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The analysis of a sudden death caused by the unusual shape of the foramen magnum stenosis [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2021 Introduction. The anomalies of the size and shape of the foramen magnum (FM), followed by its stenosis, take a special place in clinical and forensic practice.
Vuković Miloš +3 more
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Mucus Release and Airway Constriction by TMEM16A May Worsen Pathology in Inflammatory Lung Disease [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Activation of the Ca2+ activated Cl− channel TMEM16A is proposed as a treatment in inflammatory airway disease. It is assumed that activation of TMEM16A will induce electrolyte secretion, and thus reduce airway mucus plugging and improve mucociliary clearance.
Kunzelmann, Karl +10 more
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Endoscopic Evaluation of Biliary Strictures: Current and Emerging Techniques [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2021 The diagnosis of biliary strictures in clinical practice can be challenging. Discriminating between benign and malignant biliary strictures is important to prevent the morbidity and mortality associated with incorrect diagnoses.
Roy Huynh +4 more
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Management of Post-Transplant Anastomotic Stricture Using Self-Expandable Metal Stent [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2020 Anastomotic stricture (AS) is one of the complications of liver transplantation (LT) and can occur in up to 40% of living-donor LTs. Endoscopic management has become the first-line treatment of AS, and multiple plastic stents insertion has been mainly ...
Dong Wook Lee, Kazuo Hara
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Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy in Bilioenteric Anastomosis Stricture [PDF]
Clinical Endoscopy, 2016 Bilioenteric anastomosis strictures are a serious complication of biliary surgery, and often result in recurrent cholangitis, choledocholithiasis, biliary cirrhosis, and hepatic failure.
Hyoung-Chul Oh
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Constrictive pericarditis: a known pathology with a new aetiology [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2015 Pericardectomy remains the only available treatment for constrictive pericarditis. Historically idiopathic was the main aetiology for CP followed by TB. In recent years we have seen a change in the aetiology of CP with increasing PCI and surgical interventions.
Suhaib Ahmed, OC Nzewi, H ElBasheir
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Pediatric Investigation, 2021 Introduction Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis (CNPAS) is a rare congenital condition of structural nasal obstruction. Respiratory distress, stertor, and poor feeding are often presenting features.
Tahne Joseph Lahiff +4 more
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Liver Graft Failure after Plastic Stent Removal of an Anastomotic Biliary Stricture
The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology, 2022 A biliary anastomotic stricture developed 13 months after living donor liver transplantation in a 19-year-old male with congenital hepatic fibrosis. Endoscopic management with balloon dilation followed by the placement of a 7F plastic stent was performed
Jung Won Chun +3 more
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Intestinal Stricture in Crohn's Disease [PDF]
Intestinal Research, 2015 Crohn's disease (CD) is a disease with chronic inflammation of unknown etiology involving any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The incidence and prevalence of CD are increasing recently in Asia.
Chen-Wang Chang +5 more
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Constrictive Epicarditis as an Unusual Cause of Constrictive Physiology [PDF]
Circulation, 2005 This case represents typical clinical and hemodynamic features of constrictive pericarditis, but the underlying pathology was epicardial rather than pericardial scarring. The recognition of constrictive epicarditis as distinct from pericarditis is important because the surgical approach is different. An 83-year-old woman was …
Jong-Won Ha +6 more
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