Pancreas Divisum
Three-dimensional evaluation of ...
3D image technology provides a very effective tool for evaluating, characterising, and drawing up the surgical treatment plan for potential orthogna ...
Hyperferritinemia is Associated ...
Ferritin may play a direct role on the immune system. We sought to determine if elevated levels of ferritin in lupus patients correlate with disease ...
Reactivity of pulmonary circula ...
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is complicated by pulmonary hypertension and right ventricle (RV) failure in approximately 10% of the patients. Factors inf ...
Clinical relevance of angiopoie ...
The angiogenic-related factors: angiopoietin-1 and -2 and their receptor Tie-2 have wide-ranging effects on tumor behavior that includes angiogenesi ...
Patient Selection and Technical ...
Skin-sparing (SSM) and nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) have gained widespread popularity over the past few years. Breast reconstruction is facilitat ...
Pancreas Divisum
We review important new clinical observations in pancreas divisum (PD) made since 2007. PD is common and has the same prevalence in the general popu ...
Update on Charcot-Marie-Tooth D ...
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT) disease encompasses a genetically heterogeneous group of inherited neuropathies, also known as hereditary motor an ...
Current Perspectives on Gleason ...
The 5-tier Gleason grading system for prostate cancer, introduced in 1966, has been proven to be one of the main independent predictors of prostate ...
Detection of Colorectal Neoplas ...
Background The USPSTF recommends beginning colorectal cancer screening at age 50. A recent study showed prevalence of colorectal adenomas among indi ...
Cricopharyngeal Dilatation for ...
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare autosomal dominant, progressive degenerative muscle disorder featuring dysphagia with limited th ...
Long-term result of management ...
The treatment of post-irradiated otitis media with eVusion (OME) remains controversial. Hence the aim of this study was to understand the long-term ...
The efficacy of nasal surgery i ...
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of surgical intervention for nasal pathologies on obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and c ...
Central acetabular osteophyte ( ...
Femoro-acetabular hip impingement is a recently recognized condition that leads to premature hip arthritis and possible need for joint replacement. ...
Association between toll-like r ...
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) play an important role in the induction and regulation of the innate immune system and adaptive immune responses. TLR10 g ...
Variations in perforators of an ...
In our study of anterolateral thigh flaps, ten patients had musculocutaneous perforators (58%), four patients had septocutaneous perforators (24%), ...
Commercial software upgrades ma ...
Objective To determine how commercial software platform upgrades impact on derived parameters for colorectal cancer. Materials and methods Followin ...
Anatomical and surgical study o ...
Herniated intervertebral disc causes in a great number of cases of lumbar nerve root compression, especially in the segment L5/S1. Other reasons res ...
Non-heart-beating donation in S ...
Purpose. The aim of our study was to describe our protocol of non-heart-beating-donor (NHBD) lung transplantation and discuss data regarding the sit ...
Choroidal metastasis from hepat ...
Purpose To report a rare case of choroidal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods A 63-year-old man with known hepatocellular carcinoma ...
Successful coronary interventio ...
A conus artery is sometimes a good collateral source for the left anterior descending coronary artery and the right coronary artery (RCA). In some c ...
Mucoid degeneration of the post ...
We report a case of mucoid degeneration of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) who complained of knee joint pain on flexion. Magnetic resonance im ...
Development of a thulium (Tm:YA ...
In this study, a thulium (Tm:YAP) laser systemwas developed for brain surgery applications. As the Tm:YAP laser is a continuous-wave laser delivered ...
MR safety: simultaneous B0, dض/ ...
Object The EU directive on safety requirements (2004/40/ EC) limits the exposure to time varying magnetic fields to dB/dt = 200 mT/s. This action va ...
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocyto ...
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare disease with rarer neurological presentation. When this occurs, diagnosis may be delayed. This re ...
Carotid stenting in acute ische ...
Introduction Carotid stenosis with intraluminal thrombus is associated with a high risk of early recurrent stroke. We evaluated the feasibility and ...