Purpose Surgical trauma may confer additional infectious risk after operative fixation for high
energy tibial plateau fractures. This study aims to determine the impact of plate number and …

Methods: LD modifications were created by substituting the word “limb” for “back” in the Early
Onset Scoliosis Questionnaire (EOSQ, ages 10 and younger) and the Scoliosis Research …

Objectives: To compare infection rates after second-stage definitive surgery for high-energy
tibial plateau fractures between groups of patients who had the external fixator prepped into …

Background Smoking is a known neurotoxin that has been shown to negatively impact
neurological function and recovery in multiple animal studies. Patients who smoke have been …

Background— Diffuse myocardial fibrosis is a final end point in most cardiac diseases. It is
missed by the cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) late gadolinium enhancement …

Intestinal adaptive immune responses influence host health, yet only a few intestinal bacteria
species that induce cognate adaptive immune responses during homeostasis have been …

Although immune checkpoint blockade has shown initial success for various cancers, only a
small subset of patients benefits from this therapy. Some chemotherapeutic drugs have …

Background Light chain (AL) and transthyretin (ATTR) amyloid fibrils are deposited in the
extracellular space of the myocardium, resulting in heart failure and premature mortality. …

PURPOSE: To compare fast imaging with steady-state precession (FISP) and fast low-angle
shot (FLASH) magnetic resonance acquisitions to quantify left ventricular volumes, mass, …

Background— Cardiac involvement predicts outcome in systemic AL amyloidosis and influences
therapeutic options. Current methods of cardiac assessment do not quantify myocardial …