How useful is preoperative imag ...
Background Surgery is the fundamental curative option for gastric cancer patients. Imaging scans are routinely prescribed in an attempt to stage the ...
Optimal treatment for coronary ...
There are three strategies for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD): medical therapy, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and percutaneous ...
Functional restoration of endot ...
Purpose. Although several approaches have been tried to improve the durability of cryopreserved valves, cellular restoration after thawing remains t ...
Ruptured thoracic descending ao ...
We have encountered a rare case of ruptured true thoracic aortic aneurysm coexisting with DeBakey type IIIb aortic dissection. The patient was a 67- ...
Right hydrothorax found soon af ...
Hydrothorax due to pleuroperitoneal communication is a rare complication in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD). On ...
Pulmonary epithelioid hemangioe ...
We report two cases of pulmonary epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (PEH). Both patients presented with multiple bilateral pulmonary nodules, <10 mm ...
Parietal pleura lipoma: a rare ...
Lipoma is a common benign tumor of soft tissues in adults. An intrathoracic location, particularly in the parietal pleura, is rare. We report two ca ...
Extended sleeve lobectomy for i ...
Although extended sleeve lobectomy has been used as an alternative to pneumonectomy for the treatment of centrally located lung cancer, the validity ...
Papillary muscle approximation ...
Undersized mitral annuloplasty alone is not always suffi cient to repair functional mitral regurgitation resulting from left ventricular enlargement ...
Unusual metastasis to all the d ...
Metastatic malignancies to the hand, although rare, usually develop from lung, breast, and kidney tumors. Very rarely the origin is the gastrointest ...
Renal artery disease in the eld ...
This brief review discusses the problem of atherosclerotic renal artery obstruction in the elderly. This disorder is common in the elderly; the overa ...
The rate of myocardial infarcti ...
Purpose To examine the association between age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the risk of myocardial infarctions (MIs) in a large health mai ...
Expression of Orai genes and IC ...
Background The retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) fulfills a large variety of tasks that are important for visual function. Many of these tasks, such ...
Focal macular electroretinogram ...
Background Retinal function is transiently depressed after photodynamic therapy (PDT) alone. One of the reasons for this functional impairment is a ...
Intravitreal bevacizumab inject ...
Background To introduce a case of Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada (VKH) disease in which the serous retinal detachment (SRD), refractory to the systemic steroi ...
Comparative study of 23-gauge v ...
Purpose To compare the safety and efficacy of 20- and 23- gauge pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for the management of primary rhegmatogenous retinal det ...
Primary transpupillary thermoth ...
Background The treatment of small choroidal melanoma is controversial. Thermal laser-induced treatment is utilized by some centers but there is stil ...
Influence of alcohol consumptio ...
Aim To investigate the influence of alcohol consumption on the occurrence of open-globe injuries in adults. Methods A retrospective study was made o ...
Improvement of quality of repor ...
Hypotension is a frequent complication of spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section and can threaten the wellbeing of the unborn child. Numerous rand ...
The efficacy of laparoscopic ut ...
The aim of this work is to explore the efficacy , safety, and patients' satisfaction of laparoscopic uterosacral nerve ablation (LUNA) in relief of ...
Predictors of intra-abdominal a ...
The objective of this study is to evaluate the prevalence and predicting factors for intra-abdominal adhesions among 1,050 consecutive cases of lapa ...
Force-frequency relationship as ...
Adequate evaluation of the nature of the residual failing myocardium, as well as the severity of myocardial injury, is important for managing patien ...
Neovascularization in a mouse m ...
In this study, we evaluated the effect of cultureexpanded mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), derived from amniotic membranes, on neovascularization and ...
Cardiac and vascular gene profi ...
We investigated cardiac and vascular gene profiles in response to immobilization stress (IMO) in rats, an animal model of emotional stress-induced t ...
Differentiation between acute a ...
Cor pulmonale (CP) is defined as the structural and functional alternation of the right ventricle (RV) caused by primary disorders of the respirator ...