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A Comparative Study Between Pneumatic and Laser Lithotripsy for Ureteroscopic Extraction of Upper Ureteric Calculus: A Prospective Study [PDF]
Background: The daily practice of urology includes managing patients with urolithiasis, and there are various methods for managing ureteral calculi. There are many techniques for fragmenting stones. The holmium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet [Ho: YAG] laser is
Mohammed Ahmed +3 more
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IntroductionThe risk of kidney stones in metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) individuals is largely unexplored. This study using percent body fat (%BF) to categorize obesity, to investigate the association between MHO as well as other metabolic syndrome ...
Weinan Chen +18 more
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In the review article the authors discuss unsolved issues regarding vitamin and mineral support of patients undergoing bariatric/metabolic operations. Many patients refer for the surgery already having deficiencies of macro- and micronutrients and need ...
Aleksandra I. Malykhina +2 more
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ERCP combined with SpyGlass DS direct visualization electrohydraulic lithotripsy in treatment of difficult bile duct stones [PDF]
Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of endosocopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) combined with SpyGlass DS direct visualization electrohydraulic lithotripsy in the treatment of difficult bile duct stones.
SHI Jiali, CHENG Sile, JIN Hangbin, ZHANG Xiaofeng
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Efficiency Biliopancreatic bypass surgery in bulimia nervosa
A clinical significance in the treatment of bulimia nervosa patients with morbid obesity had already been raised [10, 13], but we did not find publications on the effectiveness of bariatric surgery in these cases.
Yu I Yashkov +2 more
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INFLAMMATORY DISEASES OF THE COLON. CURRENT STATE OF THE PROBLEM
The etiology of ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) is unknown, and their pathogenesis is being studied. The process, treatment methods and outcomes of the diseases are very similar, while their morphological differences are mainly ...
V. L. Rivkin, L. L. Kapuller
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Background/Aims: Treatment options for difficult bile duct stones are limited. Direct peroral cholangioscopy (POC)-guided lithotripsy may be an option. A newly developed multibending (MB) ultraslim endoscope has several structural features optimized for ...
Won Myung Lee +8 more
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Bacteria resistant to most or all of the known antibiotics have been causing more serious problems recently, thus increasing the risk of return of the medical community to the times when antibiotics not yet emerged, and incurable infections and epidemics
I. M. Scherbenkov
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COMPARISON OF SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF PNEUMATIC VERSUS LASER LITHOTRIPSY IN URETERIC STONES
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Treatments for ureteral calculi evolve, over the past decades from open ureterolithotomy to minimally invasive procedures. Objective of this study is to compare the efficacy of pneumatic versus laser lithotripsy in ureteric stones.
Ata ur Rehman Rana +5 more
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ABSTRACT Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) with severe calcification remains a growing challenge in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Atherectomy (ATH) has long been used for plaque modification, whereas intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) has emerged as a promising alternative. Large‐scale comparative data on long‐term outcomes are limited.
Charles D. Miks +3 more
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