorbidities, or injury severity predicts. In geriatric trauma patients, a large prop...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited cardiac disorder most commonly caused by pathogenic variants in sarcomeric genes, yet many patients remain genotype-negative and the mechanisms linking genetic alterations to disease pathology are not...
Cardiovascular health and depression influence each other bidirectionally and negatively, leading to high comorbidity rates, and favouring higher morbidity and mortality. Heart rate variability (HRV) has received much attention as a “biomarker&...
Dry eye disease (DED) is a common condition that can be associated with cataract surgery, requiring pre- and postoperative considerations. Pre-existent DED and disruption of the tear film homeostasis due to incisional corneal nerve damage, intra-oper...
Background: In the era of personalized medicine, the overall therapeutic approach has progressed throughout the years in acromegaly, but biochemical control of the disease is not achieved in a significant proportion of patients. This study aims to sy...
The journal retracts the article “Machine-Learning-Based Survival Prediction in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: A Multi-Model Analysis Using a Comprehensive Clinical Dataset” [...]
Background/Objectives: Oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) is a complex topic, encompassing the medical, functional and psychosocial aspects of well-being, especially in the context of systemic conditions that can trigger oral cavity impairm...
Background/Objectives: Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), remains a significant postoperative complication following major urologic cancer surgeries. Despite widespread use of thromboprophy...
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