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A thread-fix stent entails long hospitalization and patient discomfort. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a novel stent with silicone-covered outer double layers without external fixation (Beta stent) for anastomotic leakage after total or proxima...

Background and Objectives: Ureteral stents are widely used in the field of urology but can cause varying degrees of side effects. This study utilized a network meta-analysis to evaluate stent-related discomfort (SRD) in patients with alpha-blockers (...

(1) Background: Indwelling ureteral stents are commonly used urological devices to maintain ureteral patency, yet they have been associated with complications such as infections. Some studies have shown that bacteria adhere to and create an antimicro...

Postoperative complications after pancreatic surgery are still a significant problem in clinical practice. The aim of this study was to characterize and compare the microbiomes of different body compartments (bile duct, duodenal mucosa, pancreatic tu...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an infrequent cause of nonobstructive ischemic heart disease in previously healthy young women and therefore is not usually considered in differential diagnoses. The overall incidence of SCAD in angiog...

Novel P2Y12 ADP receptor blockers (ADPRB) should be preferred in dual-antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Nevertheless, there are still patients who do not respond optimally to novel ADP receptor blocker therapy, and this n...

Acute variceal bleeding (AVB) is a potentially fatal complication of clinically significant portal hypertension and is one of the most common causes of acute upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Thus, esophagogastric varices represent a major economic an...

Background The Italian XEN Glaucoma Treatment Registry (XEN-GTR) was created to acquire a comprehensive prospective dataset that includes the patient characteristics, intraoperative variables, and postoperative management of glaucoma patients undergo...

The link between the mind and cardiac disease has been studied throughout the ages. Patients diagnosed with ischemic heart disease may develop psychological and psychiatric symptoms such as depressed mood, anxiety, and insomnia that can drastically a...

Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a vascular condition characterized by narrowing of one or both renal arteries, leading to reduced blood flow to the kidneys, activation of the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS), and subsequent reno...

Introduction: Twelve-lead electrocardiography (ECG) remains an essential diagnostic tool for patients presenting with chest pain. Timely recognition of specific electrocardiographic patterns is critical for guiding reperfusion strategies and predicti...

Long-term clinical outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and prediabetes or diabetes who received ß-blockers (BB) and renin–angiotensin system inhibitor (RASI) therapy after successful newer-generation drug-eluting s...