Spitalul Clinic Judeţean de Urgenţă "Pius Brînzeu" Timişoara

The anterior condylar confluence of Trolard and its venous tributaries: an anatomical review

Abstract The anterior condylar confluence (ACC) of Trolard is a small extracranial venous plexus at the external orifice of the hypoglossal canal. Described over 150 years ago and present in the classical French anatomical literature, it was largely absent from the Anglophone rad...

A comparative meta-analysis of amniotic membrane preservation methods: Balancing biological potency and clinical feasibility in ophthalmology

Objectives: The objective of the study is to systematically compare biological and structural properties of fresh, cryopreserved, lyophilized, and dehydrated human amniotic membrane (AM) and to quantify sufficiently comparable outcomes across preservation methods. Material and Me...

Clinical Assessment of Obesity Beyond Body Mass Index: Adiposity Evaluation, Body-Composition Phenotyping and Disease Staging: A Narrative Review

Obesity is usually classified or assessed using the body mass index (BMI), mainly because BMI is simple and easy to apply. Its simplicity is also its main weakness. BMI does not measure fat mass, fat-free mass, or fat distribution. This is a relevant limitation, since individuals...

Spiritual Well-Being, Religiosity, Psychological Distress and Quality of Life in Adults with Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Romanian Oncology and Palliative Care Centre

Background: Spiritual wellbeing is increasingly recognised as a key area of complex oncology and palliative care, but evidence from Eastern Europe is still limited. Understanding how spiritual well-being and religiosity are related to psychological distress and quality of life ca...

Clinician-Guided Deep Learning Segmentation of Skull Base Pneumatization on Computed Tomography Using 3D Slicer and MONAI Label

Skull base pneumatization is anatomically variable and clinically relevant to temporal bone and transsphenoidal surgical corridors, but manual volumetric segmentation is time-consuming. This retrospective pilot study evaluated a clinician-guided deep learning workflow for mastoid...