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Renovascular hypertension is an unusual but treatable cause of refractory hypertension that is infrequently caused by external compression of the renal vasculature by a giant hydatid cyst, a parasitic infection, caused by Echinococcus granulosus in its ...
Awaji Qasim Alnami+6 more
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Laparoscopy, one of minimally invasive procedures, is a commonly used procedure in diagnosis and management of various kinds of clinical problems, including gynecologic organ-related diseases.
Chih-Hsuan Sao+6 more
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Background : Single-incision laparoscopic right colectomy (SILRC) has been reported in 2008, and since that time an increased number of reports appeared in literature. Currently, it remains popular between the centers with achieved experience.
Giovanni Dapri+3 more
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Background To date, surgeons and physicians have found positive results treating metabolic syndrome with surgical and non-surgical weight loss therapies.
Oral Ospanov+3 more
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Background Hemorrhoidal disease (HD) is defined as the symptomatic enlargement and/or distal displacement of anal cushions and is one of the most common proctological diseases.
Pierluigi Lobascio+7 more
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Ergonomics in laparoscopic surgery
Laparoscopic surgery provides patients with less painful surgery but is more demanding for the surgeon. The increased technological complexity and sometimes poorly adapted equipment have led to increased complaints of surgeon fatigue and discomfort during laparoscopic surgery.
Supe, Avinash N.+2 more
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Importance This review provides a comprehensive comparison of treatment outcomes between robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RLS) and conventional laparoscopic surgery (CLS) based on randomly-controlled trials (RCTs).
Hyunsuk Frank Roh, S. Nam, Jung Mogg Kim
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Despite all the recent developments in laparoscopic renal surgery, it has to be kept in mind that although only small incisions are made, laparoscopy is still surgery. Therefore, the technical background as well as the surgeons' skills must ensure that any laparoscopic procedure can be quickly converted into an open surgical procedure, if complications
Kurt Kerbl, Ralph V. Clayman
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The treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is promising in recent years, but still facing critical challenges. The first targeted therapy, sorafenib, prolonged the overall survival by months.
Junjie Xu+11 more
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A randomized trial of laparoscopic versus open surgery for rectal cancer.
BACKGROUND Laparoscopic resection of colorectal cancer is widely used. However, robust evidence to conclude that laparoscopic surgery and open surgery have similar outcomes in rectal cancer is lacking.
H. Bonjer+12 more
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