Technique and outcomes of robotic median arcuate ligament release in 52 patients: a multidisciplinary experience.

Despite previous reports of robotic-assisted release for median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS), the safety and efficacy of this approach have been difficult to establish due to the rarity of the disease. We aimed to present our experience at a tertiary surgery referral center. We performed a retrospective analysis of all robotic-assisted median arcuate ligament release (rMALR) performed at our institution from 7/2019 to 5/2025.

CD73 Maintains Hepatocyte Metabolic Integrity and Mouse Liver Homeostasis in a Sex-Dependent Manner.

Background & Aims: Metabolic imbalance and inflammation are common features of chronic liver diseases. Molecular factors controlling these mechanisms represent potential therapeutic targets. CD73 is the major enzyme that dephosphorylates extracellular adenosine monophosphate (AMP) to form the anti-inflammatory adenosine.

Resolution of blur in the older eye: neural compensation in addition to optics?

This study examined the roles of pupillary miosis and experience-mediated compensation in older observers' superior ability to read optically blurred text. The size thresholds of younger and older adult observers for reading common words and identifying line drawings of everyday objects were compared with natural and artificial pupils as a function of systematically varied far letter acuity: best corrected, 20/30, and 20/40. With best corrected letter acuity, younger observers' size thresholds for reading words were lower than those of older observers with either natural or artificial pupils.