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Resource Utilization and Medicare Spending Among Beneficiaries With Bile Duct Injuries. [PDF]

Ann Surg
Mullens CL, Savitch SL, Thumma JR, Dimick JB, Sheetz KH.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Price of a Whipple: Predicting Hospital Charges Using Preoperative Patient Characteristics

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Preoperative lab abnormalities are significant predictors of hospital charges following Whipple's pancreaticoduodenectomy. In a retrospective review of 375 cases, patients with ≥ 3 preoperative laboratory‐based predictors incurred substantially higher charges, underscoring the value of preoperative optimization in reducing financial burden.
Sri Snehita Reddy Bonthu, Sourodip Mukharjee, Joshua Kong, Juan Malo, Houssam Osman, D. Rohan Jeyarajah   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endoscopic management of bile duct leaks: Current strategies and controversies. [PDF]

World J Gastrointest Endosc
Chen DX, Chen SX, Zhang GJ, Liang YW, Han YM, Zhai YQ, Li MY.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Different Knots, Same Outcome: Evaluating the Role of Surgical Technique on Biliary Anastomotic Strictures After Liver Transplantation

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Biliary anastomotic strictures (BAS) after liver transplant (LT) are a significant contributor to post‐transplant morbidity. Although surgical technique has been proposed as a risk factor, accurate evaluation of technique has been limited by inherent bias in conventional definitions for BAS.
Samith Minu Alwis, Robert Torode, Michael Anthony Fink, Ruelan Furtado, Eunice Lee, Graham Starkey, Robert Jones, Marcos Vinicius Perini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Antegrade bile duct stone removal with double guidewire deployment using a novel double-lumen dilator. [PDF]

Endoscopy
Ogura T, Bessho K, Nakamura J, Nguyen Trong N, Nishikawa H.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Mapping of Preoperative Screening Tools Reveals Urgent Need for Standardization in Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery: A Scoping Review

World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Although most screening tools are brief, feasible for self‐administration, and freely accessible, none integrated all three domains. Substantial heterogeneity in tools highlights the need for a comprehensive, validated multidomain preoperative screening tool for this population.
Alexandria Paige Petridis, Jack Reeves, Cherry Koh, Michael Solomon, Sascha Karunaratne, Kate Alexander, Nicholas Hirst, Neil Pillinger, Linda Denehy, Bernhard Riedel, Chelsia Gillis, Sharon Carey, Kate McBride, Kate White, Haryana M. Dhillon, Patrick Campbell, Raaj Kishore Biswas, Daniel Steffens   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unnoticed for 14 years: an asymptomatic forgotten common bile duct stent - a case report. [PDF]

Ann Med Surg (Lond)
Elsharif SA, Elamin MAM, Rafei A, Abdelraheem EM, Abdo AE.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Slow Transit Constipation: Pathophysiological Perspectives and Management Updates

Journal of Digestive Diseases, EarlyView.
Slow transit constipation (STC) is a complex neuromuscular disorder driven by interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) loss and enteric neuropathy. Diagnosis relies on objective transit testing while excluding pelvic floor dysfunction. Management follows a stepwise, phenotype‐driven approach, progressing from conventional laxatives to emerging targeted ...
Athanasios Syllaios, Stavros P. Papadakos, Alexandros Ioannou, Maximos Frountzas, Dimosthenis Michelakis, Dimitrios Patsouras, Spyridon Dritsas, Manousos‐Georgios Pramateftakis, Dimitrios Schizas   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Laparoscopic management of a rare intrahepatic bile duct variation in a patient with cholelithiasis: a case report and review of the literature. [PDF]

BMC Surg
Zhang R, Xu F, Li Y, Sun J, Wei J, Ding T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Imaging of Abdominal Complications in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common paediatric malignancy and remains one of the most common causes of cancer‐related death in children and adolescents. Five‐year overall survival rates now exceed 90% with current multidrug chemotherapeutic regimens. This improvement, coupled with the toxicity of chemotherapy, has led to the
Luke R. Holmes, Rishi S. Kotecha, Derek J. Roebuck   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source