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A hydraulically driven colonoscope [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Conventional colonoscopy requires a high degree of operator skill and is often painful for the patient. We present a preliminary feasibility study of an alternative approach where a self-propelled colonoscope is hydraulically driven through ...
A Yamada, AJ Loeve, AL Baert, Alfred Cuschieri, B Vucelic, Benjie Tang, BP Saunders, D Redelmeier, DAK Watters, E Brocchi, E Tumino, F Cosentino, FW Leung, I Lansdorp-Vogelaar, J Sosna, JA Wehrmeyer, Jan B. Vorstius, JC Givel, KL Obstein, LC Seeff, M Häfner, M Shike, Markus Pakleppa, P Wolstenholme, Q Xie, RA Kozarek, Robert P. Keatch, S Chandel, S Lin, S Tapia-Siles, Silvia C. Tapia-Siles, SN Adler, Stuart A. Coleman, T Kararli, T Rösch, V Ghevariya, WH Kim   +36 more
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Morphometry of the adult sigmoid colon and relation to volvulus

The Annals of African Surgery, 2007
BACKGROUND: The sigmoid colon in Africans is commonly affected by volvulus formation. Anatomical characteristics of this part of the colon could provide some of the contributory explanations for male gender predisposition.
H. Saidi, D. Anangwe, J. Ogeng’o, K. Awori   +3 more
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Complete pancreas traumatic transsection [PDF]

Medicinski Glasnik, 2005
This report presents a case of a twenty-year old male with complete pancreas breakdown in the middle of its corpus, which was caused by a strong abdomen compression, with injuries of the spleen, the firstjejunumcurve,mesocolon transversum, left kidney ...
H. Hodžić, N. Dizdarević, H Drljević
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Videolaparo-assisted subtotal colectomy with cecorectal anastomosis in the treatment of chronic slow transit constipation [PDF]

, 2010
Mechanical cecorectal anastomosis after subtotal colectomy, in the treatment of slow transit constipation, probably represents the most attractive surgical alternative to total colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis.
Candillo, Giuseppe, Celsi, Salvatore, Conzo, Giovanni, Della Pietra, Cristina, Livrea, Antonio, Palazzo, Antonietta, Stanzione, Francesco   +6 more
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A Case of Recurrent Mesocolon Myxoid Liposarcoma and Review of the Literature

Case Reports in Oncological Medicine, 2013
Background. Liposarcoma is the second most common soft tissue sarcoma affecting predominantly the retroperitoneal space and extremities. Mesenteric liposarcoma is uncommon and occurs in the small bowel mesentery.
Amar M. Eltweri, Gianpiero Gravante, Sarah Louise Read-Jones, Sonpreet Rai, David J. Bowrey, Ian Gordon Haynes   +5 more
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Lymphangiogenesis and angiogenesis during human fetal pancreas development [PDF]

, 2014
Background: The complex endocrine and exocrine functionality of the human pancreas depends on an efficient fluid transport through the blood and the lymphatic vascular systems. The lymphatic vasculature has key roles in the physiology of the pancreas and
Carlotti, Françoise, Chuva de Sousa Lopes, Susana Marina, de Koning, Eelco JP, de Melo Bernardo, Ana, Mummery, Christine L, Roost, Matthias S, van Iperen, Liesbeth   +6 more
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A rare clinical case of extra-gastrointestinal stromal pancreatic tumor [PDF]

Folia Medica
Extra-gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising from the pancreas are extremely rare. To date, just over 30 cases have been described in the world literature.
Alexey Shabunin, Zurab Bagatelia, Mikhail Tavobilov, David Dolidze, Igor Andreytsev, Tatiana Sheviakova, Nataliya Ivanova, Anna Foshina, Zarui Chibukhchyan, Serghei Covantsev   +9 more
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Transverse Mesocolon Volvulus: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Volvulus is described as the axial twisting or rotation of a part of the colon around its mesentery. It constitutes approximately 5% of all cases of bowel obstruction, making it an extremely rare pathology.
Ruchika Prabhu, Saumya Ranjan
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Retroperitoneal tumours [PDF]

, 1971
Primary retro-peritoneal tumours, though uncommon, are not great rarities and should not be neglected. They merit more notice than is generally given them in the odd half page of the standard surgical text book.
Muscat, Joseph A., Podesta, Marie Therese   +1 more
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Laparoscopic radical 'no-touch' left pancreatosplenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: technique and results

, 2015
Background Laparoscopic left pancreatectomy has been well described for benign pancreatic lesions, but its role in pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains open to debate. We report our results adopting a laparoscopic technique that obeys established oncologic
Abu Hilal, M., Al-Saati, H., Besselink, M.G., de Rooij, T., Dimovska, E., Richardson, J.R.C.   +5 more
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