Introduction. Posttraumatic headache (PTH) is defined as a headache attributed to trauma, or injury to the head and/or neck. Acute PTH develops within 7 days after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), whereas persistent PTH ...

Introduction: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical finding in endocrine practice and warrant careful monitoring due to their potential for malignant transformation and progressive enlargement, which can lead to compressive ...

Introduction. Paraneoplastic sensory neuropathy (PSN) is a phenotype within the spectrum of paraneoplastic neurological syndromes, characterized by the destruction of sensory neurons located in the dorsal root ganglia. ...

Background: Persistent symptoms after acute pulmonary embolism (PE) are frequent, while access to advanced chronic thromboembolic disease work-up is limited. Three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) provides a direct ...

Introduction: The gut microbiome plays a key role in the regulation of human appetite and energy balance through effects on satiety hormones and metabolic pathways. Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is an emerging ...

Introduction. Replantation of the first digit is one of the most complex and functionally significant procedures in hand microsurgery, due to its essential role in thumb opposition, grasp, and overall upper limb performance. ...

Introduction. Medical procedures involving punctures require practical training for outmost effectiveness and low risks. Therefore, a project with the purpose of training medical students was developed constructing 4 ...

Introduction. Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) are part of the group of cerebral vascular malformations that represent congenital defects of the circulatory system formed by a cluster of blood vessels through which ...

Background. Prolonged antibiotic therapy remains common, despite shorter guideline durations. Overexposure to antibiotics has reported negative impacts in patients, such as an increase in resistant, invasive fungal ...

Introduction. Cutaneous malignant melanoma exhibits marked heterogeneity in clinical behaviour and histopathologic appearance. Although tumour thickness, Clark level, and invasive growth patterns remain key prognostic ...