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Capsule endoscopy (CE) is commonly used for examining and diagnosing gastrointestinal disease, especially small bowel disease. Capsule retention is a well-known and significant complication of CE and requires surgical or endoscopic removal. Most reports described the retrieval of retained CE via laparotomy. We report a case of successful retrieval of the capsule using laparoscopic surgery.
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J Trauma Inj
September 2025
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Coorg Institute of Dental Sciences, Virajpet, India.
Orbital trauma can result in significant complications, particularly when accompanied by foreign body entrapment. Wooden foreign bodies are rare but carry a high risk of infection and chronic inflammation. In these cases, immediate surgical intervention is critical for restoring orbital anatomy and preventing complications.
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September 2025
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China.
BackgroundAlzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease causing memory and cognitive dysfunction, and it is well established that the gut microbiota has an important effect on AD.ObjectiveIn this study, we aimed to identify evidence in AD affecting the abundance of gut microbiota, analyzing age and post-disease, with the expectation of discovering new gut microbiota combinations for diagnostic purposes.MethodsWe initially retrieved 219 samples from five studies in the GMrepo, and after screening, 86 samples collected from the same location were retained, with 98 species of gut microbiota at the genus level.
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August 2025
Bayer Research and Development, Pharmaceuticals, Preclinical Development, Berlin, Germany.
The pharmaceutical industry faces pressure to improve the drug development process while reducing costs in an evolving regulatory landscape. This paper presents the Preclinical Information Center (PRINCE), a cloud-hosted data integration platform developed by Bayer AG in collaboration with Thoughtworks. PRINCE integrates decades of structured and unstructured safety study reports, leveraging a multi-agent architecture based on Large Language Models (LLMs) and advanced data retrieval methodologies, such as Retrieval-Augmented Generation and Text-to-SQL.
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July 2025
Department of Pediatrics, Kariya Toyota General Hospital, Kariya, JPN.
Foreign body ingestion is a common pediatric emergency, and plastic objects are particularly difficult to detect on imaging due to their radiolucency. This can lead to delayed diagnosis and serious complications, especially when the ingestion is unwitnessed or the child is asymptomatic. We report a case of a four years and five months old girl who claimed to have accidentally swallowed a 4.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInterv Cardiol
August 2025
Woodlands Health, National Healthcare Group Singapore.
Complete fracture of a guiding catheter is a rare, but potentially serious, complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. Options for removal include endovascular retrieval devices or surgery. A rare case of a fractured guiding catheter with its tip in the ascending aorta and its successful retrieval using a combination of home-made snare, kissing guiding catheter and balloon trekking technique is reported.
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