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Neonatal Network, 2006 A CHYLOTHORAX IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN ACCUMULATION OF pleural fluid having a turbid or milky white appearance due to a high lipid and triglyceride content. This continuously draining fluid, called chyle, contains lymphocytes, proteins, and immunoglobulins.
Gregory V, Stajich, Laurel, Ashworth
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Efficacy and safety of octreotide versus somatostatin therapy after CRS + HIPEC in patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis [PDF]
Discover OncologyObjectives This study aimed to compare the efficacy and safety of perioperative somatostatin versus octreotide in peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) patients after cytoreductive surgery (CRS) + hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).
Bing Li +4 more
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Octreotide in the therapy of recurrent medulloblastomas [PDF]
Archive of Oncology, 2006 BACKGROUND: Recurrence of medulloblastoma appears after 30% to 40% of the surgeries. Different from primary medulloblastoma, in which five-year survival rate is 50%, the survival time of relapses much shorter and only 20% of the patients manage to ...
Stefanović Ivan +3 more
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Pathophysiology, 2023 Acromegaly is a condition most commonly diagnosed in the fifth decade of life and has numerous treatment options. In this regard, Mycapssa® is the first FDA-approved oral octreotide capsule for treating acromegaly, combining the efficacy of the ...
Charles P. Daniel +9 more
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Use of octreotide for prevention of pancreatic leak after pancreatoduodenectomy: study progress [PDF]
Waike lilun yu shijian, 2022 The pancreatic leak after pancreaticoduodenectomy was one of the main causes of postoperative death, the rate of which remained high. Octreotide, an octapeptide somatostatin analogue, has been used in the prevention and treatment of postoperative ...
XU Yu, ZHANG Junfeng, HUA Rong
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Effect of Octreotide Injection on Postoperative Drainage After Neck Dissection: A Preliminary Report of a Prospective, Matched Case-Control Study [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2016 Objectives Somatostatin inhibits lymph production and reduces lymph flow into the lymphatic duct. We hypothesized that octreotide, a long-acting somatostatin analog, would reduce drainage after neck dissection (ND) by reducing the overall lymphatic flow ...
Dongbin Ahn +3 more
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Octreotide in the treatment of acromegaly – the possibilities of high-dose therapy
Медицинский совет, 2022 Octreotide is a first-generation somatostatin analog that has been used for 40 years for the medical treatment of acromegaly, both after neurosurgical intervention and as first-line treatment.
I. A. Ilovayskaya
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New England Journal of Medicine, 1996 A peptide inhibiting the release of growth hormone was originally detected accidentally during studies of the distribution of growth hormone–releasing factor in the hypothalamus of rats. This peptide, called somatostatin, proved to be a cyclic peptide consisting of 14 amino acids.
Lamberts, Steven W.J. +3 more
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Necrotizing enterocolitis as a side effect of octreotide in a preterm neonate, a case report
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022 Congenital chylous ascites (CCA) is a rare disease, characterized by accumulation of chyle in the peritoneal cavity in infants
Nasim Rabiee +5 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Octreotide, a somatostatin analogue, has shown its efficacy for the diagnostics and treatment of various types of cancer, i.e., in octreotide scan, as radio-marker after labelling with a radiopharmaceutical.
Jonas Lins +10 more
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