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Sharon CE, Tortorello GN, Ma KL, Huang AC, Xu X, Giles LR, McGettigan S, Kreider K, Schuchter LM, Mathew AJ, Amaravadi RK, Gimotty PA, Miura JT, Karakousis GC, Mitchell TC. Corrigendum to 'Long-term outcomes to neoadjuvant pembrolizumab based on pathological response for patients with resectable stage III/IV cutaneous melanoma': [Annals of Oncology 34 (2023) 806-812]. Ann Oncol 2024:S0923-7534(24)00076-0. [PMID: 38614876 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2024.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- C E Sharon
- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Medicine and Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
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- Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Department of Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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Mohan A, Gopalakrishnan A, Chandran R, Joseph S, Mathew AJ, S Nair A, Sudhakaran R. Examining the Influence of Gender, Age, and Dominance on the Caliber of Normal Coronary Arteries in the South Indian Population. Cureus 2023; 15:e51146. [PMID: 38283514 PMCID: PMC10811496 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.51146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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Background The diameter of coronary arteries serves as a potential predictor of coronary artery diseases (CADs) that can lead to sudden death. Factors such as gender, age, and coronary artery dominance play a role in influencing the size of normal coronary arteries. The outcome of coronary interventions, to a certain extent, depends on luminal size. Given the considerable variability in luminal size within the normal population, establishing the baseline size of normal coronary arteries in a specific population can aid in estimating the severity of coronary disease and predicting the outcome of interventional procedures. The current study focuses on estimating the luminal diameter of normal coronary arteries within the context of age, gender, and cardiac dominance in the South Indian population. Methods A retrospective study was conducted utilizing coronary angiograms with normal findings from 453 patients, comprising 257 males and 196 females, with a mean age of 54.66±10.66 years. These patients attended the outpatient service of the Cardiology Department at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, a quaternary care center, between 2015 and 2017. The luminal diameter of coronary arteries is represented as mean±SD in millimeters. Results In the present study, we noted that the largest coronary artery was the left main coronary artery (LMCA, 3.59±0.58 mm), followed by the left anterior descending artery (LAD, 3.50±0.52 mm), the left circumflex artery (LCX, 3.31±0.57 mm), and the right coronary artery (RCA, 3.18±0.57 mm). We further broke down the statistics to evolve a gender pattern. In the raw comparison of data, the luminal size of coronary arteries in males was greater than in females, and statistical significance was noted in all except LAD. In males, the largest coronary artery was LMCA (3.70±0.60 mm), followed by LAD (3.54±0.48 mm), LCX (3.36±0.58 mm), and RCA (3.25±0.62 mm). In females, no significant size difference was observed between LMCA (3.45±0.53 mm) and LAD (3.46±0.55 mm). Females exhibited an increase in the size of LMCA with advancing age. Regardless of right or left cardiac dominance, LMCA was consistently larger than RCA in both genders. However, in cases of co-dominance, only males demonstrated significantly larger LMCA. Conclusion Precise knowledge of the size of normal coronary arteries and their influence by gender, age, and dominance can be crucial for the comprehensive evaluation of CADs and the success of interventional procedures.
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- Anu Mohan
- Anatomy, Government Medical College, Thrissur, IND
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- Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, IND
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- Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, IND
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- Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, IND
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- Biostatistics, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, IND
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- Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, IND
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Sharon CE, Tortorello GN, Ma KL, Huang AC, Xu X, Giles LR, McGettigan S, Kreider K, Schuchter LM, Mathew AJ, Amaravadi RK, Gimotty PA, Miura JT, Karakousis GC, Mitchell TC. Long-term outcomes to neoadjuvant pembrolizumab based on pathological response for patients with resectable stage III/IV cutaneous melanoma. Ann Oncol 2023; 34:806-812. [PMID: 37414215 DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 06/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND While neoadjuvant immunotherapy for melanoma has shown promising results, the data have been limited by a relatively short follow-up time, with most studies reporting 2-year outcomes. The goal of this study was to determine long-term outcomes for stage III/IV melanoma patients treated with neoadjuvant and adjuvant programmed cell death receptor 1 (PD-1) inhibition. PATIENTS AND METHODS This is a follow-up study of a previously published phase Ib clinical trial of 30 patients with resectable stage III/IV cutaneous melanoma who received one dose of 200 mg IV neoadjuvant pembrolizumab 3 weeks before surgical resection, followed by 1 year of adjuvant pembrolizumab. The primary outcomes were 5-year overall survival (OS), 5-year recurrence-free survival (RFS), and recurrence patterns. RESULTS We report updated results at 5 years of follow-up with a median follow-up of 61.9 months. No deaths occurred in patients with a major pathological response (MPR, <10% viable tumor) or complete pathological response (pCR, no viable tumor) (n = 8), compared to a 5-year OS of 72.8% for the remainder of the cohort (P = 0.12). Two of eight patients with a pCR or MPR had a recurrence. Of the patients with >10% viable tumor remaining, 8 of 22 patients (36%) had a recurrence. Additionally, the median time to recurrence was 3.9 years for patients with ≤10% viable tumor and 0.6 years for patients with >10% viable tumor (P = 0.044). CONCLUSIONS The 5-year results from this trial represent the longest follow-up of a single-agent neoadjuvant PD-1 trial to date. Response to neoadjuvant therapy continues to be an important prognosticator with regard to OS and RFS. Additionally, recurrences in patients with pCR occur later and are salvageable, with a 5-year OS of 100%. These results demonstrate the long-term efficacy of single-agent neoadjuvant/adjuvant PD-1 blockade in patients with a pCR and the importance of long-term follow-up for these patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT02434354.
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- C E Sharon
- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Medicine and Institute for Immunology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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- Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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Sukumaran TT, Joseph S, Ramakrishnan S, Mathew AJ. Anatomical variations of the hepatic artery in it's extra hepatic journey: a cadaveric study with its clinical implications. Anat Cell Biol 2022; 55:269-276. [PMID: 36002438 PMCID: PMC9519758 DOI: 10.5115/acb.22.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Vascular anomalies are a serendipitous finding during surgeries and diagnostic angiography. Such variations are frequently encountered in the abdominal region. These anomalies are usually asymptomatic but the presence of hepatic arterial variations may lead to injuries of the liver during surgery. The present study was conducted on 35 adult embalmed cadavers, 31 males, 4 females from August 2015 to December 2021 in the Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi. In this study of 35 cadavers, we present 3 variants: an accessory right hepatic artery, replaced common hepatic artery, replaced common hepatic artery anastomosis with accessory left hepatic artery and an arc of Buhler. One of our variants has not yielded a precedent in literature search. We have compared these variants with Michels and Hiatt classification. It is known that different variants arise at distinct stages of embryonic development. As specialists in anatomy, we have tried to correlate the variants in our study with their embryological origins.
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- Tintu Thottiyil Sukumaran
- Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
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Singh A, Das S, Chopra A, Danda D, Paul BJ, March L, Mathew AJ, Shenoy P, Gotay C, Palmer AJ, Antony B. Burden of osteoarthritis in India and its states, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of disease study 2019. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2022; 30:1070-1078. [PMID: 35598766 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2022.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the burden of osteoarthritis (OA) in India from 1990 to 2019. DESIGN Data from Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019 were used. The burden of OA -knee OA, hip OA, hand OA, and other OA- was estimated for India and its states from 1990 to 2019 through a systematic analysis of prevalence, incidence, years lived with disability (YLD), and disability-adjusted life years (DALY) using methods reported in GBD 2019 study. RESULT Around 23.46 million individuals in India had OA in 1990; this increased to 62.35 million in 2019. The age-standardised prevalence of OA increased from 4,895 (95% uncertainty interval (UI):4,420-5,447) in 1990-5313 (95%UI:4,799-5,898) in 2019, per 100,000 persons. Similarly, DALYs due to OA increased from 0.79 million (95%UI:0.40-1.55) to 2.12 million (95%UI:1.07-4.23); while age-standardised DALYs increased from 164 (95%UI:83-325) to 180 (95%UI:91-361) per 100,000 persons from 1990 to 2019. OA was the 20th most common cause of YLDs in India in 2019, accounting for 1.48% (95%UI:0.88-2.78) of all YLDs; increasing from 23rd most common cause in 1990 (1.25%(95%UI:0.74-2.34)). Knee OA was the most common form of OA, followed by hand OA. The prevalence, incidence, and DALYs for OA and knee OA were consistently higher in females than males. CONCLUSION The burden and impact of OA in India are substantial and is increasing. Adopting suitable control and preventive community measures to reduce modifiable risk factors (obesity, injuries, occupational stress) are needed to reduce the current and future burden of OA in India.
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- A Singh
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Era's University, Lucknow, India
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- Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Apollo Jehangir Hospital, Pune University, Pune, India
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Department of General Medicine, KMCT Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India
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- Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Florance and Cope Professorial Rheumatology Department, University of Sydney Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India; Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet Glostrup, Denmark
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- Centre for Arthritis & Rheumatism Excellence, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
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Maugesten Ø, Pedersen SJ, Stoenoiu MS, Kroon F, Mathew AJ, Genant HK, Conaghan PG, Gandjbakhch F, Kloppenburg M, Peterfy C, Østergaard M, Haugen IK. Reliability and agreement of proton density-weighted vs. gadolinium-enhanced T1-weighted MRI in hand osteoarthritis. An OMERACT MRI special interest group reliability exercise. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2021; 51:929-932. [PMID: 34140182 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2021.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To compare reliabilities of assessing synovitis in hand osteoarthritis (OA) using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with/without gadolinium (Gd). METHODS Three readers scored synovitis on non-enhanced two-dimensional (2D) proton density (PD)-weighted MRI and Gd-enhanced (3D) MRI of hand joints in 20 patients. Inter-reader reliabilities were examined. RESULTS Reliability was good for Gd-enhanced MRI, but poor for non-enhanced PD-weighted MRI (intraclass correlation coefficient 0.83 and 0.21, respectively). Agreement between the two sequences was poor (weighted kappa 0.18). CONCLUSION Gd-enhanced MRI was more reliable than PD-weighted MRI for assessing synovitis. Gd-enhancement, but also resolution and tissue contrast, might have contributed to this.
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- Ø Maugesten
- Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Box 23 Vinderen, Oslo N-0319, Norway; Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Rheumatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium; Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of radiology and biomedical imaging, University of California, San Francisco, United States
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- Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology, Sorbonne University, APHP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Spire Sciences, Inc., Boca Raton, FL 33487, United States
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Rheumatology and Research, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Box 23 Vinderen, Oslo N-0319, Norway
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Mathew AJ, Gopidas GS, Sukumaran TT. A Study of the Supratrochlear Foramen of the Humerus: Anatomical and Clinical Perspective. J Clin Diagn Res 2016; 10:AC05-8. [PMID: 27042437 DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2016/17893.7237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The Supratrochlear Foramen (STF) is a variably shaped perforation present in the bony septum that separates the olecranon and coronoid fossae at the distal end of the humerus, between the two epicondyles. Its incidence varies widely from 0.3% to 58% in different races. AIM This study aims to describe its prevalence and morphometry in relation to its shape and size and distance from the epicondyles. MATERIALS AND METHODS A prospective study of 244 unpaired humerii, 130 of the left side and 114 of the right side of unknown age and sex were examined for the presence of STF and prevalence stated. The STF was classified according to shape and their metric assessment was carried out, along with measures of its distance from the epicodyles and trochlear margin. RESULTS Of the 244 humeri studied 60 showed presence of the foramen, 45 were opaque and 139 showed translucent septum. The sidewise prevalence of opacity, translucent septum and foraminae were tabulated. The commonest shape noted was oval. Other shapes such as round, triangular, rectangular, sieve and reniform were visualised. In the oval STF, transverse and vertical diameters were measured. The transverse and vertical diameters on the left were 4.9 and 3.27 mm and on the right it was 5.12 and 3.48mm respectively. The distance from the medial epicondyle, lateral epicondyle and trochlea to the STF margins was measured and the mean values were calculated separately for right and left sides. The mean diameter of the round foramen was 3.23 and 4.89mm for left and right sides respectively. In the triangular type the maximum vertical and transverse diameters were recorded. There was only one sample of the rectangular type. Its length was 4.1mm and the breadth was 2.27mm and it belonged to the right side. The reniform type totalled 7 of which 6 were of the left side. The average vertical length at the hilum was 4.52 mm and the transverse measurement was 7.44 mm. The foraminae of the right side were found to be larger, regardless of shape. CONCLUSION Its existence is important to the orthopaedician in the preoperative planning of nailing fractures of the distal humerus and to the radiologist for differentiating it from an osteolytic or cystic lesion.
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- Asha Joselet Mathew
- Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, AIMS , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, AIMS , Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, AIMS, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University , Kochi, Kerala, India
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Mathew AJ, Sukumaran TT, Joseph S. Versatile but temperamental: a morphological study of palmaris longus in the cadaver. J Clin Diagn Res 2015; 9:AC01-3. [PMID: 25859436 PMCID: PMC4378718 DOI: 10.7860/jcdr/2015/11212.5542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Palmaris longus (PL) is one of the most variable muscles in our body and is vestigial functionally. Its long tendon and its superficial location make it an ideal source for tendon harvesting. Variations such as absence, duplication and reversal have far reaching clinical impact. The aim of this study is to estimate the presence, variants and nerve supply of the PL. MATERIALS AND METHODS Upper extremity of 24 cadavers was dissected and PL was examined. The results were compared to other studies on the PL and literature survey was carried out. RESULTS Thirty nine specimens showed normal morphology and four showed complete agenesis. Other morphological variations seen included - reversed, hybrid, fusiform, fleshy and bifurcated tendon of insertion. CONCLUSION Every surgeon must be aware of the variations of the versatile but temperamental PL. Prior knowledge of the layout of the muscle helps in planning intricate surgeries to which this tendon is put use to.
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- Asha Joselet Mathew
- Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, AIMS, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ponekara Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, AIMS, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ponekara Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Lecturer, Department of Anatomy, Amrita School of Medicine, AIMS, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ponekara Kochi, Kerala, India
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Mathew AJ, Goyal V, George E, Thekkemuriyil DV, Jayakumar B, Chopra A. Rheumatic-musculoskeletal pain and disorders in a naïve group of individuals 15 months following a Chikungunya viral epidemic in south India: a population based observational study. Int J Clin Pract 2011; 65:1306-12. [PMID: 22093538 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2011.02792.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prospective community data on arthropathy following Chikungunya (CHIKV), a self-limiting, arboviral infection, causing debilitating arthropathy are lacking. The clinical profile of chronic rheumatic-musculoskeletal (RMSK) pain and disorders, captured inadvertently about 15 months following a CHIKV epidemic is described. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with RMSK pain following the CHIKV epidemic in 2007 were identified from a randomly selected population of 5277 (Age > 15 years) in a village in south India, using a validated questionnaire-based house-to-house survey. Typical narration, records and serology were relied upon to classify CHIKV. Respondents who recorded active pain sites on a human mannequin were evaluated by Rheumatology physicians. RESULTS A total of 1396 CHIKV infected individuals with painful MSKD were identified, of whom 437 patients (mean age: 48.37 ± 13.62 years; 71.6% women) who were naïve to RMSK pain prior to the epidemic were studied in detail. Incidence of RMSK pain and disorders in the naïve group was 8.3% (437/5277). Knee was the commonest self-reported pain site (83.3%). Majority of the patients (57%) had postviral non-specific polyarthralgia. Soft tissue rheumatism was very common (27.7%). Rheumatoid arthritis and seronegative spondyloarthritis were observed in 6 and 11 patients, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Although a causal association could not be established, this study has unravelled a wide spectrum of unrecognised post-CHIKV chronic RMSK disorders. Aetiopathogenesis and risk factors of chronicity need to be studied further.
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- A J Mathew
- Department of Internal Medicine, Government Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
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Rahim A, Mathew AJ. Perennial impression of an emerging arbovirus on the epidemiology of rheumatic diseases in South India: Insights from the COPCORD study. J Postgrad Med 2011; 57:226-8. [DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.85219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Mathew AJ, Wann VC, Abraham DT, Jacob PM, Selvan BS, Ramakrishna BS, Nair AN. The effect of butyrate on the healing of colonic anastomoses in rats. J INVEST SURG 2010; 23:101-4. [PMID: 20497012 DOI: 10.3109/08941930903469367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) formed by the fermentation of complex carbohydrates by the bacteria in the colon, is the main source of nutrition for colonocytes. The aim of this experiment was to investigate the effect of butyrate on the healing of colonic anastomosis in a rat model. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty male Wistar rats were fed a fibre-free diet for 2 days. They then underwent laparotomy, transection, and anastomosis of both left and right colon, with a defunctioning caecostomy. The animals were then randomly assigned to receive butyrate or saline enemas from the third postoperative day and underwent another laparotomy on the seventh postoperative day when the bursting pressures of both anastomoses were measured. RESULTS Out of the 40 rats, 23 were available for the final data analysis. The mechanical strength of the anastomosis was measured by the bursting wall tension (BWT), which was calculated from the bursting pressure and the anastomotic circumference. The anastomoses in the butyrate arm showed a significantly higher BWT for both the right (48.9 s 64.71 dyne10(-3)/cm, p value .04) and the left (51.44 vs 72.38 dyne 10(-3)/cm, p value .01). CONCLUSION This experiment suggests that butyrate has a significant role in increasing the mechanical strength of colonic anastomoses in rats.
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- A J Mathew
- Department of General Surgery Unit VI, CMC Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Mathew AJ, Yamuna RP, Rajasekharan C. A rare constellation of congenital cranial anomalies. J Postgrad Med 2010; 56:150-1. [PMID: 20622397 DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.65290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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- A J Mathew
- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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Vijayaprasad G, Mathew AJ, Radhakrishnan S, Arulappan N, Christa JA, Jacob KS. Knowledge, attitude and practice related to medically unexplained symptoms among physicians. Natl Med J India 2009; 22:279. [PMID: 20334056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Mathew AJ, Antony J, Eremenco S, Paul BV, Jayakumar B, Philip J. Health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis patients in South India. Singapore Med J 2009; 50:800-803. [PMID: 19710980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Assessment of health-related quality of life (HRQL) has been gaining much importance in the care of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study was aimed at assessing the HRQL of patients with RA in South India. METHODS HRQL of consenting RA patients, on disease-modifying anti-rheumatoid drugs (DMARDs) and attending a rheumatology clinic, was assessed using a self-filled Malayalam version of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue (FACIT-F) version 4 questionnaire. RESULTS 50 patients were assessed out of 58 responses. The mean duration of the disease was 7.29 years. 46 patients (79.3 percent) had tried complementary and alternative medicines (CAM). The HRQL score in patients who were put on DMARDs within six months of symptoms was significantly higher (p-value is equal to 0.008). CONCLUSION HRQL in patients treated early by DMARDs is significantly higher in this region, where a good proportion of patients seek the CAM for treatment of RA.
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- A J Mathew
- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical College Hospital, Trivandrum, Kerala 695011, India.
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Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) is a necrotizing granulomatous vasculitis involving the nose, paranasal sinuses, lungs, and kidneys. There are two types of WG-systemic, which is characterized by focal segmental necrotizing glomerulonephritis and limited in which the kidneys are spared. Without proper immunosuppression, WG can be aggressive and often fatal. There are very few reports on WG presenting as parotitis and lacrimal gland involvement. We report a lady who presented recurrent parotitis, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, and orbital cellulitis, in whom the final diagnosis was revealed after an open lung biopsy.
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- D Danda
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Mathew AJ, Antony J, Reshmy JR, Paul B, Philip J. P33 Health-related quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Kerala. Indian Journal of Rheumatology 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0973-3698(10)60360-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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