Catholic Kwandong University International St. Mary's Hospital

The Arthroscopic Wafer Procedure Provides Successful Midterm Outcomes for Idiopathic Ulnar Impaction Syndrome: A Minimum 5‐Year Follow‐Up

PURPOSE: To evaluate the midterm clinical and radiologic outcomes of the arthroscopic wafer procedure for idiopathic ulnar impaction syndrome with a minimum 5-year follow-up. METHODS: Patients with idiopathic ulnar impaction syndrome and less than 4 mm of positive ulnar variance...

Incidence and mortality of severe trauma in South Korea

Severe trauma is a leading cause of mortality worldwide; however, contemporary data on mechanism-specific incidence trends and factors associated with in-hospital mortality remain limited. We conducted a nationwide cohort study using a South Korean severe trauma registry spanning...

Postoperative Supraspinatus Muscle Volume Restoration Is Associated With Tendon Healing and Strength Recovery After Rotator Cuff Repair: Deep‐Learning‐Based Volumetric Analysis of the Entire Muscle With Clinical Correlation

Purpose To quantify supraspinatus muscle volume (SPV) change after rotator cuff repair using deep‐learning‐based segmentation of full‐coverage magnetic resonance imaging and evaluate its associations with clinical, radiologic parameters, and retears. Methods This retrospective st...

Vascular Imaging Features and Time-Specific Recurrence Risk After Craniocervical Artery Dissection

Background and ObjectivesCraniocervical artery dissection (CCAD) is a major cause of stroke in young adults, yet its recurrence risk remains poorly defined because of delayed enrollment in prior research. We aimed to determine the temporal distribution of recurrent ischemic strok...

Association Between Artificial Sweetener Consumption and Bladder Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background:The potential association between artificial sweetener consumption and bladder cancer risk remains controversial.Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive metaanalysis synthesizing evidence from observational studies to elucidate this relationship.Methods: A systematic l...

Transverse carpal ligament thickness on wrist MRI in carpal tunnel syndrome: a retrospective case–control study

Abstract Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is associated with structural alterations of the median nerve and surrounding components of the carpal tunnel; however, quantitative assessment of the transverse carpal ligament (TCL) remains limited. This exploratory retrospective case-contr...

Association of the COVID-19 lockdown and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) in Korean adolescents

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a worldwide pandemic that causes anxiety. Research on possible risk factors for anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic is scarce. In this study, we examined 54,890 participants’ web-based self-reported data from the Korea Youth Risk Behavior W...