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Abstract

Proper heart’s nomenclature is very important in daily clinical practice and research studies, and when it is consistent, it can facilitate better communication between different medical specialists. The general rule of the anatomy is to describe organs and their structures in attitudinally correct position. However, the use of the old-fashioned Valentine position (where the heart is described as if it were standing on its apex) is still in use to describe important cardiac structures. Upon closer analysis, all main chambers of the heart and their associated subcomponents have mislabeled structures that should be renamed. In this article we aimed to emphasize the limitations of Valentinian nomenclature, present proper anatomical names of the most important heart’s structures and advocate to change certain mislabeled anatomical structures. Attitudinally correct designations presented in this study will benefit all medical specialties, and they will reinforce the importance of consistent orientational naming. Correct naming of heart’s structures will also help improve communication between different medical specialists.

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Elżbieta Szczepanek
Katarzyna A. Jasińska
Daromir Godula
Ewa Kucharska
Jerzy Walocha
Małgorzata Mazur
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Introduction: Our umbrella review aimed to summarize and revisit the evidence from all of the meta-analyses and systematic reviews regarding the treatments of oropharyngeal squamous cell carci-noma (OPSCC).
Materials and Methods: Major medical databases such as PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, BIOSIS, and EBSCO were searched. The overall search process was conducted in 3 stages.
Results: Finally, a total of 28 studies met the inclusion criteria and were included in this study. Out of those 28 meta-analyses, a total of 315 primary studies were screened in order to extract the data and perform the statistical analysis. In total, data from 22,619 patients was analyzed.
Conclusion: The main objective of the present umbrella review was to summarize and analyze all of the evidence-based data provided by numerous meta-analyses and systematic reviews regarding the treatment of OPSCC. Our study delivers the most up-to-date and evidence-based results regarding the different therapeutic modalities of this malignancy in one concise review, making it the ultimate tool for physicians treating OPSCC.
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Dawid Plutecki
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Elżbieta Szczepanek
2 3
Małgorzata Szczepanek
2
Ameen Nasser
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Paweł Hajdyła
4
Paweł Wrona
4

  1. Collegium Medicum, Jan Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland
  2. Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
  3. Doctoral School in Medical Sciences and Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
  4. Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland

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