Emphysematous prostatic abscess due to candidiasis: A case report and review of the literature.

abstract：:DNA methylation plays a significant role in many diseases. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of vision loss for people aged 50 years and above, but the etiology and pathogenesis are largely unknown. This study aimed to identify the aberrantly methylated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu Z,Ruan Z,Huang X,Liu Q,Li Z,Zhou X,Zhang X,Shang L

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cervical radiculopathy (CR) describes compression or stimulation secondary to the cervical nerve root, 1 or 2 types of upper limb pain, and/or with neck. In clinical practice, both acupotomology and acupuncture are very widely and popular for the management of CR. So, we conducted a systematic review and met...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Dai W,Xie R,Wang X,Zhuang M,Chang X,Wei X,Jin Z,Wang S,Feng M,Yu J,Zhu L

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is an important marker for hepatocellular carcinoma, and the detection of serum AFP is currently the principle method for the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. The prevalence of gastric cancer (GC) with high level of serum AFP is extremely rare, but has unique clinical features. ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu XR,Zhu ML,Wang Q,Xue WJ,Wang YW,Wang RF,Chen SY,Zheng LZ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Occupational exposure remains a serious problem for medical staff, especially those working in operation rooms. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is prevalent in patients undergoing surgery, and anesthesiologists are at risk of occupational acquisition of blood-borne HBV infection. To the best of our knowledge, there are no dat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Tian J,Tan F,Lai L,Deng Y,Chi X,Geng H,Zhu Q

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the published literature there are controversial data to the biomechanical stability of monocortical comparing to the bicortical fixation of metacarpal fractures. The aim of this study was to compare the biomechanical stability of monocortical and bicortical locking osteosynthesis in quasi-static and dynamic 4-poin...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Liodaki E,Wendlandt R,Waizner K,Schopp BE,Mailänder P,Stang F

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the posttransplant setting; however, it is increasingly recognized in pediatric leukemia during chemotherapy. This study assessed the prevalence and associated factors of CMV infection in pediatric non-transplant leukemia patients.Thi...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Phasuk N,Keatkla J,Rattanasiri S,Techasaensiri C,Anurathapan U,Apiwattanakul N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore the incidence and outcomes of patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) and fourth primary tumors (PTs) in a betel-chewing endemic area.We retrospectively examined the records of 1836 OSCC patients who underwent radical tumor resection between 1996 and 2014. The outc...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Adel M,Liao CT,Lee LY,Hsueh C,Lin CY,Fan KH,Wang HM,Ng SH,Lin CH,Tsao CK,Huang SF,Kang CJ,Fang KH,Wang YC,Chang KP,Fang TJ,Yang LY,Yen TC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Uremic pruritus is common and bothersome in patients receiving either peritoneal dialysis (PD) or hemodialysis (HD). To date, the preferred dialysis modality regarding the alleviation of uremic pruritus remains controversial. We conducted this cross-sectional study to compare the prevalence, intensity, and characteris...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Wu HY,Peng YS,Chen HY,Tsai WC,Yang JY,Hsu SP,Pai MF,Lu HM,Chiang JF,Ko MJ,Wen SY,Chiu HC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Sodium valproate (VPA) and lamotrigine (LTG) are widely used antiepileptic drugs, disabling postural, and action tremors after using LTG with VPA were reported in 1993. However, in this study, we describe a patient in whom disabling resting-type tremor induced by 2-year use of VPA and LTG. PATIENT CONCERNS:A...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： He ZF,Chen J,Zhou CN,Rao Z,Wang XH

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a kind of proinflammatory mediator to stimulate the innate and adaptive immune system and participates in a number of acute and chronic inflammatory processes after sterile injury or microbial invasion. HMGB1 has been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of many a...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhu B,Zhu Q,Li N,Wu T,Liu S,Liu S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a retrospective single-center study to describe the clinical features of sinonasal sarcoidosis (SNS) and to determine whether SNS is associated with a particular clinical phenotype of sarcoidosis. Twenty patients with histologically proven SNS (men/women, 7/13; mean age, 32 +/- 9 yr) were compared with co...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Aubart FC,Ouayoun M,Brauner M,Attali P,Kambouchner M,Valeyre D,Nunes H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The duplex ureter is a common anomaly of urinary tract, but preoperative sonography, plain abdominal radiography, or nonenhanced computed tomography (CT) often overlooked it when involved with urinary tract obstruction. In this report, We present a rare case of left Y-shaped bifid ureter and both ureter of up...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xiao N,Ge B,Wang J,Zhao H

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Tooth extraction is a common dental surgical procedure. There is a possibility that various complications often occur during third molar tooth extractions. PATIENT CONCERNS:The authors report herein 2 cases of migration of a high-speed dental hand-piece bur during mandibular third molar extraction-one case w...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Matsuda S,Yoshimura H,Yoshida H,Sano K

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Primary pulmonary diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (PPL-DLBCL) is rare and its clinical manifestations lack specificity. In this report, we present one case of PPL-DLBCL with complete clinical and imaging data, including uncontrast-enhanced CT, contrast-enhanced CT, and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. Pre...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Bai Y,Liang W

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The purpose of this report is to present a case of peri-implantitis with successful regeneration. The surface of the affected dental implant was decontaminated with an ultrasonic scaler and treated with bovine-derived hydroxyapatite and enamel matrix derivative. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 52-year-old male was referr...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Park JB

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to investigate the relationship between total homocysteine (tHcy) levels in the plasma and renal function severity in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) aged ≥75 years.We included 221 patients with T2DM aged ≥60 years (59 aged ≥75 years).tHcy levels among the 4 groups of patients aged ≥60 years sig...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma N,Xu N,Yin D,Liu W,Wu M,Cheng X

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：OF BACKGROUND DATA:There is growing interest in identifying nutritional biomarkers associated with poor outcomes of elective spine surgery. Prealbumin and transferrin are both biomarkers of nutritional status that can be obtained from clinical laboratories. However, associations of preoperative measures of these nutrit...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Takemoto E,Yoo J,Blizzard SR,Shannon J,Marshall LM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an easily recognizable and previously not individualized clinical syndrome that can reveal solitary plasmacytoma of bone. We report 4 patients with a slowly extending violaceous skin patch overlying a solitary plasmacytoma of bone, associated with enlarged regional lymph nodes. Biopsies of the cutaneous le...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Lipsker D,Rondeau M,Massard G,Grosshans E

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate iterative metal artifact reduction (iMAR) technique in images data of hip prosthesis on computed tomography (CT) and the added value of advanced modeled iterative reconstruction (ADMIRE) compared with standard filtered back projection (FBP).Twenty-eight patients addressed to CT examinations for hip prosthe...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Neroladaki A,Martin SP,Bagetakos I,Botsikas D,Hamard M,Montet X,Boudabbous S

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:The outcomes of locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remain poor, in particular, the frail elderly patients cannot tolerate chemotherapy. The new efficient, safe, and more specific treatments are needed. Radiation combined with targeted therapy is the focus of research in recent years. Apatinib...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhao C,Zhang Q,Qiao W

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Postoperative intussusception is an unusual clinical entity and is rarely encountered as a complication following gastrectomy, especially radical total gastrectomy. PATIENT CONCERNS:A 74-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with complaints of melena and hematemesis. And the endoscopic biopsy confirmed...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhou Y,Wang F,Ji Y,Lv J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Susac syndrome is an occlusive arteriolar disease that provokes infarcts in the cochlea, retina, and brain of young subjects, mostly women. Its cause is unknown. Some infarcts may be asymptomatic and only revealed by ancillary investigation: 1) audiogram that shows bilateral sensorineural hearing loss predominating on...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Papo T,Biousse V,Lehoang P,Fardeau C,N'Guyen N,Huong DL,Aumaitre O,Bousser MG,Godeau P,Piette JC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was to analyze clinical outcome of Pauwels grade-3 femoral neck fractures treated by different surgical techniques. Potential risk factors associated with nonunion and osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) were investigated as well. The retrospective study comprised of 67 sequential patients treat...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zhang YL,Chen S,Ai ZS,Gao YS,Mei J,Zhang CQ

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and irreversible respiratory disease with a high incidence worldwide and no specific treatment. Currently, the etiology and pathogenesis of this disease remain largely unknown. In main purpose of this study, bioinformatics analysis was used to uncover key genes and pathways r...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Xu Z,Mo L,Feng X,Huang M,Li L

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal bacterial sepsis during pregnancy and the postpartum period is a common cause of maternal mortality and fetal morbidity and mortality. This study was performed to analyze perinatal prognosis and related factors of maternal bacterial sepsis in west China.We conducted a cross-sectional study of pregnant women w...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Duan R,Xu X,Wang X,Yu H

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) refers to the involuntary leakage of urine when abdominal pressure increases. Midurethral slings (MUS) have become the main surgical method for treating SUI, but no quantitative standard for the degree of sling tightness during operation exists. We achieved this quantitative ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Meng LF,Wang M,Zhang W,Liu XD,Zhang YG

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus (NDI) is a condition resulting from the kidney's impaired response to circulating antidiuretic hormone (ADH), leading to polydipsia and polyuria. Urinary tract dilatation caused by NDI is a rare situation. Here, we report a case of congenital NDI presented with bilateral hydronephrosis.A...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Zheng K,Xie Y,Li H

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Penetrating astigmatic keratotomy (penetrating AK) is a well-known method to correct corneal astigmatism but rarely be performed nowadays. This article reevaluated the clinical effectiveness and confounding factors of penetrating AK. PATIENT CONCERNS:Penetrating AK has been introduced to serve as one alterna...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Yen CY,Tseng GL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three brothers with mannosidosis were studied, and their clinical and biochemical manifestations are compared with those of 41 cases in the literature. All three boys have psychomotor and growth retardation, characteristic facies, recurrent respiratory infections, sensorineural deafness, craniosynostosis, protuberant ...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Vidgoff J,Lovrien EW,Beals RK,Buist NR

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is recognized as being a life-threatening event. Both microvascular obstruction (MVO) and intramyocardial hemorrhage (IMH) have been recognized as poor prognostic factors in myocardial infarct (MI) since they adversely affect left ventricular remodeling. MVO refers to small vessels ch...

journal_title：Medicine

authors： Ma M,Diao KY,Yang ZG,Zhu Y,Guo YK,Yang MX,Zhang Y,He Y

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00