BACKGROUND: Vitamin D can be acquired from various dietary sources, but exposure to sunlight's ultraviolet rays can convert a natural compound called ergosterol present in the skin into vitamin D.
OBJECTIVE: To provide a summary of our initial experience and assess the impact of the Saline-Assisted Fascial Exposure (SAFE) technique on erectile function (EF), urinary continence, and oncological outcomes after Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical...
Archivio italiano di urologia, andrologia : organo ufficiale [di] Societa italiana di ecografia urologica e nefrologica
Dec 28, 2023
INTRODUCTION: The post-prostatectomy incontinence is influenced by multiple elements, anatomic components and biological factors. The bladder neck preservation, more accurate during robot assisted radical prostatectomy, works on two anatomic componen...
Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI
Dec 27, 2023
BACKGROUND: Cerebral microbleeds (CMB) are indicators of severe cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) that can be identified through hemosiderin-sensitive sequences in MRI. Specifically, quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) and deep learning were...
OBJECTIVES: To quantify regional manifestations related to COPD as anomalies from a modeled distribution of normal-appearing lung on chest CT using a deep learning (DL) approach, and to assess its potential to predict disease severity.
RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is the most crucial prognostic factor for osteosarcoma (OS), it significantly prolongs progression-free survival and improves the quality of life. This study aims to develop a deep learning rad...
Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
Dec 27, 2023
Cardiac aortic surgery is an extremely complicated procedure that often requires large volume blood transfusions during the operation. Currently, it is not possible to accurately estimate the intraoperative blood transfusion volume before surgery. Th...
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Dec 27, 2023
OBJECTIVES: Eosinophil-derived neurotoxin (EDN) is a viable marker of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) disease activity. We studied the utility of measuring EDN from esophageal epithelial brushings for diagnosing EoE, focusing on two scenarios: (1) cas...
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