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Ultrasonography was not diagnostic while AGBP was confirmed by computed tomography in 42.9%. AGBP was associated with a significant higher risk of conversion to open cholecystectomy and partial or subtotal cholecystectomy. The multivariate linear regression analysis revealed that the length of hospital stays increased by 70% in patients with AGBP.

Acute perforated gallbladder is predominant in elderly male patients with multiple comorbidities, especially diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. CT has a higher sensitivity to detect or suspect AGBP. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe management approach.
Acute perforated gallbladder is predominant in elderly male patients with multiple comorbidities, especially diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. CT has a higher sensitivity to detect or suspect AGBP. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe management approach.
As cardiac implantable electronic devices, such as pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapies, have become more popular, device extraction has become more frequent. At our institution, individual treatment strategies are discussed at a heart team meeting. Transvenous lead extraction (TVLE) is a first-line treatment; however, surgical lead extraction (SLE) is sometimes selected as a primary choice to provide optimal treatment and maintain the medical safety policy. This study aimed to investigate the validity of this heart team decision-making.

From 2013 to 2021, 384 consecutive patients underwent lead extraction at our institution.

SLE was proposed as the primary intervention for 21 patients who had high risk of bleeding, difficult TVLE conditions, large vegetations, and other concomitant cardiac diseases. Of the 363 TVLE patients, 10 patients required surgical intervention; 5 had TVLE difficulty followed by SLE and 5 had excessive bleeding. SLE was performed in 26 patients, 19 of whom required valve surgery, and 8 required plication of the great veins. In 4 of the 17 hybrid procedures with SLE and TVLE, excessive bleeding occurred due to laceration of the superior vena cava and innominate vein. Operative mortality was not observed in SLE patients but was observed in 1 of the 4 TVLE patients who required emergent open-chest hemostasis.

The heart team discussion was essential to provide optimal treatment and maintain medical safety policies for each patient. SLE should be selected for patients with high risk of TVLE or other cardiac complications such as tricuspid valve incompetence.
The heart team discussion was essential to provide optimal treatment and maintain medical safety policies for each patient. SLE should be selected for patients with high risk of TVLE or other cardiac complications such as tricuspid valve incompetence.
The ability to culture human keratinocytes is beneficial in the treatment of skin injury and disease, as well as for testing chemicals in vitro as a substitute for animal testing.

We have identified a novel culture medium for the rapid growth of keratinocytes from human skin. "Kelch's medium" supports keratinocyte growth that is as rapid as in the classical Rheinwald and Green method, but without the need for cholera toxin or xenogeneic feeder cells. It enables keratinocytes to out-compete co-cultured autologous fibroblasts so that separation of the epidermis from the dermis is no longer required before keratinocyte culture. Enzymatic digests of whole human skin can therefore be used to generate parallel cultures of autologous keratinocytes, fibroblasts and melanocytes simply by using different cell culture media.

This new keratinocyte medium and the simplified manufacturing procedures it enables are likely to be beneficial in skin engineering, especially for clinical applications.
This new keratinocyte medium and the simplified manufacturing procedures it enables are likely to be beneficial in skin engineering, especially for clinical applications.
The role of intravenous (IV) inotropes in the treatment of ambulatory patients with advanced heart failure (HF) remains controversial.

This was a retrospective study of patients with advanced HF. Patients on home IV milrinone, who remained on it for at least 3 months, were included. We compared the data from 3 months before starting IV milrinone to 3 months after initiating therapy. A subset of patients who remained on milrinone for 6months or longer was analysed separately.

A total of 90 patients remained on continuous IV milrinone for 3 months, and 55 patients were treated for 6months or longer. In both groups, improvements in cardiac index (1.86-2.25, p<0.001 and 1.9-2.38, p<0.0001), New York Heart Association (NYHA) class (3.32-2.76, p<0.0001 and 3.25-2.72, p=0.001), and liver function were noted. In the 6-month group, there was also a decrease in mean hospitalised days per patient (9.40 vs 4.12, p<0.001) and an improved tolerance of beta blocker therapy (83.3% vs 98.1%, p=0.006).

Long-term IV use of milrinone is associated with improvement in haemodynamics, functional class, tolerance of medical therapy, and decrease in hospitalised days.
Long-term IV use of milrinone is associated with improvement in haemodynamics, functional class, tolerance of medical therapy, and decrease in hospitalised days.
To assess perinatal outcomes and placental findings after invitro fertilization (IVF) with an initial low serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).

A retrospective cohort study.

University-affiliated tertiary hospital.

Low serum β-hCG after transfer, defined as the low 10th percentile for the cohort on day 16 embryo age (low β-hCG group), compared with an initial serum β-hCG at or above the low 10th percentile (control group).

Live singleton births after IVF between 2009 and2017.

Primary outcomes were placental findings, including anatomic, inflammatory, vascular malperfusion, and villous maturation lesions, as categorized according to the Amsterdam Placental Workshop Group Consensus. Secondary outcomes included obstetric and perinatal outcomes.

The low 10th percentile of β-hCG results corresponded to 149 mUI/mL. There were 103 cases in the low β-hCG group, and 928 in the control group. Maternal demographics were similar between the groups, whereas blastocyte transfer was more common in the control group. Deliveries in the low β-hCG group were associated with an increased rate of preterm births, 15.5% vs. 8.1%, which maintained significance after adjustment for confounders. Placentas in the low β-hCG group were notable for a high rate of velamentous cord insertion, 19.4% vs. 7.7%, single umbilical artery 3.8% vs. 0.6%, and histological maternal vasculopathy, 10.6% vs. 4.8%.

Live births after IVF with an initial low β-hCG level are associated with a twofold increase in preterm births and placental gross and histological changes. It may thus be considered to observe such cases in a high-risk pregnancy setting.
Live births after IVF with an initial low β-hCG level are associated with a twofold increase in preterm births and placental gross and histological changes. It may thus be considered to observe such cases in a high-risk pregnancy setting.
To investigate the role of tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) genes, including TSC1 and TSC2, in the pathogenesis of human premature ovarian insufficiency (POI).

Genetic and functional study.

University-based reproductive medical center.

Six patients from a cohort of 1,030 cases with idiopathic POI.

Variants in TSC1 and TSC2 were screened through the largest in-house database of whole exome sequencing performed in 1,030 patients with idiopathic POI. The pathogenic effects of the variants were further verified by functional studies.

TSC1 or TSC2 variant and functional characteristics.

Five pathogenic heterozygous variants in TSC2 were identified in 6 patients with POI. Functional studies showed these variants impaired the repressive effect of TSC2 on mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway by disrupting the formation of TSC complex or its GTPase-activating protein activity. Furthermore, invitro ovarian culture assay showed that TSC2 p.R98Q led to hyperactivation of mTOR pathway thereby triggere TSC2 variants carriers.
It is uncertain if the long-term biological behavior of the radial artery as a conduit for coronary bypass surgery has a similar resistance to the development of atherosclerosis as for the internal mammary artery. We aimed to examine long-term angiographic patency and disease-free patency (perfect patency) for internal mammary artery, radial artery, and saphenous vein grafts.

A retrospective, single-center, individual patient cohort study of angiographic observations from patients' latest postoperative angiogram from 1997 to 2020 was performed. Analysis was per anastomosis and assessed for patency and perfect patency. A generalized linear mixed model premised upon logistic regression was used to minimize confounding bias.

A total of 983 patients with 3064 grafts were included, with a median follow-up of 8.6 (interquartile range, 4.4-12.6) years after the operation. Multivariable analysis revealed differences for radial (patency, 86.9%; perfect patency, 86.4%) and internal mammary artery (patency, 93.9%; perfect patency, 93.5%) versus saphenous vein graft (patency, 72.8%; perfect patency, 46.2%). There were no differences between the 2 arterial conduits for patency (odds ratio, 1.40; 95% CI, 0.85-2.33; P=.189) and perfect patency (odds ratio, 1.14; 95% CI, 0.71-1.84; P=.578). If a conduit was patent, then 99.4% of radial artery, 99.6% of internal mammary artery, and 63.5% of saphenous vein graft were reported as perfectly patent.

Radial artery and internal mammary artery had similar patency and perfect patency while both were superior to saphenous vein graft.
Radial artery and internal mammary artery had similar patency and perfect patency while both were superior to saphenous vein graft.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock has been increasingly used without concomitant mortality reduction. VE-821 inhibitor This study aims to investigate determinants of in-hospital and postdischarge mortality in patients requiring postcardiotomy ECMO in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands Heart Registration collects nationwide prospective data from cardiac surgery units. Adults receiving intraoperative or postoperative ECMO included in the register from January 2013 to December 2019 were studied. Survival status was established through the national Personal Records Database. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to investigate determinants of in-hospital (3 models) and 12-month postdischarge mortality (4 models). Each model was developed to target specific time points during a patient's clinical course.

Overall, 406 patients (67.2% men, median age, 66.0years [interquartile range, 55.0-72.0years]) were included. In-hospital mortality was 51.7%, with death occurring igest that prevention of re-thoracotomies, renal failure, and respiratory failure are targets that may improve postdischarge outcomes.
In-hospital and postdischarge mortality after postcardiotomy ECMO in adults remains high in the Netherlands. ECMO support in patients with higher age and body mass index, which drive associations with higher in-hospital mortality, should be carefully considered. Further observations suggest that prevention of re-thoracotomies, renal failure, and respiratory failure are targets that may improve postdischarge outcomes.
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