Recent Publications

Musculoskeletal injuries dominate warfare-related trauma and differ from civilian settings in higher hospitalization costs, morbidity, and mortality. Partly due to introduction of personal protective equipment in the Israel Defence Force (IDF) to minimize head and torso injuries while the extremities remained unprotected. This study describes military extremity injury patterns, prehospital treatment and injury sequela regarding return-to-duty and disability compensation.

The Ultra-Orthodox Jewish population has behaviors that can influence the risk for osteoporotic fractures. We investigated whether this population is more prone to osteoporotic fractures than non-Orthodox Jewish. We did not find a significant difference in osteoporotic fracture rates between the two populations despite major differences in exposure to potential risk factors.

July 2, 2024 Erratum: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38953948/

Endometriosis is a common, chronic, and inflammatory illness, with endometrioma a distinct advanced and progressive manifestation of the disease associated with reproductive dysfunction, infertility, and the need for ART treatment. Endometrioma is the most frequently diagnosed form of the disease, identified in up to 44% of affected women. However, the temporal management of endometriomas in women wishing to conceive or relative to ART treatment is not standardized, with surgery frequently advised pre-conceptually and before IVF treatment. Despite recent guidelines suggesting that clinicians may consider laparoscopy to treat infertility, routine endometrioma removal before ART is not indicated. Reevaluation of this practice within a critical framework that addresses the impact of endometrioma on ovarian reserve and whether its removal is beneficial in terms of fecundity and efficacy of ART treatment is, therefore, timely. This commentary explores recent evidence in a pragmatic question-driven approach and proposes a suggested clinical management strategy.

Post-paralytic facial synkinesis after facial nerve injury produces functional disabilities and mimetic deficits, but also cosmetic and non-motor psychosocial impairments for the patients. These patients typically have a high and continuous high motivation for rehabilitation. The aim is to inform the affected patients and their therapeutic professionals (otorhinolaryngologist - head and neck surgeons; oral-maxillofacial surgeons, plastic and reconstructive surgeons, neurosurgeons, neurologists, and mime therapists be it speech and language therapy- or physiotherapy-based) and to provide practical recommendations for diagnostics and a stepwise systematic treatment approach of facial synkinesis.

Parathyroid cystic adenomas (PCA) are a rare (0.5-1%) subclass of parathyroid adenomas. Due to their cystic component, imaging modalities known to be efficient for diagnosing solid adenomas might fail in localizing PCAs. We reviewed diagnostic imaging modalities for PCA.

The risk of gout amid patients with acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN) has not been investigated in the past. Objective: To assess the risk of developing gout among patients with AKN relative to control subjects.

Migration is one of the most physical and energetically demanding periods in an individual bird's life. The composition of the bird's gut or cloacal microbiota can temporarily change during migration, likely due to differences in diets, habitats and other environmental conditions experienced en route. However, how physiological condition, migratory patterns, and other drivers interact to affect microbiota composition of migratory birds is still unclear. We sampled the cloacal bacterial microbiota of a long-distance migrant, the steppe buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus), at an important spring stopover bottleneck in Eilat, Israel, after crossing the ca. 1800 km Sahara Desert. 

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease worldwide, with a continuously growing prevalence. The pathophysiology of the disease is complex and includes several mechanisms, with metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance playing a major role. It is crucial to diagnose NAFLD before it advances ...

This study examined the prevalence and risk factors of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E) colonization among women who delivered preterm and at term.

Disorders of gastrointestinal (GI) tract motility and function are prevalent in the general population and negatively affect quality of life [1]. The principle aim of this editorial is to serve as an introduction for this Special Issue, which presents the latest advances in the diagnostics of GI motility and function.

Objective: To examine the association between chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) and interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS).

The epidemiological relationship of vitiligo with systemic sclerosis (SSc) remains to be precisely evaluated. Objective: To investigate the bidirectional association between vitiligo and SSc.

An umbilical vein varix is defined as focal dilatation of the umbilical vein....We present  the  case of a 39-year-old  woman  with  her  sixth  pregnancy  who was admitted to our department  at 35 weeks plus 5 days...

Statins have anti-inflammatory effects that are independent of their lipid-lowering activity. Objectives: To examine whether prior statins therapy affects the clinical course of the first episode of acute idiopathic pericarditis (AIP) as the 1-year recurrence and length of hospitalization (LOH).