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Volumetric Wear of Highly Cross-Linked Polyethylene Sockets in Total Hip Arthroplasty Differs Among Brands: A Retrieval Study

Outcomes after total hip arthroplasty (THA) remain limited by wear and wear particle reaction. Although highly cross-linked polyethylene (HXLPE) mitigated this issue, there are major differences among the various brands available. This study quantified, for the first time, the vo...

Late Lyme Borreliosis Presenting with Chronic Painful Sensory Axonal Polyneuropathy Preceding Clinically Apparent Acrodermatitis Chronica Atrophicans: A Case Report

Background: Lyme borreliosis is a multisystem tick-borne infection with heterogeneous clinical manifestations involving the skin, nervous system, joints, and other organs. Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA) is the characteristic late cutaneous manifestation of European Lym...

Total en Bloc Urethra Preservation at Robot-Assisted Prostatectomy (ToP-RAP): A Prospective IDEAL Stage 1–2a Study

Background/objective: Urinary continence recovery after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy remains variable despite technical refinements intended to preserve function. We describe Total en bloc Urethra Preservation at Robot-assisted Prostatectomy (ToP-RAP), a technique that pr...

Macular neovascularisation subtype determines visual consequences of early fibro-atrophic remodelling in neovascular AMD: PRECISE study report 11

Abstract Purpose To evaluate whether baseline well-delineated hyperreflective material (wdHRM) is associated with short-term visual outcome in treatment-naïve neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD), whether this association differs by macular neovascularisation (MNV)...