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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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Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy [PDF]
There is a wide array of endoscopic lithotriptors presently available. Each of these has its own advantages and disadvantages. No single lithotriptor is suitable for all applications and none can meet the goal of fragmenting all calculi while remaining harmless to tissue.
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The prevalence of morbid obesity is on the rise. Surgical intervention for the treatment of morbid obesity has been shown to provide high metabolic efficiency, acquiring a special role in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Natalya S. Bordan, Yuriy I. Yashkov
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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 and Aims Peroral cholangioscopy‐guided lithotripsy (POCS‐L) has emerged as a treatment option for difficult bile duct stones (DBDSs), but detailed evidence remains limited. This study evaluated its effectiveness, safety, and risk factors for adverse events (AEs).
Hirohito Minami +9 more
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Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping of Kidney Stones: An Ex Vivo MRI Phantom Study
ABSTRACT Purpose To visualize and characterize the five most common kidney stone types based on their magnetic susceptibilities in MRI using QSM. Methods Three water‐based agar phantoms were constructed, containing a total of 53 ex vivo kidney stones of varying types and sizes.
Lion H. Mücke +8 more
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Optimal antacid drug selection in clinical practice
Rational pharmacotherapy of acid-base disorders (ABD) of the upper gastrointestinal tract remains relevant due to high prevalence of the pathology, particularly among the working age population, complex etiology and pathogenesis, and availability of a ...
M. I. Schyokina, I. M. Scherbenkov
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ABSTRACT Introduction Refractory neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction presents an obstinate clinical problem. For patients who fail nonsurgical measures, we advocate for bladder‐sparing, continent urinary diversion as the optimal approach to management.
Brian W. Chao, Sean P. Elliott
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Modern concepts of pathogenesis and treatment of haemorrhoids
Haemorrhoid is conditioned by thrombosis of specific - cavernous - veins (bodies) of the rectum filled with arterial blood. Three internal haemorrhoids with external branches are formed on three terminal branches of rectal artery, at 3 o'clock, 7 o'clock
V. L. Rivkin
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