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SEMS vs cSEMS in duodenal and small bowel obstruction : high risk of migration in the covered stent group [PDF]

, 2013
Aim: To compare clinical success and complications of uncovered self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) vs covered SEMS (cSEMS) in obstruction of the small bowel.
Albert, Jörg Gerhard, Bechstein, Wolf Otto, Friedrich-Rust, Mireen, Sarrazin, Christoph, Trojan, Jörg, Ulrich, Frank, Waidmann, Oliver, Zeuzem, Stefan   +7 more
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Liver resections: complications and survival outcome [PDF]

, 2007
none1noToday, liver resection represents one of the most effective therapies in the treatment of defined liver diseases, particularly for hepatocellular carcinomas, liver metastases and tumors originating from the bile ducts.
Grazi, Gian Luca
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Rare anatomical variants encountered during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in low resource conditions and the convenient concept of the safe zone of dissection: a prospective observational study at a single center

Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Purpose: The severity of surrounding adhesions, anomalous anatomy, and technical issues are the main factors that complicate cholecystectomy. This study focused on determining the types and frequency of laparoscopic anatomical variations found during ...
Muad Gamil M Haidar, Nuha Ahmed H Sharaf, Suha Abdullah Saleh, Prashant Upadhyay   +3 more
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A Self-Adaptive IoT-based Approach for Improving the Decision Making of Active Surgical Robots in Hospitals [PDF]

arXiv, 2021
In recent years, surgical robots have become instrumental tools for assisting surgeons in performing complex surgical procedures in hospitals. Unlike conventional surgical methods, robotic systems help surgeons, for example, to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures while enhancing the precision and control of operations (e.g.
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Complications of right lobe living donor liver transplantation [PDF]

, 2009
Background/Aims: Right lobar living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has been controversial because of donor deaths and widely variable reports of recipient and donor morbidity.
Barr, Bogin, Broelsch, Bronsther, Campsen, Chan, Chan, Clavien, Cronin, Dahm, Demetris, Dindo, Edward Gray, Eghtesad, Fan, Freise, Gali, Ghobrial, Gondolesi, Gruttadauria, Gruttadauria, Hwang, Hwang, James W. Marsh, Khalaf, Kokudo, Liu, Lo, Malago, Maluf, Marcos, Marcos, Middleton, Morioka, Nadalin, Olthoff, Pomposelli, Pruett, Roberta Ness, Shah, Shah, Shah, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Strong, Sugawara, Tamura, Thomas E. Starzl, Todo, Todo, Trotter, Wachs, Yamaoka, Yi   +54 more
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Morphometric Study of Gallbladder in Cadavers [PDF]

Journal of Research in Applied and Basic Medical Sciences, 2022
Background & Aims:  The gallbladder and biliary tract are structures that are in close proximity to the adjacent organs and can exhibit a variety of anomalies and anatomic variations. However, the literature on morphological variations of the gallbladder
Divya C, Ashwini N.S, Sridevi N.S
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Analysis of surgical complications after 397 hepatic transplantations [PDF]

, 1990
The results of 397 consecutive orthotopic hepatic transplantations in 333 recipients were reviewed. One or more surgical complications developed in 172 of 323 patients (55 per cent), excluding ten intraoperative deaths. The six month mortality rate among
Gordon, RD, Iwatsuki, S, Lebeau, G, Makowka, L, Marsh, JW, Starzl, TE, Stieber, AC, Todo, S, Tzakis, AG, Yanaga, K   +9 more
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Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma - Klatskin’s Tumour : review of the literature and report of first successfully resected case in Malta [PDF]

, 1989
Hepatic duct confluence sclerosing cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin’s Tumour) is described as a small tumour in an inaccessible position, high up in the hilum of the liver.
Gatt, Dennis, Scerri, Christian A.
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Subclinical focal cholangitis mimicking liver metastasis in asymptomatic patients with history of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and biliary tree intervention

Cancer Imaging, 2017
Background Cholangitis is an inflammatory process of the biliary tract with a wide range of clinical manifestations and it is not always considered in the differential diagnosis in asymptomatic patients.
Natally Horvat, Edmund M. Godfrey, Timothy J. Sadler, Jaclyn F. Hechtman, Laura H. Tang, Carlie S. Sigel, Serena Monti, Lorenzo Mannelli   +7 more
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Learning Multi-modal Representations by Watching Hundreds of Surgical Video Lectures [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
Recent advancements in surgical computer vision applications have been driven by vision-only models, which do not explicitly integrate the rich semantics of language into their design. These methods rely on manually annotated surgical videos to predict a fixed set of object categories, limiting their generalizability to unseen surgical procedures and ...
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