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In this case, recurrence first appeared after four years of excision. The possibility of primary wound closure after wide excision decreases with every subsequent excision, and reconstructive options may not be readily available.
The current report highlights a diagnostic delay of 15years in a case of DFS. Asymptomatic, indolent nature combined with low awareness among community doctors contribute to delay in timely diagnosis. Community doctors should consider DFS as a differential in any long-standing, indolent, asymptomatic parietal wall swelling, especially with a history of recurrence.
The current report highlights a diagnostic delay of 15 years in a case of DFS. Asymptomatic, indolent nature combined with low awareness among community doctors contribute to delay in timely diagnosis. Community doctors should consider DFS as a differential in any long-standing, indolent, asymptomatic parietal wall swelling, especially with a history of recurrence.
Sigmoid volvulus is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in children and adolescent population. It's considered a disease of the elderly with a widely varying incidence worldwide. It is more common in areas referred to as "volvulus belt" (Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Turkey, and South America).
We report a 16-year-old female who underwent emergency laparotomy for intestinal obstruction. We found a twisted sigmoid volvulus in 360
degree clockwise. The sigmoid colon was distended and edematous with no perforation or gangrene. Resection of the redundant colon was performed followed by primary anastomosis.
Sigmoid volvulus remains an uncommon cause of intestinal obstruction among the adolescent age group. A high index of suspicion is necessary to reach a diagnosis and manage accordingly. Delay in diagnosis can lead to complications such as necrosis and perforation of the twisted colon.
We present a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in a 16-year-old female due to sigmoid volvulus. Early diagnosis and management reduce morbidity and mortality.
We present a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in a 16-year-old female due to sigmoid volvulus. Early diagnosis and management reduce morbidity and mortality.
Thymoma is the most common solid, primary mediastinal tumour, accounting for 20% of mediastinal neoplasms. Malignant thymus tumours (thymomas and thymic carcinomas) metastasize primarily locally. Distant metastases, especially to liver are very rare.
We review the case of a 59year-old female patient, who underwent resection of the thymus with a diagnosed type B2 thymoma 20years ago. The patient was referred to our hospital with a newly discovered space-occupying lesion in the liver, which had been detected in a routine follow-up magnetic resonance imaging scan. Since a malignant tumour of the liver could not be excluded, a conventional left hemihepatectomy was performed. Histological examination revealed a liver metastasis of the type B2 thymoma, which had been removed 20years ago.
The case was discussed in the interdisciplinary tumour board. Based on the very long history of the primary removal of the thymoma as well as the R0 resection of the liver metastasis, a follow-up regimen with CT scans on a regular basis was recommended.
Newly discovered lesions of the liver in patients even with a long history of a thymoma should raise the suspicion of a liver metastasis that should be surgically resected as the therapy of choice. Further, this case indicates the importance for long-term radiographic follow-up.
Newly discovered lesions of the liver in patients even with a long history of a thymoma should raise the suspicion of a liver metastasis that should be surgically resected as the therapy of choice. Further, this case indicates the importance for long-term radiographic follow-up.Patient-specific mandibular reconstruction plate (PSMRP), as one of the patient-specific implants (PSIs), offers a host of benefits to mandibular reconstruction. Due to the limitation of fabricating screw hole threads in the PSMRP, 3D printed PSMRP is applied to the non-locking system directly in the mandibular reconstruction with bone graft regardless of the locking system. Since the conventional manual-bending reconstruction plate (CMBRP) provides better fixation in the locking system, it needs to be validated whether the locking PSMRP performs better than the non-locking PSMRP in the patient-specific mandibular reconstruction. Thereupon, the purpose of this study was to compare the biomechanical behavior between the locking and non-locking PSMRP. Finite element analysis (FEA) was used to conduct the biomechanical comparison between the locking PSMRP and non-locking PSMRP by simulating the momentary incisal clenching through static structural analysis. Mandible was reconstructed through the virtual surgical planning, and subsequently a 3D model of mandibular reconstruction assembly, including reconstructed mandible, PSMRP, and fixation screws, was generated and meshed for the following FEA simulations. In the form of equivalent von Mises stress, equivalent elastic strain, and total deformation, the locking PSMRP demonstrated its higher strengths of preferable safety, desirable flexibility, and anticipated stability compared with the non-locking PSMRP, indicated by much lower maximum stress, lower maximum strain and equivalent displacement. Locking PSMRP/screw system provides a better fixation effect to the patient-specific mandibular reconstruction than the non-locking one as a result of its productive fixation nature. FEA plays a paramount role in pre-validating the design of PSMRP through the biomechanical behavior evaluation in static structural analysis.Dissection is the most common mode of failure for ascending aortic aneurysms. Currently, failure risk is assessed by measuring aortic diameter, which is insufficient as it misses many dissection patients. This motivated the search for a new biomarker that captures intrinsic tissue material properties related to failure. Energy loss is promising in this regard as it is correlated with microstructure degradation and failure of aneurysms. However, for energy loss to be used clinically, its dependency on in vivo loading conditions, which vary from patient-to-patient, must be determined. In this study, the sensitivity of energy loss to physiological strain rate, magnitude, and preload was examined. Energy loss was found to be relatively insensitive to loading conditions while maintaining a significant correlation with delamination strength as a surrogate for dissection except at low strains. These results can be used for clinical translation of in vivo measurements of energy loss to evaluate aortic dissection risk.Bone remodeling process has been used in orthodontics to treat malposition of teeth in patients by applying stimuli outside of usual everyday loads to promote tooth movement by affecting equilibrium state of the surrounding bone tissue. Accurate modeling of long term orthodontic tooth movement (OTM) is crucial in the field of dental biomechanical research since it allows to predict the behavior and interaction of bone-tooth environment in a non-destructive way, and helps to gain more insight on how exactly tooth motion progresses over time. Existence of such predictive tools might help to avoid the adverse effects of OTM on teeth and the surrounding tissues during this clinical procedure. In this study a new numerical approach to simulating long-term OTM is proposed, that involves external bone adaptation with strain energy density of the bone taken as the stimulus parameter and bone adaptation modeled by nodal movements at the bone-tooth interface using Abaqus UMESHMOTION subroutine. Contrary to conventional re-meshing algorithms, where the mesh of resorbed-apposed bone region is constantly updated and element deletion/creation is performed for each increment, the proposed method only moves nodes without changing the initial mesh topology. For this study, a 3D model of right central maxillary incisor tooth and its surrounding maxillary bone was used for the modeling of OTM for a duration of 1 week. Two test cases were performed and the results from induced tooth motion were investigated. Results indicate tooth movement values that were quite close to clinical values provided in the literature and this method is easily applicable to validate various postulates of OTM via adapting the stimulus-adaption rate relation and patient-specific planning of orthodontic patients as well.
The effects of aloe vera are inconsistent and unclear. The aim of this study is to analyze the effects of aloe vera in metabolic profiles.
An electronic search of systematic reviews (SRs) was performed in seven databases up to June 2021.
Four SRs met the eligibility criteria. In T2DM, SMD for FBG=-5.61 (p<0.001). For HbA1c, MD=-0.95 (p=0.02). In pre-diabetes, SMD for FBG=-1.41 (p=0.02). For HbA1c, MD=-0.31 (p=0.02). For TG, MD=-4.99 (p=0.000).
There exist a moderate to high quality of evidence in favor of the effects of aloe vera in patients with T2DM and pre-diabetes.
There exist a moderate to high quality of evidence in favor of the effects of aloe vera in patients with T2DM and pre-diabetes.Anecdotal reports of the benefits of cannabis and its components in the treatment of epilepsy have been reported for millennia. However, only recently randomized controlled trial data in support of cannabidiol (CBD) became available resulting in its FDA approval for the treatment of seizures and epilepsy. One of the most common and debilitating comorbidities of epilepsy is cognitive impairment. This impairment has a multifactorial etiology including network dysfunction due to seizures, negative cognitive side effects from anti-seizure medications (ASMs), and mood disturbances. Knowing the effects of a particular ASM (either positive or negative) is vital for providers to counsel patients on expected side effects, and may result in choosing a particular regimen over the other if the patient already suffers from significant cognitive deficits. Unlike most other ASMs and other well-studied cannabinoids such as Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, CBD has been shown to have additional mechanisms of action (MOA) that result in neuroprotective, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and neurogenesis effects. These additional MOAs suggest that the use of CBD could lead to other actions including positive effects on cognition that may be independent of seizure control. This targeted review discusses the currently available data on CBD's effects on cognition in epilepsy. Sotrastaurin in vitro First, we review the proposed mechanisms by which CBD could exert effects on cognition. Then, we present the pre-clinical/animal data investigating cognitive effects of CBD in seizure/epilepsy models. Finally, we discuss the available human data, including the studies in people with epilepsy that included cognitive evaluations pre- and on-CBD, and studies investigating if CBD has any effects on brain structure or function in areas pertinent to memory and cognitive functions.Patients often recognize unmet needs that can improve patient-provider experiences in disease treatment management. These needs are rarely captured and may be hard to quantify in difficult-to-treat disease states such as drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE). To further understand challenges living with and managing DRE, a team of medical anthropologists conducted ethnographic field assessments with patients to qualitatively understand their experience with DRE across the United States. In addition, healthcare provider assessments were conducted in community clinics and Comprehensive Epilepsy Centers to further uncover patient-provider treatment gaps. We identified four distinct stages of the treatment and management journey defined by patients' perceived control over their epilepsy Gripped in the Panic Zone, Diligently Tracking to Plan, Riding a Rollercoaster in the Dark, and Reframing Priorities to Redefine Treatment Success. We found that patients sought resources to streamline communication with their care team, enhanced education on treatment options beyond medications, and long-term resources to protect against a decline in control over managing their epilepsy once drug-resistant.