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Laparocopic ureteral reimplantation in ureteral stenosis after gynecologic laparoscopic surgery

International Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2005
Pelvic surgery is the most common cause of iatrogenic ureteral injury, and traditionally repair of such injuries requires laparotomy. We report the case of a 48-year-old woman with an iatrogenic ureteral injury after laparoscopic ophorectomy which was ...
Anibal W. Branco, Alcides J. Branco Filho, Kondo William   +2 more
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Psychosocial/survivorship issues in breast cancer: are we doing better? [PDF]

, 2014
Modern breast cancer treatment offers many women greater prospects of cure or lengthier, good quality survival than was possible in the past. Advances include improved diagnostic and staging procedures, sophisticated onco-plastic surgery, enhanced ...
Ahles, Fellowes, Fleissig, Hermelink, Janelsins, Jenkins, Mann, McDonald, Mitchell, Mosher, Panjari, Reid-Arndt, Scherling, Shilling, Stojadinovic, Wefel   +15 more
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Major Limb Amputations: A Tertiary Hospital Experience in Northwestern Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2012
Major limb amputation is reported to be a major but preventable public health problem that is associated with profound economic, social and psychological effects on the patient and family especially in developing countries where the prosthetic services ...
Chalya, Phillipo L, Chandika, Alphonce B, Dass, Ramesh M, Gilyoma, Japhet M, Mabula, Joseph B, Mbelenge, Nkinda, Ngayomela, Isdori H   +6 more
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Iatrogenic Alzheimer’s disease in recipients of cadaveric pituitary-derived growth hormone

Nature Network Boston
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is characterized pathologically by amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition in brain parenchyma and blood vessels (as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)) and by neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphorylated tau.
G. Banerjee, Simon F. Farmer, H. Hyare, Z. Jaunmuktane, S. Mead, N. S. Ryan, Jonathan M Schott, D. Werring, Peter Rudge, John Collinge   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

VITAMIN D INTOXICATION IN AN OLDER ADULT: CASE REPORT

Geriatrics, Gerontology and Aging, 2020
As aging progresses, there is a consequent increase in chronic diseases, such as osteoporosis and osteopenia, and vitamin D (cholecalciferol) supplementation is routinely prescribed. However, indiscriminate use of this supplement can lead to intoxication
Solange da Silva Amorim, Potira Jurema Alves Teixeira Lima, Isadora Rachel Dias Góis Barroso, Mauricio de Miranda Ventura   +3 more
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Managing the risk of iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the UK.

, 2014
BACKGROUND: With the emergence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in the UK, there is concern about iatrogenic transmission, and the approach to managing this risk is unique.
Brookes, D, CJD Incidents Panel, Connor, N, Gill, ON, Hall, V, Nacul, L   +5 more
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Dislocation of a cerebral protection device component during carotid stenting: A case report of favorable outcome from conservative management after failure of retrieval [PDF]

, 2018
tINTRODUCTION: Cerebral-protection devices (CPDs) are a well-established system for reduction ofembolic risk in carotid artery angioplasty and stenting (CAS).
Avruscio, Giampiero, Kulyk, Caterina, Tocco-Tussardi, Ilaria, Vindigni, Vincenzo   +3 more
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Perioperative and anesthetic deaths: toxicological and medico legal aspects [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Anesthesia has become safer during decades, though there is still a preventable mortality; the complexity of medical and surgical interventions, increasingly older and sicker patients, has created a host of new hazards in anesthesiology.
Argo A., Buscemi R., Karch S. B., Lanzarone A., Roccuzzo R., Zerbo S.   +5 more
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Iatrogenic Chymobilia— A Disease of the Nineties? [PDF]

HPB Surgery, 1991
The last two decades have seen a strong swing towards preservation of some of the sphincters of the alimentary tract, namely, the pyloric and anal sphincters, while at the same time there has been increasing "vandalism" of the sphincter at the distal end of the common bile duct.
openaire   +3 more sources

Assessment of the accuracy of patient-specific drilling guides for cervical (C5-C6) and lumbar (L4-L5) vertebrae in cats

Veterinární Medicína
Ten sets of vertebral biomodels and the corresponding drilling guides were created to evaluate the implantation accuracy in the cervical (C5-C6) and lumbar (L4-L5) vertebrae of cats.
RC Costa, GG Moraes, RG Ferreira, RB Neto, M Nobile, TASS Rocha, LP Barros, BW Minto, LGGG Dias   +8 more
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