Laparoscopy-assisted subtotal g ...
Total gastrectomy or proximal gastrectomy is usually performed either as an open procedure or laparoscopically for the treatment of early gastric ca ...
Reporting patient characteristi ...
Background There is no consensus on which patient characteristics are the most suitable to report or to be used as stratification factors in clinica ...
Phase II study of weekly paclit ...
Background Our previous phase I study provided evidence that weekly paclitaxel, cisplatin, and bolus 5-fluorouracil (weekly PCF) was effective and w ...
Fighting spinal cord complicati ...
Paraplegia or paraparesis after otherwise successful thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic reconstruction is a devastating complication for both patie ...
Castleman’s disease along the l ...
A 39-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of an asymptomatic middle mediastinal tumor. A preliminary histological diagnosis of the tumo ...
Subfoveal choroidal thickness i ...
Purpose To investigate the subfoveal choroidal thickness in eyes with typical age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and polypoidal choroidal vascul ...
Features of corneal neovascular ...
Purpose To analyze the features of corneal neovascularization and lymphangiogenesis induced by different etiological factors. Methods A total of 15 ...
MMP expression in leaking filte ...
Objective Glaucoma filtering surgery may be compromised by cystic blebs which develop more frequently when antimetabolites are used to arrest wound ...
Choroidal metastasis from hepat ...
Purpose To report a rare case of choroidal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma. Methods A 63-year-old man with known hepatocellular carcinoma ...
Intrastromal corneal ring segme ...
Background To evaluate the visual and refractive outcomes of intrastromal corneal ring segment (ICRS) in keratoconic eyes at different stages. Meth ...
Reproducibility of straylight m ...
Background Straylight gives the appearance of a veil of light thrown over a person’s retinal image when there is a strong light source present. We e ...
Caliber persistent artery of th ...
Background To report three cases of caliber persistent artery presenting in the eyelid. Methods A case series describing three patients with vascul ...
Retinal straylight and light di ...
Purpose To assess the relationship between measures of light distortion and retinal straylight in normal and post- LASIK subjects. Design Cross-sec ...
Management of the axilla for ip ...
The sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is the standard procedure for axillary staging in patients with primary breast cancer. Of these patients, 10–1 ...
Clinical implementation of the ...
The aim of this study is to report our experience with a novel technique, the hysteroscopic morcellator (HM), for removal of intrauterine myomas and ...
Vasomotor and fibrinolytic resp ...
Upregulation of vascular B1 kinin receptor expression has been reported in human atheroma, but its role remains unclear. We examined vasomotor and f ...
Impaired carotid artery elastic ...
Complex congenital heart diseases with abnormal formation of the aorticopulmonary septum are also associated with defective large artery elastogenes ...
Effect of intravascular ultraso ...
Drug-eluting stent (DES) expansion characteristics after aggressive high-pressure post-dilation using a non-compliant (NC) balloon have not been ful ...
Factors that influence the intr ...
Purposes The number of revision anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgeries performed annually continues to rise. The purpose of this study was to de ...
Arthroscopic-assisted focal res ...
Purpose The purpose of this study is to describe an arthroscopic-assisted surgical technique for focal resurfacing of medial tibio-femoral compartme ...
Overstuffed medial compartment ...
Overstuffing of the medial compartment in medial compartmental knee arthroplasty is a known pitfall. Attention to the flexion-extension gap should b ...
Locked knee from superior dislo ...
Knee locking is often caused by a torn meniscus or loose body. A rare cause of knee locking is a superior dislocation of the patella following traum ...
Gait analysis following TKA: co ...
Purpose There are questions concerning the influence of computer-assisted surgery and the minimal invasive surgical technique on the outcome of tota ...
Ultrasound guidance improves th ...
Degeneration of the acromioclavicular joint (AC) often causes impaired shoulder function and pain. Its infiltration results in reportedly beneficial ...
Arthroscopic debridement of the ...
Purpose Most tears of the Ligamentum Teres (LT) are diagnosed when treating other hip pathologies. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the out ...