INTRODUCTION: Adherent perirenal fat (APF) can be defined as inflammatory fat sticking to renal parenchyma, whose dissection is difficult and makes it troublesome to expose the tumour. Our objective was to evaluate the impact of APF on the technical ...
PURPOSE: To assess complication rates and early oncological outcomes of patients aged ≥80 years who underwent robot-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC).
Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Oct 29, 2014
BACKGROUND: Identification of the risk of recurrent falls is complex in older adults. The aim of this study was to examine the efficiency of 3 artificial neural networks (ANNs: multilayer perceptron [MLP], modified MLP, and neuroevolution of augmenti...
International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association
Oct 22, 2014
OBJECTIVES: To examine biochemical recurrence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in Japanese patients, and to develop a risk stratification model for biochemical recurrence.
PURPOSE/AIMS: Despite advances in healthcare, the incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) has continued to rise for the past decade. Identifying those patients at risk has proven challenging. Our objective was to conduct a systematic review of...
OBJECTIVES: Stage ≥3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects ∼25% of people with gout. The effects of urate-lowering therapy (ULT) on CKD incidence and progression have remained inconclusive. Here, we assessed the impact of a gout ULT clinic interventio...
Ultrasound in obstetrics & gynecology : the official journal of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
May 1, 2025
OBJECTIVE: To develop a prediction model for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in twin pregnancy using characteristics obtained at the first prenatal visit.
Composite lymphoma (CL) is rare. We conducted an analysis of 53 329 cases of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), 17,916 cases of Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and 869 cases of composite HL and DLBCL from the SEER database diagnosed between 2000 and 2019....
Endolymphatic hydrops (EH) has been visualized on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with various inner ear diseases. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of significant EH on inner ear MRI in patients w...