Early Scar Therapies After Thyroidectomy Show Modest Benefit
Early laser and steroid treatments improve thyroidectomy scars
Early laser plus steroid or light-based protocols modestly improve neck scars after thyroidectomy, but evidence certainty is low.
Early laser plus steroid or light-based therapy may improve neck scars after thyroid surgery, but evidence is low certainty.
Transforaminal epidural steroid injections provide superior pain and disability relief compared to interlaminar techniques
Specific steroid injections show better results for lower back pain
This meta-analysis of 31 studies involving 2,452 patients evaluated various epidural steroid injection techniques for lumbar radiculopathy. …
A specific type of steroid injection may offer better relief from nerve pain and disability compared to other common injection methods.
Adjunctive steroids reduce mortality in adult TB meningitis patients but not in children
Steroids may lower death rates for adults with TB meningitis
This meta-analysis of 2028 patients found that adjunctive steroid therapy significantly reduced mortality in adults with TB meningitis (RR =…
Adding steroids to treatment can reduce deaths in adults with TB meningitis, but the results are not as clear for children.
WBRT yields median survival of 3.6 months in Nigerian brain metastases patients
Brain radiation extends life by 3.6 months in Nigerian patients
This systematic review of 142 patients with brain metastases in Nigeria found that whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) was associated with a med…
Whole brain radiotherapy gave Nigerian breast cancer patients with brain metastases a median survival of 3.6 months. A new review reveals th…
Steroid avoidance may reduce death and diabetes after kidney transplant but raises rejection risk
Steroid avoidance after kidney transplant may reduce death and diabetes
This systematic review of 53 studies (8317 participants) found that steroid avoidance may reduce all-cause death at 1-5 years and post-trans…
Skipping steroids after a kidney transplant might lower the risk of death and diabetes, but could raise the chance of rejection.
Guideline secondary analysis shows non-significant trend for higher enteral nutrition use in pediatric Crohn's disease registry groups
Registry tool shows mixed results for pediatric Crohn's nutrition
This guideline secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized trial examines enteral nutrition patterns in 110 children with Crohn's disease. Th…
A new registry tool did not significantly boost enteral nutrition use in children with Crohn's, but it may lower steroid use in the first 90…
Switching therapy after rituximab resistance in AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD shows variable relapse outcomes
New Hope for Tough-to-Treat Nerve Disorder
This single-center, retrospective case series of 10 adults with AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD who were resistant to rituximab evaluated switching therapy.
Patients with a rare nerve disease who stopped responding to standard treatment found relief after switching to new therapies that prevented…