Inguinal canal endometriosis.

Objective: Demonstrate a successful laparoscopic removal of endometriosis from within the inguinal canal via a step-by-step video explanation, underscore the importance of pre-operative MRI imaging, and provide education on anatomy and surgical technique.

Design: Video case presentation of a successful laparoscopic removal of endometriosis from within the inguinal canal.

Subject: A single patient with MRI imaging revealing endometriosis invasion into the inguinal canal and local vasculature.

Using electronic health record data to identify incident uterine fibroids and endometriosis within a large, urban academic medical center: a validation study.

Electronic health records (EHRs) present opportunities to study uterine fibroids uterine fibroids and endometriosis within diverse populations. When using EHR data, it is important to validate outcome classification via diagnosis codes. We performed a validation study of three approaches (1: ICD-10 code alone, 2: ICD-10 code + diagnostic procedure, and 3: ICD-10 code + all diagnostic information) to identify incident uterine fibroids and endometriosis patients among n=750 NYU Langone Health 2016-2023.

Social Connections in Older Adults With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Patient Perspectives.

Objective: Interpersonal relationships are crucial to healthy aging. Social isolation is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes in older adults, including depression. Those with chronic conditions, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), may be particularly vulnerable to social isolation.

Posterior tibial slope angle in contact versus non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injuries.

Background: Increased Posterior Tibial Slope (PTS) angle has been reported to be a risk factor for primary anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears. However, it is unknown whether increased PTS has an associated increased risk for non-contact versus contact ACL injury.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with non-contact ACL injury have a higher PTS angle than those with contact ACL injury.

Association of phenotypic frailty and hand grip strength with telomere length in SLE.

Objective: Frailty and objective hand grip strength (one of the components of the frailty phenotype) are both risk factors for worse health outcomes in SLE. Whether telomere length, an established cellular senescence marker, is a biologic correlate of the frailty phenotype and hand grip strength in patients with SLE is not clear. First, we aimed to evaluate differences in telomere length between frail and non-frail women with SLE and then assessed whether frailty or hand grip strength is differentially associated with telomere length after adjusting for relevant confounders.

The Effect of Social Isolation on 1-Year Outcomes After Surgical Repair of Low-Energy Hip Fracture.

Objectives: To evaluate whether social isolation or loneliness is associated with outcomes 1 year after low-energy hip fracture.

Design: Prospective inception cohort study.

Setting: Academic level I trauma center.

Patients with higher numbers of allergies have lower levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines and increased pain at the time of ACL reconstruction.

Background: Synovial fluid biomarkers are well studied indicators of inflammation and healing in the setting of orthopedic injuries. However, it has not been studied if patients with one or more allergies have a difference in the concentrations of synovial fluid inflammatory cytokines compared to patients without allergies. The purpose of the current study is to analyze the concentration of 10 pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the synovial fluid of isolated ACL injury patients with and without at least one allergy.

Comparison of two frailty definitions in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Objectives: Frailty is a risk factor for adverse health in SLE. The Fried phenotype (FP) and the SLICC Frailty Index (SLICC-FI) are common frailty metrics reflecting distinct approaches to frailty assessment. We aimed to (1) compare frailty prevalence according to both metrics in women with SLE and describe differences between frail and non-frail participants using each method and (2) evaluate for cross-sectional associations between each metric and self-reported disability.