All patients operated for oesophageal cancer in Sweden from 2013 to April 2018 were identified, and 246 patients were recruited to this population‐based nationwide Swedish study. The results show that longitudinal health‐related quality of life after minimally invasive oesophagectomy was similar to that of the open surgical approach.
F. Klevebro +4 more
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Risk Factors for Immediate and Delayed-Onset Fever After Percutaneous Transhepatic Biliary Drainage [PDF]
Objectives To prospectively investigate the pre and intraprocedural risk factors for immediate (IF) and delayedonset (DOF) fever development after percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD).
Bezzi, Mario +10 more
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Decreased expression of breast cancer resistance protein in the duodenum in patients with obstructive cholestasis [PDF]
Background/Aims: The expression of transporters involved in bile acid homeostasis is differentially regulated during obstructive cholestasis. Since the drug efflux transporter breast cancer resistance protein (BCRP) is known to transport bile acids, we ...
Adachi Y +48 more
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Acute Jaundice in a Six-year-old: An Unusual Presentation of Atypical Kawasaki Disease [PDF]
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a rare vasculitis of childhood that is critical to recognize and treat due to associated morbidity and mortality. A six-year-old male presented to our emergency department (ED) afebrile but with reported recent fevers.
Bylund, LCDR William +2 more
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Treatment of a mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma with uptake on 68Gallium-DOTATOC positron emission tomography-computed tomography : a case report [PDF]
The case of a 35-year old female patient with a diagnosis of metastatic mixed acinar-endocrine carcinoma (MAEC) is investigated in the present study.
De Both, Anneleen +5 more
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Background and Objective: Ultrasonography (??USG) and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (??MRCP) are noninvasive modalities for evaluation of patients with obstructive jaundice. USG is widely available and less expensive compared to MRCP.
Satyanarayana Goud +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Liver Transplantation for Advanced Liver Disease with Alpha-1antitrypsin Deficiency [PDF]
ALPHA-1-antitrypsin deficiency associated with chronic obstructive airway disease was recognized in 1963 by Laurell and Ericksson.1 In 1969, Sharp2 described the first cases of alpha-1-antitrypsin-deficiency disease in children with cirrhosis. Since then,
Allan G. Redeker +26 more
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Primary duodenal papilla lymphoma producing obstructive jaundice: a case report
Background Obstructive jaundice caused by primary duodenal lymphoma is a rare disease. Case presentation We reported a 59-year-old man who underwent endoscopic ultrasonography for obstructive jaundice and found a duodenal papilla tumor.
Jicai Wang +4 more
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A case of distal extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with two positive resection margins [PDF]
Cholangiocarcinoma is an uncommon primary malignancy of the biliary tract that is challenging to diagnose and treat effectively due to its relatively silent and late clinical presentation.
Andersen +42 more
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Effect of hyperbilirubunemia on coagulation system of blood in patients with obstructive jaundice [PDF]
Objective of the study: determination of the degree of influence of bilirubin in the blood during obstructive jaundice, on blood clotting. Methods. A retrospective study of case histories of patients with obstructive jaundice who have been treated at the
Sarkisian Z.O., Tolstokorov A.S
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