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Classification of Craniomaxillofacial Free Flap: Mechanism and Model.
Timely detection and effective management of postoperative flap crises are critical for improving flap salvage rates. Flap crisis often stems from impaired blood circulation, leading to changes in the flap's color, texture, and temperature.…
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Fuhu Lijie Tang treats rheumatoid arthritis through multitarget therapy from autoantigen formation to bone destruction.
[BACKGROUND] Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an incurable, disabling autoimmune disease, and combination therapy with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs targeting different pathological mechanisms is a therapeutic strategy to improve treatm…
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Addition of Erector Spinae Nerve Block Effect on Opioid Use and Pain Levels in Reduction Mammoplasty.
[BACKGROUND] Macromastia causes significant physical and emotional distress. Reduction mammoplasty often requires opioid analgesia. This study compared the efficacy of combining an erector spinae plane (ESP) block with a field block of long…
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Efficacy and safety of botulinum neurotoxin in the treatment of hemifacial spasms: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
[BACKGROUND] Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by unilateral facial muscle spasms, negatively impacts quality of life due to social embarrassment. Botulinum Neurotoxin (BoNT) injections have emerged as a viabl…
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Management of Lipedema Beyond Liposuction: A Case Study.
Lipedema is a pathologic accumulation of adipose tissue in the subcutaneous layer of the extremities. This connective tissue disorder, which predominately affects females, is often misdiagnosed despite an incidence of ∼11%. Misdiagnosis oft…
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Comparison of hand-sewn versus modified coupled arterial anastomoses in head and neck reconstruction: a single operator's experience.
Microvascular coupler devices have gained wide acceptance as an alternative to the traditional hand-sewn technique in reconstructive surgery. However, no study has directly compared the efficacy of the coupler and hand-sewn techniques in ar…
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Podocyte-specific Rac1 deficiency ameliorates podocyte damage and proteinuria in STZ-induced diabetic nephropathy in mice.
Activation of Ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 1 (Rac1) has been implicated in diverse kidney diseases, yet its in vivo significance in diabetic nephropathy (DN) is largely unknown. In the present study, we demonstrated a podocyte-s…
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The role of stem cells in aesthetic surgery: fact or fiction?
[BACKGROUND] Stem cells are attractive candidates for the development of novel therapies, targeting indications that involve functional restoration of defective tissue. Although most stem cell therapies are new and highly experimental, ther…