Riboflavin Depletion Impairs Ce ...
Background and Aims Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is an essential dietary component with a known function in oxidative metabolism. Our previous data using ...
Surgical Prophylaxis of Pouchit ...
Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is now the procedure of choice for most patients requiring proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis. The J-shaped ...
Activated Syndecan-1 Shedding C ...
Background Syndecan-1(Sdc1) plays important roles in many steps of inflammatory responses. In ulcerative colitis patients, decreased Sdc1 expression ...
Endoscopy in the Diagnosis and ...
Background Gastrointestinal illness may result from either an underlying structural abnormality (e.g. neoplastic obstruction), or a functional disor ...
Smoking and Barrett’s Esophagus ...
Background Cigarette use is associated with esophageal adenocarcinoma, and cross-sectional studies suggest an association between smoking and Barret ...
Small Bowel Cancers Diagnosed b ...
Background Primary malignant neoplasms of the small bowel comprise only 1–3% of all gastrointestinal malignancies. Small bowel cancers pose a signif ...
Hepatobiliary Disease Associate ...
Gastrointestinal involvement in the idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) most commonly manifests as gastroenteritis. There are, however, case ...
Use of Enterally Delivered Angi ...
Background Renin-angiotensin system blockade reduces inflammation in several organ systems. Having found a fourfold increase in angiotensin II type ...
Relationship of Pancreatic Mass ...
Background Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is central to discerning the diagnosis of solid pancreatic tumors through t ...
Environmental home inspection s ...
This review deals with environmental home inspection services in Western Europe provided for patients at the request of attending physicians to impr ...
Insight into physical activity ...
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is increasingly reported in children, mainly in the presence of overweight/ obesity. From the most recent report, up to 60 ...
Role of intra-operative ultraso ...
The objective of this study was to evaluate the beneWts of intra-operative ultrasonic guidance in the management of isolated nasal bone fractures. A ...
A technical note: pre-operative ...
Ultrasound-guided wire localization of impalpable lesions is a well-recognized technique in the management of breast pathology, but its use in the h ...
Perioperative clinical factors ...
Postoperative volume changes in reconstructed Xaps are known to inXuence the functional restoration of resected areas of the upper aerodigestive tra ...
Validity and accuracy of subcil ...
Several approaches are used to reconstruct orbital Xoor fractures and restore orbital position and function, but many have the drawback of incomplet ...
Head and neck cancers manifeste ...
The incidence of head and neck cancers in patients with an initial presentation of deep neck infection is unclear and may be underestimated. Thus, t ...
Multilevel radiofrequency ablat ...
Our objective is to evaluate the outcomes of the Radio-Frequency (RF) energy for tissue thermo-ablation therapy in sleep-disordered breathing patien ...
Computed tomography and magneti ...
The aim of our prospective study is to illustrate the role of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the diagnosis and del ...
Association between domains of ...
Few studies have investigated the independent effects of domain-specific physical activity on mortality. We sought to investigate the association of ...
Darrach’s ulnar resection and u ...
The authors report a painful non-union of the distal radius in a 28-year-old man who sustained a gunshot wound to his distal forearm at the age of 1 ...
Why we still punish school kids ...
Musculoskeletal injuries in children who were punished in school are unusual injuries. Literature is tacit about such injuries. Manners of punishmen ...
Repeat offenders: non-attenders ...
Introduction Non-attendance at out-patient clinics results in inefficiency, wasted resources and delays other patients from accessing services. We c ...
Aggressive and rapid progressio ...
Background We present an unusual case of an aggressive and rapid progression of idiopathic bilateral avascular necrosis (AVN) of femoral head in an ...
Neonatal severe hyperparathyroi ...
We report a newborn female from a consanguineous Sri Lankan family with clinical and biochemical features of neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism (NS ...
Thoughts on a neglected French ...
Western surgical history has very seldom neglected to mention an original surgeon who made a significant number of contributions to anatomy and surg ...