Optimization of simultaneous an ...
Recently, liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS) has been recognized as a useful method to analyze tetrodotoxin (TTX), the primary toxin fo ...
Depth-predicting score for diff ...
Background Intramucosal andminute submucosal (M-SM1; \500 lm in depth) differentiated gastric cancers, which have a negligible risk of lymph node me ...
Effectiveness and safety of oxa ...
Background Cisplatin has been largely used in the treatment of advanced, unresectable gastric cancer, mainly in combinations with fluoropyrimidines ...
p53 codon 72 polymorphism in pa ...
Background The common p53 codon 72 polymorphism has been investigated as a risk factor for cancer in different populations; however, the results hav ...
Multimodal treatment for resect ...
Surgical resection has been traditionally the mainstay of treatment for localized esophageal cancers. However, survival after surgery alone for adva ...
Surgical left ventricular recon ...
Because of the shortage of donors for heart transplantation, surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR) has been under development to treat end-stage ...
Nandrolone decanoate is a good ...
Objective: To assess the efficiency of nandrolone decanoate (ND) in the control of anemia in elderly male patients on hemodialysis (HD), and to deter ...
Mortality in the Jerusalem 70-y ...
Background: Short-acting nifedipine was found to be associated with increased mortality in elderly patients in some studies. Methods: We examined ef ...
Characterization of Bangerter f ...
Purpose To evaluate the outcome achieved by using Bangerter filters in cases of mild and moderate anisometropic amblyopia, and to define the predict ...
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 ...
Different effects of low- and h ...
Background Clinical trials have demonstrated that acute intensive insulin therapy may cause transient worsening of retinopathy in type 1 and type 2 ...
Trocar-guided polypropylene mes ...
This study was conducted to assess the subjective outcome, complications and cure rates of prolapse surgery with a standardized trocar-quided polypr ...
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 ...
Long-term follow-up after lapar ...
The objective of this study was to evaluate longterm oncological outcomes of laparoscopic management of endometrial carcinoma (EC) in a large series ...
Development of a model for pred ...
Monocytes and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) play important roles in the process of coronary atherosclerosis. We hypothesized that a r ...
Urocortin-induced cardiomyocyte ...
Urocortin-1 (UCN), a member of the corticotropin- releasing factor, is a cardioprotective peptide, and is also involved in cardiac hypertrophy. The ...
Successful percutaneous coil em ...
We herein describe a 57-year-old man with coronary–pulmonary artery fistulas that had abnormal connections between the left common carotid artery an ...
Successful deployment of an ili ...
Aortic rupture is a rare but potentially catastrophic complication following a balloon aortoplasty for recoarctation. The treatment of aortic ruptur ...
Vagus nerve stimulation in expe ...
Chronic heart failure (HF) is associated with autonomic dysregulation characterized by a sustained increase in sympathetic drive and by withdrawal o ...
Erratum to: Resveratrol and red ...
Resveratrol, a polyphenol phytoalexin, present in red wine and grapes possesses diverse biochemical and physiological properties, including estrogen ...
Cystatin C: a step forward in a ...
The cardiorenal syndrome is a clinical manifestation of the bidirectional interaction between the heart and kidneys. Evaluating renal function is an ...
Technique and Experience of Tot ...
Aim-Background: The aim of this manuscript is to prove the safety and efficacy of the totally implantable venous access ports (TIVAPs). Patients wi ...
Gout and coexisting pseudogout ...
Purpose We report the unusual case of a 63-year-old man with gout and coexisting pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition dise ...
Single-bundle patellar tendon v ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare subjective, objective and radiographic outcome of the lateralized single-bundle bone-patellar tendo ...
The influence of posterior-infe ...
Purpose To explore the effect of different posteriorinferior tibial slope (PITS) angles on ACL injury at non-contact sports, knee laxity and the nee ...