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This is a retrospective cohort study.

To evaluate the long-term outcomes after surgery for refractory coccygodynia in patients with normal imaging studies compared with patients where imaging shows an anomaly.

Patients with coccydynia who do not respond to conservative treatment will often profit from coccygectomy. Most surgeons employ plain radiographs or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in their preoperative work-up. These will often show anomalies, but in some cases they do not. We investigated whether these patients do less well than those with abnormal images.

We operated on 184 patients with coccydynia during a 7-year period and 171 (93%) responded to follow-up questionnaires after 37 (range 12-85) months. Images of 33 patients were normal and 138 showed some coccygeal pathology. Surgery was considered to have been unsuccessful when respondents stated at review that they were somewhat better, unchanged, or worse.

There were no clinically or statistically significant differences in outcome between the groups. Surgery was unsuccessful in 24% of patients with normal images and in 32% among those with abnormal images. The median pain scores (0-10) during the week before review were two (interquartile range [IQR] 0-3) and one (IQR 1-5) in the two groups respectively. Similar proportions in the two groups stated that they would not have consented to surgery if they had known the outcome in advance.

Patients with severe coccydynia who have not responded to conservative treatment should not be denied surgery only because their radiographs or MRI studies look normal.

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Thyroid Imaging Reporting And Data System (TIRADS) is helpful for risk stratification of thyroid nodules. However, there is a lack of data for TIRADS classification of different histological subtypes [classical papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), follicular variant of papillary thyroid cancer (FVPTC), and follicular thyroid cancer (FTC)], and benign thyroid nodules (follicular adenoma, oncocytic adenoma, and multinodular goiter (MNG)]. Methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (MIBI) imaging has a high negative predictive value for the exclusion of thyroid malignancy in hypofunctioning thyroid nodules. The aim of this analysis was to compare malignant and benign subtypes of thyroid nodule using three TIRADS and MIBI imaging.

Retrospective analysis of MIBI imaging studies. Hypofunctioning thyroid nodules were classified with Kwak-TIRADS, EU-TIRADS, and K-TIRADS. MIBI imaging was visually categorized.

We included 242 thyroid nodules (32 malignant, 19 PTC, 7 FVPTC, and 6 FTC). When using Kwak-TIRADS 4C and 5 as a marker for high-risk nodules, we found 85.5% of the follicular adenoma, 80.8% of the MNG, 100% of the oncocytic adenoma, 100% of the FTC, 57.1% of the FVPTC, and 42.2% of the PTC to be below this cutoff. All PTC and FVPTC were MIBI-positive, 83% of the FTC, 78% of the follicular adenoma, 75% of the oncocytic adenoma, and 60% of the MNG were MIBI-positive.

TIRADS is useful to detect PTC, but FVPTC and FTC may be missed. MIBI imaging seems to be more suitable to detect FVPTC and FTC. However, neither TIRADS nor MIBI imaging are able to differentiate between follicular adenoma and FTC or FVPTC.

TIRADS is useful to detect PTC, but FVPTC and FTC may be missed. MIBI imaging seems to be more suitable to detect FVPTC and FTC. However, neither TIRADS nor MIBI imaging are able to differentiate between follicular adenoma and FTC or FVPTC.

Overuse injuries often start with a musculoskeletal complaint, which can progress over time to an injury. Little or no information is known about the development and severity of overuse injuries in military recruits. This study describes the musculoskeletal complaints in Dutch military recruits during their basic training and examines potential predictive factors for dropout due to injury.

In this prospective cohort study, Dutch military recruits reported complaints of the lower body weekly using a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) pain score chart during their basic training. Number, location and severity of complaints during each of the first 12 weeks of basic training were analysed.

Of the 930 recruits, 61% reported an NRS pain score of 3 or higher and 34% reported an NRS pain score of 5 or higher at least once. Complaints were mostly reported in the foot and ankle region and least reported in the upper leg region. Injury dropouts (11%) showed significantly higher proportions of complaints and higher maximal pain scores throughout most weeks of basic training. The maximal NRS pain score of the first two weeks was the strongest predictor of dropping out due to injury.

Recruits who drop out due to injury report more severe complaints throughout basic training. Focusing on musculoskeletal complaints in the first phase of training seems helpful to identify recruits who are at risk of developing an injury.

Recruits who drop out due to injury report more severe complaints throughout basic training. Focusing on musculoskeletal complaints in the first phase of training seems helpful to identify recruits who are at risk of developing an injury.

To assess temporal clinical and budget impacts of changes in atrial fibrillation (AF)-related prescribing in England.

Data on AF prevalence, AF-related stroke incidence and prescribing for all National Health Service general practices, hospitals and registered patients with hospitalised AF-related stroke in England were obtained from national databases. Stroke care costs were based on published data. BAY-1816032 mouse We compared changes in oral anticoagulation prescribing (warfarin or direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs)), incidence of hospitalised AF-related stroke, and associated overall and per-patient costs in the periods January 2011-June 2014 and July 2014-December 2017.

Between 2011-2014 and 2014-2017, recipients of oral anticoagulation for AF increased by 86.5% from 1 381 170 to 2 575 669. The number of patients prescribed warfarin grew by 16.1% from 1 313 544 to 1 525 674 and those taking DOACs by 1452.7% from 67 626 to 1 049 995. Prescribed items increased by 5.9% for warfarin (95% CI 2.9% to 8.9%) but by 2004.8% for DOACs (95% CI 1848.