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Elmarasi M, Alsaeedi A, Elmakaty I, Elsayed B, Khalil IA, Aldeeb M, Khalafalla K, Al Kubaisi K, Arafa M, Majzoub A. Early vs delayed insertion of penile prosthesis in patients with refractory priapism: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sex Med Rev 2024:qeae007. [PMID: 38465856 DOI: 10.1093/sxmrev/qeae007] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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INTRODUCTION Refractory priapism, characterized by persistent and prolonged painful erections despite initial treatment maneuvers, can significantly impair erectile function secondary to ischemia-induced corporal tissue fibrosis. These patients will likely require subsequent penile prosthesis (PP) surgery to regain sexual activity, yet consensus regarding the optimal timing of implantation remains lacking. OBJECTIVES To evaluate and compare the clinical outcomes associated with early vs delayed PP implantation in individuals with priapism-induced erectile dysfunction (ED). METHODS We included studies that focused on refractory priapism leading to ED and its management with PP implantation. We assessed cohort study bias with a risk-of-bias tool and case series bias with the modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) were calculated by a fixed-effect model. RESULTS We included 9 studies, comprising 4 cohort studies and 5 case series, involving a total of 278 patients. Total complications were higher in the delayed group (OR, 4.16; 95% CI, 2.77-6.26). Fibrosis was significantly more pronounced in the delayed group (OR, 118.18; 95% CI, 20.06-696.32). The odds of erosion, infections, and penile injury did not show statistically significant differences between the groups (OR, 2.52 [95% CI, 0.67-9.49], 0.89 [0.38-2.10], 1.83 [0.79-4.26], respectively). Patients' satisfaction resulted in a pooled OR of 0.15 (95% CI, 0.04-0.49) in favor of the early PP insertion group. CONCLUSION The results from this study favor an early approach to ED (within 30 days) following ischemic priapism. However, it is important to consider patients' preferences, values, and psychological factors to make an informed decision.
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- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050,Qatar
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- College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, 2713, Qatar
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- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050,Qatar
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- Department of Medical Education, Family Medicine Residency Program, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050, Qatar
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- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050,Qatar
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- Department of Urology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050,Qatar
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Altukroni A, Alsaeedi A, Gonzalez-Losada C, Lee JH, Alabudh M, Mirah M, El-Amri S, Ezz El-Deen O. Detection of the pathological exposure of pulp using an artificial intelligence tool: a multicentric study over periapical radiographs. BMC Oral Health 2023; 23:553. [PMID: 37563659 PMCID: PMC10416487 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-023-03251-0] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Introducing artificial intelligence (AI) into the medical field proved beneficial in automating tasks and streamlining the practitioners' lives. Hence, this study was conducted to design and evaluate an AI tool called Make Sure Caries Detector and Classifier (MSc) for detecting pathological exposure of pulp on digital periapical radiographs and to compare its performance with dentists. METHODS This study was a diagnostic, multi-centric study, with 3461 digital periapical radiographs from three countries and seven centers. MSc was built using Yolov5-x model, and it was used for exposed and unexposed pulp detection. The dataset was split into a train, validate, and test dataset; the ratio was 8-1-1 to prevent overfitting. 345 images with 752 labels were randomly allocated to test MSc. The performance metrics used to test MSc performance included mean average precision (mAP), precision, F1 score, recall, and area under receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). The metrics used to compare the performance with that of 10 certified dentists were: right diagnosis exposed (RDE), right diagnosis not exposed (RDNE), false diagnosis exposed (FDE), false diagnosis not exposed (FDNE), missed diagnosis (MD), and over diagnosis (OD). RESULTS MSc achieved a performance of more than 90% in all metrics examined: an average precision of 0.928, recall of 0.918, F1-score of 0.922, and AUC of 0.956 (P<.05). The results showed a higher mean of 1.94 for all right (correct) diagnosis parameters in MSc group, while a higher mean of 0.64 for all wrong diagnosis parameters in the dentists group (P<.05). CONCLUSIONS The designed MSc tool proved itself reliable in the detection and differentiating between exposed and unexposed pulp in the internally validated model. It also showed a better performance for the detection of exposed and unexposed pulp when compared to the 10 dentists' consensus.
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- Department of Computer Science, College of Computer Science and Engineering, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Dentistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry and Institute of Oral Bioscience, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea
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- Ministry of Health, Medina, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Dental Materials, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
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Alshehri Y, Salem I, Alamri Z, Alharbi A, Alshehri A, Alqurashi A, Alsaeedi A, Alotaibi A, Sabbagh AJ. Knowledge and attitude towards hydrocephalus among healthcare providers and the general population in Saudi Arabia. J Family Med Prim Care 2020; 9:6240-6248. [PMID: 33681071 PMCID: PMC7928086 DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_916_20] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Background: Hydrocephalus is a worldwide disorder characterized by abnormal flow or rarely excessive production of cerebrospinal fluid, leading to the widening of the cerebral ventricles system due to the accumulation of the cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. Previous researches have shown that knowledge about the disorder is limited among healthcare providers and the population, affecting attitudes toward patients, as well as patient outcomes. Aim: To investigate healthcare providers and population's knowledge and attitudes towards hydrocephalus in Saudi Arabia. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted through an electronic questionnaire. The survey was self-constructed in Arabic and English by the research team and inspired by other awareness questionnaires and validated before use by three experts. Results: There were 444 participants in this study, aged between 17 and 73 years with a mean age of 32.60 ± 10.98. Most of the participants were from the general population (74.8%). More than half of the participants had a bachelor's degree (60.1%). 38.4% of healthcare providers had negative knowledge while 61.6% had positive knowledge. In addition, 82.5% of the general population had negative knowledge, although 17.5% had positive knowledge. Moreover, it was observed that 17.0% of the healthcare providers had a bad attitude while 83.0% had a good attitude. In addition, 60.2% of the general population had a bad attitude, whereas 39.8% had a good attitude. Conclusion: This study revealed that the level of knowledge and attitude towards hydrocephalus among healthcare providers was good on both aspects, while it was poor among the general population.
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- Yusuf Alshehri
- Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Saudi Arabia, Rabigh, King Abdul-Aziz University, Community Medicine Department, Jeddah, Egypt.,Egypt, Al Azhar University, Community Medicine Department, Egypt
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- Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.,Research and Development Unit, Surgical Skills and Simulation Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Alhatmi H, Alharbi A, Bosaeed M, Aldosary O, Aljohani S, Alalwan B, Alsaeedi A, Almahmoud S, Alothman A. Melioidosis: Case reports of confirmed Burkholderia pseudomallei in Saudi Arabia. J Infect Public Health 2020; 13:824-826. [PMID: 32156532 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.01.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Melioidosis is an infectious disease of tropical climates. The disease is caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. Most cases are diagnosed in southeast Asia and northern Australia. Some imported cases diagnosed in returning tourists, soldiers, and immigrants from endemic areas. It caught much attention since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) designated B. pseudomallei as an agent for biological warfare and terrorism. We describe two cases of a 26-year-old Saudi woman who had fulminant sepsis soon after returning from Thailand & a 48-year-old woman with a long history of fever. B. pseudomallei was isolated from both patients blood cultures, and they had different consequences. A confirmed case of melioidosis was not reported before in Saudi Arabia.
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- H Alhatmi
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Intensive Care, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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