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ABSTRACT Background Regional anesthesia, while offering numerous clinical advantages, can paradoxically heighten intraoperative anxiety and stress due to patients remaining conscious throughout surgical procedures. Objec...

Galenic dural arteriovenous fistulas (GDAVFs) are rare, high-risk vascular malformations within the vein of Galen (VoG), commonly acquired due to factors like venous thrombosis, trauma, or infection and often resulting i...

Objective: In contrast to penetrating trauma, blunt pancreatic trauma poses numerous challenges for treating surgeons, mainly due to the different clinical manifestations. Materials and methods: This is a retrospective o...

ABSTRACT Objective Massive irreparable rotator cuff tears cause severe shoulder dysfunction. Superior capsular reconstruction (SCR) is effective, but optimal graft material is controversial; combined autologous fascia la...

Abstract Introduction Kinesio taping (KT) is used after mandibular third-molar surgery, yet its benefits and time course remain uncertain. We evaluated whether KT reduces pain, swelling, and trismus versus no tape. Metho...

Abstract Background Proximal humerus fractures are common injuries in the elderly, frequently treated with plate osteosynthesis. Intraoperative 2D fluoroscopy provides only limited visualization of the humeral head’s c...

Importance Evidence regarding the mechanism of tinnitus in patients with normal full-frequency hearing remains limited. This study investigated the auditory brainstem response (ABR) waveform patterns in these patients to...

Importance Tinnitus, affecting 10% to 15% of the global population, is a debilitating condition often linked to hearing loss and neurological disorders. While air pollution is a known risk factor for respiratory and card...

Importance Anatomy-based fitting (ABF) in cochlear implant (CI) users is an emerging method that individualizes the frequency allocation of the sound-coding strategies based on cochlear anatomy, aiming to reduce frequenc...