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Laparoscopic partial adrenalectomy for bilateral pheochromocytomas in a boy with von Hippel-Lindau disease [PDF]
Objectives: In adults, increasing numbers of adrenalectomies for pheochromocytomas are performed laparoscopically. We report for the first time laparoscopic bilateral subtotal adrenalectomy for pheochromocytomas in an 8-year-old boy with von Hippel ...
Elsner, Romy +5 more
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with portal cavernoma without portal vein decompression
Introduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in patients with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction causing portal cavernoma (PC) is considered high risk because of portosystemic collateral veins in the hepatocystic triangle. The literature is limited to isolated case reports. We describe our experience of LC in patients with
Shridhar Vasantrao Sasturkar +6 more
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Methods and Tools for Objective Assessment of Psychomotor Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery [PDF]
Training and assessment paradigms for laparoscopic surgical skills are evolving from traditional mentor–trainee tutorship towards structured, more objective and safer programs.
Magdalena K. Chmarra +22 more
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Introduction. Extravasal compression of celiac trunk is the cause of chronic abdominal ischemia syndrome (CAIS) along with atherosclerotic lesions of the visceral branches of the aorta.
Yu. G. Starkov +6 more
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A Case Series of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome With Varied Presentations
Median arcuate ligament syndrome (MALS) is characterized by the constriction of the celiac trunk caused by fibrous connections originating from the median arcuate ligament (MAL) and diaphragmatic crura.
Al-hakam H. Abu-Hilal +6 more
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Severe duodenal ulcer stenosis requires continuous decompression, which makes oral ingestion difficult, yet poor nutritional status before surgery increases the risk postoperative complications. Double percutaneous transesophageal gastrotubing (dPTEG) is
Keigo Nakashima, MD +9 more
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Deadly diving? Physiological and behavioural management of decompression stress in diving mammals [PDF]
© The Author(s), 2011. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 279 (2012): 1041-1050, doi:10.1098/rspb.2011 ...
Weathersby, P. K. +121 more
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Healthcare and Indirect Cost of the Laparoscopic vs. Vaginal Approach in Benign Hysterectomy
Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyze indirect costs of vaginal and laparoscopic routes for hysterectomy to determine whether this makes a difference in total costs when considering route for surgery.
Melero Cortés, Lidia María +5 more
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The authors suggest an original method of endobiliary stenting with laparoscopic assistance for reduction of obstructive jaundice in patients with non-operative tumors of hepatopancreaduodenal zone in the case of impossibility of performance of ...
S. A. Alentiev +7 more
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Systematic review of economic evaluations of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer [PDF]
Objective Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers and the standard surgical treatment for this cancer is open resection (OS), but laparoscopic surgery (LS) may be an alternative treatment.
Fraser, Cynthia Mary +4 more
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