Background To prevent increasing childhood obesity and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among women in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as to understand the factors of food consumption in the population, t...
Background Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) affects 20 ̶50% of patients undergoing cardiac surgery and is associated with prolonged hospital stays and adverse outcomes. Although several risk f...
Overcoming oxidative stress is a critical mechanism by which breast cancer cells sustain malignant progression and therapeutic resistance. However, the specific regulatory networks governing this adap...
Purpose Serum galactomannan (GM) testing is widely used as a mycological marker in the diagnostic work-up of invasive aspergillosis (IA), but results near the assay cut-off may vary on repeat measurem...
Purpose Preoperative nutritional and immunological status is closely associated with postoperative outcomes in gastric cancer. Although osteopenia and sarcopenia have been reported as prognostic facto...
Background: Hemiplegic patients often experience significant gait impairments, including foot drop, which affects their functional mobility and quality of life. Objective: To evaluate and compare the ...
Background Although loneliness is a core interpersonal risk factor for depression, its unique contribution—independent of other co-occurring affects—remains insufficiently explored in daily life. Furt...
Background Adnexal torsion complicated by small bowel volvulus (SBV) during pregnancy is a rare and potentially serious cause of acute abdomen. Its clinical presentation is complex, diagnosis can be c...
Background Lumbar spondylolysis is a prevalent cause of low back pain. Our research group previously proposed the MT classification based on CT pars defect width: Type I (appositional type, defect
Background The artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) is the reference surgical treatment for moderate-to-severe post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence. Despite durable functional outcomes, long-t...
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