Management of Rising Prostate-s ...
Prostate biopsy remains one of the most commonly performed urologic office procedures. A significant percentage of men with a negative result may ha ...
Beneficial Effects of Follistat ...
Background Ischemia-reperfusion injury has been demonstrated in a variety of clinical settings. The morbidity associated with liver transplantation ...
Reflux Parameters as Modified b ...
Background Patients with typical reflux symptoms (heartburn/ regurgitation) persisting despite proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy are not uncommon. ...
Mutational Analysis of the PTEN ...
Background Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in China, but the etiology and mode of carcinog ...
Early Signet Ring Cell Gastric ...
Background Signet ring cell carcinoma (SRC) is defined as a histological entity. The clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of gastric SR ...
Peripheral Arthritis in the Cou ...
Background Musculoskeletal disorders are well-defined extra-intestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). There is little data reg ...
The Timing of Bowel Preparation ...
Aims We aimed to compare the quality of bowel preparation and cecal intubation rates between morning and afternoon colonoscopies and to evaluate the ...
Natural History and Outcome of ...
Background Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia is a genetic disease characterized by teleangiectasias involving virtually every organ. There are l ...
CT Portography with Gastric Var ...
Background N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate (NBCA) injection is used for treating gastric varices (GV). Determining the degree of obliteration of GV is not r ...
Hepatic Osteodystrophy Is Commo ...
Background Patients with cirrhosis are more prone to develop metabolic bone disease. Scanty literature data are available on osteodystrophy in patie ...
Clinical Characteristics of Sma ...
Background Small bowel tumors are relatively rare, and their confirmative diagnosis before surgery is not easy. Aims This study was performed to inv ...
Self-Expanding Metal Stents for ...
Background and Aims To study pre-operative and perioperative course and outcome on follow up after pancreaticoduodenenctomy (PD) for resectable panc ...
Contributing Factors to Gastric ...
Background The healing process for artificial ulcers resulting from endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) for gastric cancer is not understood. Ai ...
Tracheal Aspiration of a Capsul ...
Video capsule endoscopy has been hailed a major breakthrough in endoscopic exploration of the small intestine and has become the diagnostic techniqu ...
Is Subdivision of pT2 Tumors Su ...
Background The prognostic significance of the subclassification of pT2 tumors and the association of these categories with other clinicopathological ...
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseas ...
Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been associated with the insulin resistance. Aims To explore the relationship between marker ...
Genetic Analysis of Complement ...
Background The complement component 9 (C9), a major cytolytic protein in the complement system, plays an important role in the immunological process ...
L-Glutamine Supplementation Pre ...
Background Peripheral neuropathy caused chronically by diabetes mellitus is related to exacerbation of oxidative stress and a significant reduction ...
Magnetic Resonance Enterography ...
Background Symptomatic Crohn’s disease (CD) patients often undergo diagnostic imaging studies for evaluation of disease activity or complications in ...
Gastric Emptying and Intestinal ...
Background Burn-induced delayed gastric emptying and intestinal transit limits enteral feeding/resuscitation. Aims To study (1) the effects of burn ...
Prospective Controlled Assessme ...
Background and Aims Previous studies have demonstrated the value of systematic feedback in enhancing endoscopic procedure performance. It remains un ...
Telephone Reminder Call in Addi ...
Background and Aims Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening with a fecal immunochemical test (FIT) reduces CRC mortality; however, the acceptance rate of ...
Effect of Posture on Deglutitiv ...
The purpose of this study was to assess displacement of oropharyngeal structures, particularly the hyoid bone and velum, and variations in timing of ...
Comparison of Three Types of To ...
A new tongue pressure device consisting of a simple and safe disposable probe and manometer has been developed. This report describes a study that e ...
Whole-body CT in polytrauma pat ...
The purpose of this study is to assess the influence of different arm positioning techniques on thoracic and abdominal image quality and radiation d ...