The eVALuate study: two parallel randomised trials, one comparing laparoscopic with abdominal hysterectomy, the other comparing laparoscopic with vaginal hysterectomy [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of laparoscopic hysterectomy and abdominal hysterectomy in the abdominal trial, and laparoscopic hysterectomy and vaginal hysterectomy in the vaginal trial.
Abbott, J. +11 more
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Long-Term Efficacy of Posterior Neurectomy in Anterior Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome
ObjectiveTo analyze long-term treatment outcomes of a posterior neurectomy in a large cohort of patients with anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome (ACNES).Summary Background DataThe current step-up treatment approach for ACNES involves abdominal ...
Tom ten Have +12 more
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Does Orally-Administered Radiocontrast Impair Ultrasound Image Quality in Pediatric Patients? [PDF]
Introduction: It is commonly assumed that orally-administered radiocontrast material (ORC) preceding abdominal ultrasound (US) performance can obscure image quality and potentially impair diagnostic accuracy when assessing patients with abdominal pain ...
Arroyo, Alexander +8 more
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Cornual Abscess Rupture: A Rare Etiology of Acute Abdomen [PDF]
Ruptured cornual abscess or pyometra can resemble other more common causes of acute abdomen, including appendicitis, diverticulitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, and perforated viscus.
Brar, Bobby +4 more
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Abdominal migraine in a pediatric patient [PDF]
Abdominal migraine (AM) is a syndrome usually diagnosed in childhood. The AM syndrome comprises episodic attacks of severe, recurrent, and chronic abdominal pain localized in the periumbilical area, followed by symptoms like headache, anorexia, nausea ...
Simić Dušica M. +4 more
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Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome [PDF]
Irritable bowel syndrome is characterised by diverse symptoms including abdominal pain, altered bowel function (increased bowel frequency, constipation), bloating, abdominal distension, the sensation of incomplete evacuation, and the increased passage of
Farthing, Michael
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http://omjournal.org/articleDetails.aspx?coType=1&aId=2483
An eight-year-old girl presented with a history of fever, nonbilious vomiting, and abdominal pain lasting three days. She was referred from a peripheral hospital for suspected acute appendicitis and admitted to the pediatric emergency department. She had
Gowda P. Prashanth +3 more
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Factors related to abdominal pain in gastroparesis: contrast to patients with predominant nausea and vomiting [PDF]
Background Factors associated with abdominal pain in gastroparesis are incompletely evaluated and comparisons of pain vs other symptoms are limited. This study related pain to clinical factors in gastroparesis and contrasted pain/discomfort‐ with nausea/
Abell, T. L. +15 more
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Microbial profile of the appendix niche in acute appendicitis: a novel sampling approach
This study utilized a novel sampling method, ERAT (i.e. endoscopic retrograde appendicitis treatment)‐guided lumen aspiration, to obtain samples from the appendix, and shotgun metagenomic sequencing was performed for in situ characterization of the appendix microbiome in patients with acute appendicitis.
Huimin Ma +10 more
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Fecal calprotectin in juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients related to drug use [PDF]
Background: Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) on non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may experience abdominal pain. In adults, NSAID use has been linked to an increase in fecal calprotectin (FC) levels, a surrogate marker for ...
Aalto, Kristiina +2 more
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