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Contemporary management of pain in cirrhosis: Toward precision therapy for pain
Abstract Chronic pain is highly prevalent in patients with cirrhosis and is associated with poor health‐related quality of life and poor functional status. However, there is limited guidance on appropriate pain management in this population, and pharmacologic treatment can be harmful, leading to adverse outcomes, such as gastrointestinal bleeding ...
Alexis Holman +4 more
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Past, Present, and Future of Gastrointestinal Stents: New Endoscopic Ultrasonography-Guided Metal Stents and Future Developments [PDF]
Innovations in stent technology and technological advances in endoscopic ultrasonography have led to rapid expansion of their use in the field of gastrointestinal diseases.
이희승, 정문재
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Acute colonic pseudoobstruction (ACPO) is a medical emergency defined as acute colonic distention without mechanical obstruction or inflammatory status. The initial treatment for ACPO includes conservative therapy and gastrointestinal tube decompression.
Shih-Hao Yeh, Pi-Kai Chang
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Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy for Gastrointestinal Decompression
From September 1980 to April 1986, 185 percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomies were performed at University Hospitals of Cleveland. Of these, nine (5%) were done for chronic gastrointestinal decompression and form the basis of this report. Patients ranged in age from 21-73 years (mean: 51 years) and all had prolonged, complex hospitalizations extending ...
T A, Stellato, M W, Gauderer
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Gastrointestinal decompression after excision and anastomosis of lower digestive tract [PDF]
To discuss the clinical significance of postoperative gastrointestinal decompression in operation on lower digestive tract.Three hundred and sixty-eight patients with excision and anastomosis of lower digestive tract were divided into two groups, i.e.
Wen-Zhang, Lei +4 more
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Percutaneous Needle Decompression during Laparoscopic Gastric Surgery: A Simple Alternative to Nasogastric Decompression [PDF]
Laparoscopic gastric surgeries are routinely performed with use of a nasogastric tube to decompress the upper gastrointestinal tract. A distended upper gastrointestinal tract can complicate successful laparoscopic gastric surgery as the distention ...
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Techniques for percutaneous transesophageal gastrotubing
Percutaneous transesophageal gastrotubing (PTEG) procedure was developed in Japan as an alternative access route into the gastrointestinal tract, and it has been performed for patients in whom percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy would be technically ...
Yozo Sato +4 more
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Routine Gastric Decompression after Pancreatoduodenectomy: Treating the Surgeon?
Background The decision to routinely leave a nasogastric tube after pancreatoduodenectomy remains controversial. We sought to determine the impact of immediate nasogastric tube removal versus early nasogastric tube removal (
Flick, K. F. +10 more
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Sigmoid Volvulus in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I (Steinert Disease)
Myotonic dystrophy (MD) is a progressive multisystem genetic disorder that is characterized by progressive muscle weakness and wasting. MD1 (also known as Steinert disease) is associated with various clinical entities such as skeletal muscle weakness ...
Ahmed B. Bayoumy +2 more
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Background Allied disorders of Hirschsprung’s disease (ADHD) mainly present with bowel obstruction, intestinal dilatation, and chronic constipation, while recurrent spontaneous pneumoperitoneum was rarely reported.
Yue Yin +5 more
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