Liver Transplantation for Alcoh ...
Background Alcohol-induced liver cirrhosis is one of the leading indications for liver transplantation today. Due to the general organ shortage and ...
Non-contrasted Computed Tomogra ...
Background Hepatic macrosteatosis (HMS) is prevalent among high BMI patients, but a lack of validation of noninvasive measures of liver fat hampers ...
A Novel Method of Forceps Biops ...
Background and Aims Tissue specimen collection represents a cornerstone in diagnosis of proximal biliary tract malignancies offering great specifici ...
Long-Term Safety and Effectiven ...
Background Lubiprostone helps relieve constipation in short-term 4-week studies. There are limited data on longterm pharmacological treatment with l ...
Tumor Marker Levels Before and ...
Background a-fetoprotein (AFP) is used as a marker for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), which is influenced by hepatitis. Protein-induced vitamin K a ...
Epigenetic Silencing of MicroRN ...
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small (19–25 nucleotides) noncoding RNAs that regulate the expressions of a wide variety of genes, incl ...
Value of Ultrasound and Cytolog ...
Although fine-needle aspiration cytology is considered the gold standard for evaluating thyroid nodules, in about 10–30% of the cases, cytology is i ...
Inpatient satisfaction and job ...
Objectives Inpatient satisfaction, job satisfaction/stress of medical workers, and hospital profitability under the 7:1 nursing care system (in whic ...
Indoor air pollution and health ...
Objectives Indoor air pollutants from biomass combustion pose a risk for respiratory diseases in children. It is plausible that distinct differences ...
How I do it: chopsticks techniq ...
We describe the ‘‘chopsticks’’ technique of simultaneous use of two instruments held in one hand during tonsillectomy. The technique allows the surg ...
The effect of ibuprofen on post ...
The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of ibuprofen on hemorrhage after tonsillectomy in children. All charts of children, who underw ...
Radiosurgical correlation of ob ...
The aim of this prospective work was to study the radiological and surgical correlation of adenoid size in children symptomatic with obstructive ade ...
The developing management of es ...
Esthesioneuroblastoma remains a challenging disease because of its rarity, the complexity of surrounding structures, missing opinions of optimal tre ...
Protective effects of haloperid ...
Magnetic resonance imaging and postmortem studies on schizophrenia provided evidence for compromised myelin integrity and reduced numbers of oligode ...
Computed tomography in children ...
Exposure to ionizing radiation is a known risk factor for cancer. Cancer risk is highest after exposure in childhood. The computed tomography is the ...
Clinical experience of smoking ...
Introduction Cigarette smoking is increasingly well recognized as an inhibiting factor in fracture healing, and risk factor for non-union. We assess ...
Intramedullary spinal cord meta ...
A rare case of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis from renal cell carcinoma mimicking intramedullary hemangioblastoma was described. A 57-year-ol ...
Regeneration of the proximal ti ...
The purpose of this study was to report a case with osteomyelitis of the proximal tibia as an infant leading to an atrophic nonunion with a segmenta ...
Atlantoaxial rotational disloca ...
We present a case of a young woman with multilevel spinal injuries. The injury includes a rotational atlantoaxial dislocation associated with concom ...
Reconstruction of neglected chr ...
Documented cases of chronic tend Achilles tears which have healed in continuity are essentially unreported in literature (line 1 changed). Diagnosis ...
Intramuscular cysticercosis: an ...
The term endemic is a fading entity as many diseases are getting globalized. Cysticercosis was considered a third-world disease but that is fast cha ...
Posterior dislocation of should ...
The posterior dislocation of shoulder with ipsilateral humerus shaft fracture is an extremely rare occurrence, with only six cases reported in liter ...
Eponym de Quervain thyroiditis
de Quervain thyroiditis is a self-limited inflammatory disorder of the thyroid gland. It is an uncommon disease in adults and very rare in children. ...
Risk factors of obesity in pres ...
To assess risk factors of childhood obesity, we carried out a case–control study in ten kindergartens in Changsha, the capital city in the Chinese p ...
Prospective study of the burden ...
This was the first study to characterize the total burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis (RVGE) at both hospital and general physician (GP) clinics in ...