Lumbar facet joint radiofrequency denervation therapy for chronic low back pain: enhanced outcome compared with chemical neurolysis (ethyl alcohol 95% or …

A Afifi, M Ringe, R Sobottke, S Oikonomidis… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ijssurgery.com
Background It was hypothesized that radiofrequency denervation (RFD) of lumbar facet
joints is associated with superior pain abolishment and less complications than chemical …

Two years COVID-19 pandemic waves: The impact on volume of spine surgery in Germany: A German Spine Registry (DWG) analysis

R Sobottke, M Teuben, J Siewe, A Afifi - Brain & Spine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic largely affected acute and elective medical care
services worldwide. The impact of the pandemic on surgical spine care in Germany, however, …

Hepatitis B virus core‐related antigen (HBcrAg) as a prognostic marker for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma: A mini systematic review of the literature

AM Afifi, A Elgenidy, M Hashim… - Reviews in medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Afifi and Anas Elgenidy contributed equally to this paper and requires a conjoint first author.
Afifi and Anas ELgenidy.; drafting of the manuscripts: Mahmoud Hashim and Ahmed K. Awad…

Postganglionic cholinergic dysautonomia

…, MH Ghandour, FS Farah, AK Afifi - Annals of Neurology …, 1977 - Wiley Online Library
A 9‐year‐old boy presented with symptoms and signs of marked postganglionic cholinergic
autonomic dysfunction manifested by bilateral internal ophthalmoplegia, impaired secretion …

Imaging and surveillance of chronic aortic dissection: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

D Fleischmann, RO Afifi, AI Casanegra… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
All patients surviving an acute aortic dissection require continued lifelong surveillance of
their diseased aorta. Late complications, driven predominantly by chronic false lumen …

Characteristics, survival and incidence rates and trends of primary cardiac malignancies in the United States

…, MJ Al-Husseini, S Salahia, A Alrefai, AM Afifi… - Cardiovascular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The available literature on the incidence, management and prognosis of
primary malignant cardiac tumors [PMCTs] is limited to single-center studies, prone to small …

Specific causes of death among patients with cardiac sarcoma in the United States—An analysis of The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program

AK Awad, A Elgenidy, AM Afifi, MP Sa… - Journal of Cardiac …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Representing 10%–25% of the primary cardiac neoplasms, primary malignant cardiac tumors
(PMCT) have a poor prognosis, yet with rare incidence. Constituting more than 50% of the …

Causes of Death Following Nonmetastatic Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis in the US: A Population-Based Analysis

AM Afifi, AO Elmehrath, IA Ruhban, AM Saad… - The …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Because of the improved colorectal cancer (CRC) survival in the US, patients
may live long enough after CRC diagnosis to the point where non–cancer-related …

Survival and Causes of Death among Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in the United States from 2000 to 2018

A Elgenidy, AM Afifi, PK Jalal - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & …, 2022 - AACR
… Elgenidy and AM Afifi contributed equally to this article. … Afifi, Prasun K. Jalal; Survival and
Causes of Death among Patients with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in the United States …

[HTML][HTML] Neutrophil/lymphocyte and platelet/lymphocyte ratios are useful predictors comparable to serum IL6 for disease activity and damage in naive and relapsing …

MA Abdulrahman, N Afifi, M El-Ashry - The Egyptian Rheumatologist, 2020 - Elsevier
… The anti-nuclear antibody (ANA), anti-double stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (anti-ds DNA),
serum complements (C3 and C4) were assessed. Serum IL-6 level was measured in lupus …