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Robotic Oncological Surgery: Technology That's Here to Stay?

open access: yesInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2009
A robot functioning in an environment may exhibit various forms of behavior emerge from the interaction with its environment through sense, control and plan activities.
HRH Patel, A Amodeo, JV Joseph
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Intestinal tuberculosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Improving Digestive and Nutritional Status of Patients with Achalasia after Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy Surgery [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nutrition Sciences
Background: Nowadays laparoscopic Heller Myotomy (LHM) with partial fundoplication is recommended as the first line of therapy for esophageal achalasia.
Masoud Amini   +6 more
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Case reports of invasive mucormycosis associated neutropenic enterocolitis in leukemic children: diagnostic and treatment challenges and review of literature

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Bacterial enterocolitis is one of the most common neutropenic fever complications during intensive chemotherapy. Despite aggressive antibacterial treatments, this complication usually imposes high morbidity and mortality in cancer patients ...
Ali Amanati   +7 more
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Emergency treatment of complicated colorectal cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Aim: To find evidence to suggest the best approach in patients admitted as an emergency for complicated colorectal cancer. Methods: The medical records of 131 patients admitted as an emergency with an obstructing, perforated, or bleeding colorectal ...
Brachini, Gioia   +6 more
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189 - Novel technique of native tissue laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy using autologous rectus fascia.

open access: yesContinence
Introduction: Sacrocolpopexy is a recognised and well established procedure for apical vaginal prolapse. Concerns regarding the use of synthetic mesh in the pelvis have resulted in reduction in mesh surgery.
A Fayyad, M Hasan
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Iatrogenic cardiac tamponade as a mortal complication of peri-hiatal surgery. Analysis of 30 published cases

open access: yesHeliyon, 2019
Iatrogenic cardiac tamponade (ICT) is a dreadful complication of peri-hiatal surgery and vast majority occur during a hernia repair. Strikingly, against all warnings, the incidents and related deaths seem to be increasing.
İsmail Çalıkoğlu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Unusual Cause of Abdominal Ascites. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Antitumor activity of celastrol by inhibition of proliferation, invasion, and migration in cholangiocarcinoma via PTEN/PI3K/Akt pathway

open access: yesCancer Medicine, 2020
Aim Cholangiocarcinoma is a malignant tumor originating from bile duct epithelium. Currently, the treatment strategy is very limited and the prognosis is poor.
Biqiang Zhu, Yunwei Wei
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Laparoscopic versus open colorectal resection for cancer and polyps: A cost-effectiveness study [PDF]

open access: yes, 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.
Dowson, H   +4 more
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