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score was higher in patients without self-awareness of symptoms than those with self-awareness (median 5 vs. 4, P=0.002). Having no self-awareness of symptoms was a significant predictor of ischemic stroke within 1year after adjustment for sex, ABCD

score, and onset to arrival time (hazard ratio = 2.44, 95% confidential interval 1.10-4.83), but was not significant after further adjustment for arterial stenosis or occlusion.

Patients with a TIA but having no self-awareness of their symptoms might have higher risk of subsequent ischemic stroke rather than those with self-awareness, suggesting urgent management is needed even if patients have no self-awareness of symptoms.

Patients with a TIA but having no self-awareness of their symptoms might have higher risk of subsequent ischemic stroke rather than those with self-awareness, suggesting urgent management is needed even if patients have no self-awareness of symptoms.

To compare enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) and conventional care (CC) protocols on outcomes of laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) performed in the afternoon.

A single-center randomized controlled trial was conducted on 120 women undergoing LH who were randomly divided into the intervention group (IG; n=60) and control group (CG; n=60). Women in the IG were treated according to the ERAS protocol and those in the CG according to the CC protocol. The primary outcome was the length of hospitalization. Secondary outcomes were postoperative opioid use, postoperative pain and emesis, complications, operative bleeding, and time.

More women discharged during 24hours in the IG than in the CG (88% vs 55%, P<0.001). The time to actual discharge (19 vs 22hours, P<0.001) and ready-to-discharge time (15 vs 21hours, P<0.001) were shorter and the use of oxycodone was lower (0mg [0-0 vs 2.5mg [0-10], P<0.001) in the IG than in the CG, respectively. Otherwise, no other significant differences between the groups were observed. The follow-up time was one month.

The ERAS protocol reduces hospital stay and decreases the use of opioids with no impairment in surgical outcome of LH. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03828981.

The ERAS protocol reduces hospital stay and decreases the use of opioids with no impairment in surgical outcome of LH. ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03828981.

To evaluate the effects of the duration of cryostorage on clinical outcomes after embryo transfer of vitrified blastocysts stored in an open-device slush-nitrogen (SN

) system.

A retrospective cohort study was carried out on 1632 autologous vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer cycles between January 2013 and June 2014. Duration of cryostorage was divided into four groups Group I 0-6months (n=937); Group II 7-12months (n=299); Group III 13-24months (n=165); and Group IV ≥25months (n=231). The effects of the duration of cryostorage on the survival rate (SR), clinical pregnancy rate (CPR), live birth rate (LBR), and neonatal outcomes of vitrified blastocysts stored in an open-device SN

system were evaluated.

There were no significant differences between groups in SR, CPR, LBR, and neonatal outcomes after autologous vitrified-warmed blastocyst transfer. Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed no effect on LBR from duration of cryostorage.

Vitrification using SN

and long-term cryostorage in an open-device system are safe and effective and do not significantly affect clinical outcomes after embryo transfer.

Vitrification using SN2 and long-term cryostorage in an open-device system are safe and effective and do not significantly affect clinical outcomes after embryo transfer.

To propose a treatment algorithm, after the LACC trial, of laparoscopic sentinel lymph node biopsy with frozen section, followed by immediate open radical hysterectomy in node-negative cases, for early stage cervical cancer.

We retrospectively collected all cases of cervical cancer that were surgically treated between 2019-2020. In all cases, surgery began with laparoscopic sentinel lymph node biopsy±ovarian transposition. Node-negative cases continued with open radical hysterectomy. GSK343 in vivo In node-positive cases, surgery was discontinued, sparing the patient a laparotomy incision.

Nine patients with cervical cancer were referred for surgery. Laparoscopic bilateral lymph node identification was achieved in all. In two cases, sentinel lymph nodes were positive for metastatic cancer and surgery was discontinued. For the other seven, node-negative patients, open radical hysterectomy was completed. Four patients had laparoscopic ovarian transposition. There were no cases where nodes were negative on frozen section but positive on final pathology.

Laparoscopic sentinel lymph node biopsy before open radical hysterectomy may spare a considerable number of laparotomies on the one hand and bi-modal treatment with surgery and radiation on the other, for node-positive patients. The oncological safety of this approach is yet to be determined.

Laparoscopic sentinel lymph node biopsy before open radical hysterectomy may spare a considerable number of laparotomies on the one hand and bi-modal treatment with surgery and radiation on the other, for node-positive patients. The oncological safety of this approach is yet to be determined.Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia and different degrees of B cell compartment alteration. Memory B cell differentiation requires the orchestrated activation of several intracellular signaling pathways that lead to the activation of a number of factors, such as nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) which, in turn, promote transcriptional programs required for long-term survival. The aim of this study was to determine if disrupted B cell differentiation, survival and activation in B cells in CVID patients could be related to defects in intracellular signaling pathways. For this purpose, we selected intracellular readouts that reflected the strength of homeostatic signaling pathways in resting cells, as the protein expression levels of the Bcl-2 family which transcription is promoted by NF-κB. We found reduced Bcl-2 protein levels in memory B cells from CVID patients. We further explored the possible alteration of this crucial prosurvival signaling pathway in CVID patients by analysing the expression levels of mRNAs from anti-apoptotic proteins in naive B cells, mimicking T cell-dependent activation in vitro with CD40L and interleukin (IL)-21.