Conditioned medium derived from mesenchymal stem cells and spinal cord injury: A review of the current therapeutic capacities.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a debilitating condition of the nervous system that imposes considerable challenges for subjects, such as bladder and bowel incontinence and infections. The standard therapeutic strategy is methylprednisolone utilization accompanied by surgical decompression. However, achieving an effective therapy with the minimum side effects for SCI is still a puzzle.

How reliable is pre-sleeve endoscopy to characterize pathological features?

Background: Vertical sleeve gastrectomy is a relatively new bariatric procedure with lower morbidity and mortality than other weight loss surgeries. The predictive values of preoperative esophagogastroduodenoscopy for detecting histopathological abnormalities prior to sleeve gastrectomy have not been clearly described. This study aimed to determine the negative predictive value of preoperative endoscopic biopsies for detecting Helicobacter pylori (H.