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Blunt adrenal gland trauma in the pediatric population
24 October 2011
Summary: A retrospective review of the literature was performed to determine the natural history, prevalence, prognosis and management of adrenal injury associated with blunt abdominal trauma in pedia...
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Stylianos Roupakias,
Marinos Papoutsakis,
Paraskevi Mitsakou
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103-110
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Primary colorectal lymphoma: Case series and literature review
24 October 2011
Summary: Primary colorectal lymphoma is a rare disease that accounts for 0.16% of colorectal malignancies. Treatments include surgical intervention with or without chemotherapy. Outcome of this interv...
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Wong-Hoi She,
Weida Day,
Patrick Yin-Yu Lau,
Kong-Ling Mak,
Andrew Wai-Chun Yip
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111-114
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Pelvic exenteration for men with locally advanced rectal cancer: A morbidity analysis of complicated cases
21 November 2011
Summary: Background: The role of pelvic exenteration in locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) has not been clearly defined. This procedure carries a mortality rate of approximately 10%. The challenges...
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Ta-Wen Hsu,
Feng-Fan Chiang,
Ming-Cheng Chen,
Hwei-Ming Wang
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115-120
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Effect of postoperative fractionated radiotherapy on canine ePTFE graft neointima and anastomotic stoma healing: A preliminary experimental study
24 October 2011
Summary: Objective: The present study aimed to determine whether postoperative fractionated radiotherapy, at a total dose of 35 Gy, affected expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft anastomotic ...
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Chang Shu,
Yuanyuan Guo,
Xiao Zhou,
Heng Wan,
Jingqiang Yan,
Liqing Yuan
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121-127
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Characterization of hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence after liver transplantation: Perioperative prognostic factors, patterns, and outcome
24 October 2011
Summary: Objective: Liver transplantation (LT) is known to be a promising treatment for patients with liver cirrhosis associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This study, however, found that HC...
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Kun-Ming Chan,
Hong-Shiue Chou,
Ting-Jung Wu,
Chen-Fang Lee,
Ming-Chin Yu,
Wei-Chen Lee
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128-134
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Efficacy and safety of photoselective vaporization of the prostate in patients with prostatic obstruction induced by advanced prostate cancer
24 October 2011
Summary: Objective: We evaluated the efficacy and outcome of laser photoselective vaporization of prostate (PVP) in patients with voiding difficulty due to prostatic obstruction induced by advanced pr...
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Yuan-Tso Cheng,
Po-Hui Chiang,
Yen-Ta Chen,
Chun-Chien Hsu,
Yao-Chi Chuang
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135-139
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Successful extirpation of thoracic pleural lipoma by single-port thoracoscopic surgery
24 October 2011
Summary: Video-assisted thorascopic surgery (VATS) is a common technique for thoracic operations. Surgery with access via a single port has gradually become popular. We herein report the unusual case ...
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Soichi Oka,
Hidetaka Uramoto,
Takeshi Hanagiri
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140-142
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Surgical pitfalls in patients with Ehlers–Danlos type IV: A case of spontaneous sigmoid perforation in a 17-year-old male
24 October 2011
Summary: Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a group of well described connective tissue disorders in which collagen production is impaired. The surgical management of affected individuals remains challen...
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Kai Lyn Ng,
Wai Kit Cheong
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143-145
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