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Umbilical Necrosis Following Bilateral Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap Breast Reconstruction with Concomitant Risk-reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy in Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer: A Case Report.
Risk-reducing mastectomy and risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO) for patients with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer with a BRCA gene mutation can be performed with simultaneous breast reconstruction. In this report, we present a …
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Comparative effects of pharmacological interventions in the prophylactic treatment of tension-type headache: systematic review and network meta-analysis.
[BACKGROUND] Tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common neurological disorder. The comparative effect of pharmacological interventions for TTH prophylaxis remains unclear. We aimed to assess the comparative effects of pharmacological in…
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The Harms of Obesity in Abdominoplasty: Considerations of Methodological and Social Behavioral Factors.
[BACKGROUND] Klimitz et al. used the ACS-NSQIP database to conduct an observational cohort study of 1,778 cases on the impact of obesity on 30-day complications after cosmetic abdominoplasty; the study has limitations in four aspects: obesi…
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Downregulation of interleukin 11 regulates the transforming growth factor-β/ERK1/2 signaling pathway to inhibit articular capsule fibrosis and alleviate post-traumatic articular capsule contracture.
[BACKGROUND] Post-traumatic capsular contracture is a common complication of joint injury and surgery. Post-traumatic capsular contracture is associated with fibrosis characterized by excessive differentiation and proliferation of myofibrob…
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A 2-year retrospective study of endodontic microsurgery for bone fenestration.
[OBJECTIVES] To evaluate the clinical efficacy and relevant prognostic factors of endodontic microsurgery in cases with bone fenestration. [METHODS] The retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Endodontic Department of Hefei Stomato…
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Botulinum toxin type A inhibits microglia pyroptosis by suppressing Cblb-mediated degradation of Pdlim1 to attenuate neuropathic pain.
[BACKGROUND] Microglia pyroptosis, a newly identified form of inflammatory cell death, is involved in the development of neuropathic pain (NP). Botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) has been shown to be effective in relieving NP, but the mechanism…
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Endodontic microsurgery and prosthodontic treatment of a permanent anterior concrescence: A case report.
Concrescence is a rare dental anomaly in which two adjacent teeth are united only by their cementum. Concrescence most frequently occurs in molars, especially a third mandibular molar and a supernumerary tooth. It is rarely seen in the maxi…
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Intravesical injection of botulinum toxin type a may be an effective treatment option for autonomic dysreflexia in patients with high-level spinal cord injury.
[OBJECTIVE] To evaluate the efficacy of intravesical injection of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) for neurogenic detrusor overactivity (DO) in reducing the frequency and severity of autonomic dysreflexia (AD). [DESIGN] A cross-sectional non…
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Treating rosacea with botulism toxin: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
[BACKGROUND] Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory disease usually associated with persistent erythema and periodic flushing. This disease is difficult to treat, and the outcomes are often unsatisfactory and prone to recurrence. In recent years…
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:A retrospective study.
[BACKGROUND] It is widely acknowledged that botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) has been widely used in the treatment of hemifacial spasm (HFS). However, there is currently a lack of systematic analysis of the factors affecting its therapeutic e…
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Bibliometric analysis of research developments in oral and maxillofacial neuralgia from 2004 to 2023.
This study employs bibliometric techniques to dynamically represent the research landscape of oral and maxillofacial neuralgia. Its goal is to pinpoint research hotspots and delineate forthcoming trends. A systematic search of the Web of Sc…
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A review of different breast reconstruction methods.
Breast reconstruction is necessary for the comprehensive treatment of breast cancer. For successful breast reconstruction, the timing of surgery and the surgical methods used are vital. The methods of breast reconstruction can be divided in…
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Effect of botulinum toxin type A on non-motor symptoms and quality of life in Meige syndrome.
[BACKGROUND] It has been shown in previous studies that botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) can effectively relieve the motor symptoms of Meige syndrome. However, its effect on non-motor symptoms (NMS) and quality of life (QoL) has not been comp…
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Health Service Utilization and Its Associations with Depression and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Transgender Women in Shanghai, China.
[PURPOSE] Given the limited research on health care utilization among transgender women in China, we described the use of primary health care and gender-affirming health care, and the associations between utilization of gender-affirming hea…
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Study of platelet-rich plasma application for skin and plastic surgery in recent 20 years: A bibliometric analysis.
[BACKGROUND] In recent years, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been used in plastic surgery, dermatology, and other treatment procedures worldwide. Since the number of scientific writings has been significantly increasing, it is challenging t…
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Effects of varicocele and microsurgical varicocelectomy on the metabolites in semen.
The influence of varicocele and microsurgical varicocelectomy on semen quality remains unclear. Few studies have investigated the relationship between semen metabolism and the abnormalities in reproductive function caused by varicocele, how…
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"Dancing Coins?" Unexpected Finding During microsurgery and Potential Risk of Sperm Damage: Intrascrotal Calculi: A Retrospective Analysis.
[OBJECTIVE] Microsurgery of andrology always brings unexpected findings. Scrotal calculi are rare and unique, which are easily confused with tumor. To understand its etiology and harm, our study retrospectively analyzed the clinical charact…
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Reliability and diagnostic accuracy of corrected slack angle derived from 2D-SWE in quantitating muscle spasticity of stroke patients.
[BACKGROUND] To explore the feasibility of corrected slack angle acquired from two-dimensional shear wave elastography (2D-SWE) for quantitating the spasticity of medial gastrocnemius (MG) in stroke patients. [METHODS] Consecutive stroke p…
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Crystalline silica particles induce DNA damage in respiratory epithelium by ATX secretion and Rac1 activation.
Autotaxin (ATX) and its product lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) have been implicated in lung fibrosis and cancer. We have studied their roles in DNA damage induced by carcinogenic crystalline silica particles (CSi). In an earlier study on bronc…
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Calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonists versus botulinum toxin A for the preventive treatment of chronic migraine protocol of a systematic review and network meta-analysis: A protocol for systematic review.
[BACKGROUND] Although calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonists and botulinum toxin A have been shown efficacy in preventing chronic migraine, there is no direct evidence for their comparative effectiveness. This review is to assess the c…
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Botulinum toxin type A promotes microglial M2 polarization and suppresses chronic constriction injury-induced neuropathic pain through the P2X7 receptor.
[BACKGROUND] Switching microglial polarization from the pro-inflammatory M1 phenotype to the anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype represents a novel therapeutic strategy for neuropathic pain (NP). This study aims to investigate whether botulinum …
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Botulinum toxin type A alleviates neuropathic pain and suppresses inflammatory cytokines release from microglia by targeting TLR2/MyD88 and SNAP23.
[BACKGROUND] Botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) was considered to be a new potential drug for neuropathic pain (NP) treatment. [RESULTS] In vivo, BTX-A attenuated chronic compression injury (CCI)-induced pain in rats, and reduced production of…
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Unexpected Total Zygomatic Arch Bone Resorption Induced by Reduction Malarplasty.
In this report, the authors introduce a rare complication after reduction malarplasty in 2 patients. One patient underwent temporal rhytidectomy and malar osteotomy. The other patient underwent zygoma grinding without osteotomy. Both patien…
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Browning of Human Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue after Its Transplantation in Nude Mice.
[BACKGROUND] The clinical unpredictability of autologous fat grafting originates partially from the unique characteristics of adipose tissue. Evidence of adipose remodeling toward browning (developing of brown-like adipocytes in white adipo…