Articles: ninos.
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Meta Analysis
Chinese herbal medicines for mild cognitive impairment: A protocol for meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), as a common neurodegenerative aging disease representing an intermediate stage between normal cognitive functioning and dementia, poses an excessive burden on health care. The clinical benefit of Chinese herbal medicines (CHMs) for MCI remains inconclusive. This study is aimed at evaluating the efficacy and acceptability of CHMs through meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis (TSA). ⋯ This study will provide reliable evidence and references for the selection of CHMs in therapy and future clinical research of MCI.
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Recent studies have reported a connection between non-coding RNAs such as circular RNAs (circRNAs) and the prognosis of various cancers. However, the mechanism of circRNA in ovarian cancer and cervical cancer has not been consistent. We evaluated the diagnostic and prognostic roles of circRNAs in ovarian and cervical cancer by meta-analysis. ⋯ CircRNAs have the prospect of becoming a promising biomarker for diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian and cervical cancer. Accordingly, circRNAs might be novel indicators and targets of therapy for ovarian and cervical cancer.
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Bevacizumab is known to be very effective in inhibiting ocular neovascularization in neovascular glaucoma (NVG). The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor on the surgical outcome of Ahmed glaucoma valve implantation (AGVI) in NVG. ⋯ AGVI with adjuvant bevacizumab had no significant effect on lowering IOP in patients with neovascular glaucoma compared with AGVI alone. However, the final success rate was higher for AGVI with adjuvant bevacizumab treatment than with AGVI alone.
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Endometrial carcinoma is a prevalent form of cancer. In fact, its incidence ranks fourth among European and North American females. Moreover, it is the most common gynecological malignant disease. Laparotomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, total abdominal hysterectomy, etc were common methods adopted in conventional open surgery. Recent developments in laparoscopic surgery (LPS) has made it more effective. The present study aims to compare the outcomes between LPS and a conventional open surgical procedure to treat stage II endometrial carcinoma patients. ⋯ This study will conduct a meta-analysis to compare the clinical efficacy of LPS and conventional open surgery in the treatment of stage II endometrial carcinoma.
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Meta Analysis Comparative Study
Comparison of accuracy and safety between robot-assisted and conventional fluoroscope assisted placement of pedicle screws in thoracolumbar spine: A meta-analysis.
The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to explore the screw positioning accuracy, complications related to pedicle screw implantation, revision rate and radiation exposure between robot screw placement and traditional fluoroscopic screw placement. ⋯ The robot-assisted group was significantly better than the conventional FH in the accuracy of pedicle screw placement and facet joint invasion rate and revision rate. There was no significant difference in the complication and fluoroscopy time between the two groups.