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Conversion to Hand Assistance May Prevent Conversion to an Open Procedure in Standard Laparoscopic Nephrectomy [PDF]

, 2010
WOS: 000280485300014PubMed ID: 20575689Background and Purpose: Laparoscopic surgery has received wide acceptance within the urologic community. Conversion from standard laparoscopy to the open technique may sometimes be necessary.
Kural, A. R., Akpnar, H., Atug, F., Can Öbek, Obek, C., Tufek, Ilter, Oktay Demirkesen, Tuna, Mustafa Bilal, Tufek, I., Atug, Fatih, Ali Riza Kural, Akpinar, Haluk, Demirkesen, Oktay, Tuna, M. B., İlter Tüfek, Haluk Akpinar, Demirkesen, O., Obek, Can, Kural, Ali Riza, Mustafa Bilal Tuna, Fatih Atug   +20 more
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Laparoscopic surgery for diverticular colovesical fistula: single-center experience of 11 cases

BMC Research Notes, 2020
Objective Laparoscopic surgery for diverticular colovesical fistula (CVF) is technically challenging, and the incidence of conversion to open surgery (COS) is high.
Daichi Kitaguchi, Tsuyoshi Enomoto, Yusuke Ohara, Yohei Owada, Katsuji Hisakura, Yoshimasa Akashi, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Koichi Ogawa, Osamu Shimomura, Tatsuya Oda   +9 more
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Mucinous carcinoma is a predictive factor for the risk of open conversion from laparoscopic colectomy in colorectal cancer [PDF]

Korean Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2019
Purpose Although laparoscopic surgery is widely accepted in the treatment of colorectal cancer, conversion to open surgery is associated with the rate of unfavorable outcomes.
Ah Jung Seo, Jung Kyoung Shin, Yoon Ah Park, Jung Wook Huh, Yong Beom Cho, Hee Cheol Kim, Seong Hyeon Yun, Woo Yong Lee   +7 more
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Conversion from endovascular to open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair [PDF]

, 2016
Background Previous studies have found conflicting results regarding the operative risks associated with conversion to open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair after failed endovascular treatment (endovascular aneurysm repair [EVAR]).
Darling, J. (Jeremy), Soden, P.A. (Peter A.), Verhagen, H.J.M. (Hence), Schermerhorn, ML, Ultee, Klaas, Zettervall, S.L. (Sara L.), Zettervall, SL, Ultee, K.H.J. (Klaas), Schermerhorn, M.L. (Marc), Verhagen, Hence, Darling, J, Soden, PA   +11 more
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Outcomes of conversion of laparoscopic colorectal surgery to open surgery. [PDF]

, 2014
There is limited data regarding the outcomes of patients who undergo conversion to open surgery during a laparoscopic operation in colorectal resection. We sought to identify the outcomes of such patients. The NIS (National Inpatient Sample) database was
Stamos, Michael J, Carmichael, Joseph C, Nguyen, Ninh T, Masoomi, Hossein, Moghadamyeghaneh, Zhobin, Mills, Steven D, Pigazzi, Alessio   +6 more
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Risk factors for conversion of laparoscopic colorectal surgery to open surgery: Does conversion worsen outcome? [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: The utilization of laparoscopy in colorectal surgery is increasing. However, conversion to open surgery remains relatively high. Objective: We evaluated (1) conversion rates in laparoscopic colorectal surgery; (2) the outcomes of converted ...
Masoomi, H, Mills, S, Stamos, Michael J, Carmichael, Joseph C, Pigazzi, A, Moghadamyeghaneh, Z, Carmichael, JC, Stamos, MJ, Masoomi, Hossein, Mills, Steven, Moghadamyeghaneh, Zhobin, Pigazzi, Alessio   +11 more
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Margin-negative resection and long-term survival following robot-assisted thymectomy for thymoma: A tumor size stratified analysisCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open
Objective: Although open thymectomy has traditionally been the gold standard for resection of large thymic tumors, growing evidence has suggested minimally invasive thymectomy to confer comparable survival. However, the influence of incremental increases
Sara Sakowitz, MD, MPH, MBA, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar, MD, MBE, Yas Sanaiha, MD, Saad Mallick, MD, Peyman Benharash, MD, Jane Yanagawa, MD   +5 more
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FACTORS LEADING TO CONVERSION OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY TO OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To evaluate the various factors leading to conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open cholecystectomy. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study.
Muhammad Zubair, Ammad Ud Din Nasir, Arsalan Sharif Malik, Zeeshan Shaukat, Faheem Ullah Naz, Aman Ramzan   +5 more
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Heterogeneous Catalytic Conversion of Terpenes into Biofuels: An Open Pathway to Sustainable Fuels

Energies, 2023
The production and use of terpene-based fuels represents a renewable source of energy in the transportation sector, especially in the aviation sector. The literature on the conversion of terpenes into valuable compounds is not new but has been based on ...
Magín Lapuerta, Indira Tobío-Pérez, Marianela Ortiz-Alvarez, David Donoso, Laureano Canoira, Ramón Piloto-Rodríguez   +5 more
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Target-Guided Open-Domain Conversation [PDF]

Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2019
Many real-world open-domain conversation applications have specific goals to achieve during open-ended chats, such as recommendation, psychotherapy, education, etc. We study the problem of imposing conversational goals on open-domain chat agents. In particular, we want a conversational system to chat naturally with human and proactively guide the ...
Jianheng Tang, Tiancheng Zhao, Chenyan Xiong, Xiaodan Liang, Eric P. Xing, Zhiting Hu   +5 more
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