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BMC Urology, 2023 Background Myelolipoma is a benign neoplasm of the adrenal cortex, composed of fat and hematopoietic cells. Although myelolipoma is benign, differentiation from adrenocortical cancer may be difficult.
Hooman Kamran +8 more
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An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Ascites. [PDF]
, 2018 Abdominal ascites is most commonly caused by portal hypertension from liver cirrhosis. When present, portal hypertension is associated with an elevated serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) ≥1.1 g/dL. In contrast, a SAAG < 1.1 g/dL suggests malignancy,
Chak, Eric W +2 more
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Rectal Dieulafoy’s Lesion: An Underrecognized Cause of Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2017 Dieulafoy’s lesion is a rare but potentially a life-threatening condition. It accounts for 1%–2% of acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. The lesion is most frequently located in the stomach and may be located anywhere in the alimentary tract.
Vipul D. Yagnik
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Laparoscopic versus open colorectal resection for cancer and polyps: A cost-effectiveness study [PDF]
, 2014 Methods: Participants were recruited in 2006-2007 in a district general hospital in the south of England; those with a diagnosis of cancer or polyps were included in the analysis.
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, 2009 Purpose of reviewIntestinal tuberculosis (TB) is increasing due partly to the HIV pandemic. Its clinical presentation mimics inflammatory conditions such as Crohn's disease and malignancies, which are becoming more prevalent, so the diagnosis is ...
Donoghue, HD, Holton, J
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Laparoscopy Surgery CO2 Removal via Generative Adversary Network and Dark Channel Prior [PDF]
arXiv, 2019 Laparoscopic surgery uses a thin tube with a camera called a laparoscope, which is inserted into the abdomen through a small incision in the skin during surgery. This allows to a surgeon to see inside of the body without causing significant injury to the patient. These characteristics make laparoscopy a widely used technique.
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Desmoking laparoscopy surgery images using an image-to-image translation guided by an embedded dark channel [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 In laparoscopic surgery, the visibility in the image can be severely degraded by the smoke caused by the $CO_2$ injection, and dissection tools, thus reducing the visibility of organs and tissues. This lack of visibility increases the surgery time and even the probability of mistakes conducted by the surgeon, then producing negative consequences on the
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Laparoscopy-assisted Billroth I gastrectomy.
Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques, 1994 Laparoscopic distal partial gastrectomy is still technically difficult under conditions of a pneumoperitoneum because of the lack of appropriate techniques and laparoscopic instruments.
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Advances in general surgical laparoscopy [PDF]
, 2013 Minimally invasive surgery has been with us for the past century. The lasl thirty years have seen an exponential growth in the development of laparoscopic techniques which allow major surgery to be performed through smaller incisions and less ...
Abela, Jo Etienne
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The Operative management in Bariatric Acute abdomen (OBA) Survey: long-term complications of bariatric surgery and the emergency surgeon\u27s point of view. [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The number of bariatric procedures is increasing worldwide. No consensus or guidelines about the emergency management of long-term complications following bariatric surgery are currently available. The aim of this study is to investigate by a
Abu-Zidan, Fikri M. +9 more
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