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The Fujirebio Inc. assay exhibited the lowest %CV and highest percentage of individual measurements within ≤ ±5 % mean bias. Ten immunoassays exhibited changes in response due to the high 25(OH)D2 samples with Abbott, Biomérieux, DiaSorin, DIAsource, and IDS-iSYS assays having the largest deviations. The Fujirebio Inc. and Beckman Coulter assays were only minimally affected by the presence of the high 25(OH)D2 samples. Samples with high concentrations of 25(OH)D2 provided a critical performance test for immunoassays indicating that some assays may not have equal response or recovery for 25(OH)D2 and 25(OH)D3.Musk secreted by Chinese forest musk deer (FMD; Moschus berezovskii) is a highly valuable ingredient in the fields of perfumery and medicine, and the main factor affecting the production of musk is the androgen level of male FMD. To clarify whether the musk gland of FMD can synthesize androgen, we compared and analyzed the expression patterns of steroid hormone biosynthesis-related genes in the musk gland and testis of FMD by RNA-seq and RT-qPCR. We obtained 33,308 and 38,602 unigenes from the musk gland and testis, respectively, and 26,780 co-expressed unigenes. Olcegepant cell line Analysis of co-expressed genes revealed that 12,647 genes were annotated to 11,484 Gene Ontology terms and 10,941 genes were annotated to 6120 pathways, including several pathways important in metabolic and synthetic activity. Next, 21 steroid hormone synthesis-related genes were screened from the transcriptome of the musk gland of 4-month-old FMD. The expression levels of three key genes of steroid hormone biosynthesis (CYP11A1, CYP17A1, and HSD3B) in the musk gland differed from their expression levels in the testis based on RT-qPCR. Furthermore, immunohistochemistry indicated that CYP11A1, CYP17A1, and HSD3B were localized in the glandular tubular columnar cells of the musk gland. These results suggested that the musk gland of male FMD has the potential to locally synthesize steroid hormone and thus plays a critically important role in musk secretion.

The Spine Oncology Study Group Outcomes Questionnaire version 2.0 (SOSGOQ2.0) is a spinal metastasis (SM)-specific quality of life (QoL) questionnaire that was previously reported to have good reliability and validity. There is currently no Thai version of the SOSGOQ 2.0. (TH-SOSGOQ2.0).

To assess the psychometric properties of the TH-SOSGOQ 2.0.

Cross-sectional study. Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University.

Patients who were confirmed diagnosis of metastatic spinal disease, age 18 to 75 years, and having already undergone surgery and/or radiotherapy for the treatment of spinal metastasis.

Validity and reliability of the TH-SOSGOQ 2.0 to assess QoL in Patients with SM.

Using the forward-backward translation technique, the SOSGOQ2.0 was translated into Thai language to create the TH-SOSGOQ2.0. SM patients were prospectively enrolled and evaluated for patient QoL using both the TH-SOSGOQ2.0 and the EQ-5D-5L (Thai version) at baseline and 3 months after treatment. Construct validityients.

TH-SOSGOQ2.0 demonstrated good reliability and validity for assessing QoL in Thai SM patients.

Frailty has been associated with inferior surgical outcomes in various fields of spinal surgery. With increasing healthcare costs, hospital length of stay (LOS) and unplanned readmissions have emerged as clinical proxies reflecting overall value of care. However, there is a paucity of data assessing the impact that baseline frailty has on quality of care in patients with spondylolisthesis.

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact that frailty has on LOS, complication rate, and unplanned readmission after posterior lumbar spinal fusion for spondylolisthesis.

A retrospective cohort study was performed using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database from 2010 through 2016.

All adult (≥18 years old) patients who underwent lumbar spinal decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis were identified using ICD-9-CM diagnosis and procedural coding systems. We calculated the modified frailty index (mFI) for each patient using 5 dichotomous comorbidities - diabetes mellitus, dverse events, or 30-day unplanned readmission in patients undergoing lumbar spinal decompression and fusion for spondylolisthesis. Further work is needed to better define variable inputs that make up frailty to optimize surgical outcome prediction tools that impact the value of care.

Total removal of spinal schwannomas is ideal but it sometimes requires tumor-involved root resection, which increases the risk of postoperative motor deterioration (PMD). Therefore, it is important for clinicians to predict the impact of tumor-involved root resection on motor function in spinal schwannomas.

To investigate the role of intraoperative electromyographic (EMG) techniques in decision-making of tumor-involved root resection for treating spinal schwannomas.

A retrospective analysis PATIENT SAMPLE Sixty-eight patients with spinal schwannomas arising from C5-T1 or L3-S1 roots underwent total resection of schwannoma, including tumoral root.

Nerve root activation threshold, free-running EMG signals, visual analogue scale, and American Spinal Injury Association scale.

During evoked EMG, nerve root activation threshold for tumoral root stimulation was recorded from muscles anatomically corresponding to tumoral root. During free-running EMG, abnormal EMG signals were identified as irregularly recu-making of tumor-involved root resection.

Bertolotti Syndrome is a diagnosis given to patients with lower back pain arising from a lumbosacral transitional vertebra (LSTV). These patients can experience symptomatology similar to common degenerative diseases of the spine, making Bertolotti Syndrome difficult to diagnose with clinical presentation alone. Castellvi classified the LSTV seen in this condition and specifically in types IIa and IIb, a "pseudoarticulation" is present between the fifth lumbar transverse process and the sacral ala, resulting in a semi-mobile joint with cartilaginous surfaces.Treatment outcomes for Bertolotti Syndrome are poorly understood but can involve diagnostic and therapeutic injections and ultimately surgical resection of the pseudoarticulation (pseudoarthrectomy) or fusion of surrounding segments.

To examine spine and regional injection patterns and clinical outcomes for patients with diagnosed and undiagnosed Bertolotti Syndrome.

Retrospective observational cohort study of patients seen at a single institution's tertiary spine center over a 10-year period.