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Effect on the canine Eck fistula liver of intraportal TGF‐β alone or with hepatic growth factors [PDF]

, 1992
Transforming growth factor‐β canceled the hepatocyte proliferation caused by transforming growth factor‐α when the two substances were mixed and administered through a disconnected central portal vein branch after creation of an Eck fistula. In contrast,
Alessandro Azzarone, Antonio Francavilla, Braun, Carlo Scotti-Fogueni, Carr, Fausto, Francavilla, Francavilla, Goustin, Gruppuso, Guiseppe Carrieri, Houck, Kendrick Porter, Mazzaferro, Mead, Michalopoulos, Michalopoulos, Qia-Hua Zeng, Richman, Roberts, Short, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Thomas E. Starzl, Umberto Cillo   +28 more
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Fertility outcomes following obstetric fistula repair: a prospective cohort study

Reproductive Health, 2017
Background Obstetric fistula (OF) is a maternal morbidity associated with high rates of stillbirth, amenorrhea, and sexual dysfunction. Limited data exists on the reproductive outcomes of women in the years following a fistula repair.
Dawn M. Kopp, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Angela Bengtson, Ennet Chipungu, Rachel J. Pope, Margaret Moyo, Jennifer H. Tang   +6 more
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EFFECTS OF INSULIN, GLUCAGON, AND INSULIN/GLUCAGON INFUSIONS ON LIVER MORPHOLOGY AND CELL DIVISION AFTER COMPLETE PORTACAVAL SHUNT IN DOGS [PDF]

, 1976
Insulin, glucagon, and insulin/glucagon mixtures have been infused for four days into the left portal vein of dogs after portacaval shunt. In the left but not the right liver lobes, insulin alone reduced atrophy, preserved hepatocyte ultrastructure, and ...
Blackard, Bollman, Bucher, Child, Eck, Felig, Felig, Field, Fisher, Fisher, Hahn, Holley, Izzo, Leffert, Loud, Madison, Mann, Marchioro, Marchioro, Marchioro, Meyer, Popper, Reaven, Rous, Rubin, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Starzl, Tchobroutsky, Warren, Wembren, Younger   +36 more
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Willingness to participate in a randomized trial comparing catheters to fistulas for vascular access in incident hemodialysis patients: an international survey of nephrologists [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Current guidelines favor fistulas over catheters as vascular access. Yet, the observational literature comparing fistulas to catheters has important limitations and biases that may be difficult to overcome in the absence of randomization ...
Dulai, Mandeep, Jager, Kitty J, Lewin, Adiane M, Oliver, Matthew J, Poinen, Krishna, Polkinghorne, Kevan R, Quinn, Robert R, Ravani, Pietro, Rosenfeld, Aviva, Van Biesen, Wim, Van der Veer, Sabine N   +10 more
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Intravenous urography findings in women with ureteric fistula

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Ureteric fistula is one of the major morbidities that can arise from pelvic surgeries. It mainly results from gynaecological and obstetric procedures. Intravenous urography is an imaging modality for the upper urinary tract.
Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye, Kenneth Chinedu Ekwedigwe, Maradona Ehikioya Isikhuemen, Monday Osaze Eliboh, Emmanuel Nyan Yakubu, Babafemi Charles Daniyan   +5 more
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Salpingovesical fistula mimicking an enterovaginal fistula

Radiology Case Reports, 2020
Fallopian tube fistula with the bladder can mimic an enterovaginal fistula. A 34-year-old woman presented with continuous urinary incontinence after hysterectomy. A cystogram confirmed a vesicovaginal fistula and a possible additional intestinal communication.
Ramya Srinivasan, MD, Gillean Cortes, BA, Ingride Richardson, MD, Mark Guelfguat, DO   +3 more
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Measuring barriers to fistula care: investigating composite measures for targeted fistula programming in Nigeria and Uganda

BMC Women's Health, 2021
Background Accessing surgical repair poses challenges to women living with female genital fistula who experience intersectional vulnerabilities including poverty, gender, stigma and geography. Barriers to fistula care have been described qualitatively in
Pooja Sripad, Elly Arnoff, Charlotte Warren, Vandana Tripathi   +3 more
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Correlation of serum levels of anti-tumor necrosis factor agents with perianal fistula healing in Crohn’s disease: a narrative review [PDF]

Intestinal Research, 2021
With the overspread use of measurement of serum levels of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents (therapeutic drug monitoring, TDM), new therapeutic strategies have been used in the management of Crohn’s disease (CD).
Eron Fabio Miranda, Rodrigo Bremer Nones, Paulo Gustavo Kotze   +2 more
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Angioarchitectural evolution of clival dural arteriovenous fistulas in two patients. [PDF]

, 2015
Dural arteriovenous fistulas (dAVFs) may present in a variety of ways, including as carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas. The ophthalmologic sequelae of carotid-cavernous sinus fistulas are known and recognizable, but less commonly seen is the rare clival ...
Amar, Arun P, Bababeygy, Simon R, Karanjia, Rustum, Pouw, Andrew E, Rabin, Richard L, Sadun, Alfredo A   +5 more
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Transanal opening of the intersphincteric space (TROPIS): a novel procedure on the horizon to effectively manage high complex anal fistulas [PDF]

Annals of Coloproctology
Anal fistulas, especially complex and high fistulas, are difficult to manage. The transanal opening of the intersphincteric space (TROPIS) procedure was first described in 2017, and a high success rate of over 90% was reported in high complex fistulas ...
Pankaj Garg, Anvesha Mongia
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