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The minimally invasive high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) appears to be beneficial in the treatment of women with uterine fibroids, significantly reducing fibroid volume and improving symptoms without increasing the frequency of postoperative complications.

The past 18 years in Singapore have seen an improvement in the diagnosis of testicular torsion with scrotal ultrasonography (US), which has demonstrated satisfactory results in sensitivity and negative predictive value over the past decades, according to a study.

Post hoc analyses using pooled data from the phase III LIBERTY-PN PRIME and PRIME2 trials showed that dupilumab improves disease-specific quality of life (QoL), itch, skin pain, and sleep in adult patients with prurigo nodularis.

Concomitant administration of vancomycin and piperacillin/tazobactam appears to contribute to an increased risk of developing acute kidney injury in intensive care unit (ICU) patients, particularly those with normal kidney function and who require longer therapy durations, according to a retrospective study.

Chemotherapy appears to confer survival advantage in patients with appendix adenocarcinoma who have node-positive tumours, according to a study presented at ESMO Sarcoma 2023.