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Experiences With Surgical Treatment of Chronic Lower Limb Ulcers at a Tertiary Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Prospective Review of 300 Cases. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Chronic lower limb ulcers constitute a major public health problem of great important all over the world and contribute significantly to high morbidity and long-term disabilities. There is paucity of information regarding chronic lower limb ulcers in our
Chalya, Phillipo L   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Urethral duplication type influences on the complications rate and number of surgical procedures

open access: yesInternational Brazilian Journal of Urology
Introduction: Urethral duplication is rare. Characterized by the presence of two urethral channels. This anomaly presents a great variety of clinical findings that depend on the type of duplication that often is associated with other anomalies. Material
Roberto Iglesias Lopes   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The neural crest‐associated gene ERRFI1 is involved in melanoma progression and resistance toward targeted therapy

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
ERRFI1, a neural crest (NC)‐associated gene, was upregulated in melanoma and negatively correlated with the expression of melanocytic differentiation markers and the susceptibility of melanoma cells toward BRAF inhibitors (BRAFi). Knocking down ERRFI1 significantly increased the sensitivity of melanoma cells to BRAFi.
Nina Wang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safe surgery checklist: evaluation in a neotropical region

open access: yesRevista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Objective: assess patient responses and associated factors of items on a safe surgery checklist, and identify use before and after protocol implementation from the records.
GIULENA ROSA LEITE   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Single scrotal incision orchiopexy - a systematic review

open access: yesInternational Brazilian Journal of Urology, 2013
Objective To conduct a systematic review on single scrotal incision orchiopexy. Materials and Methods A search was performed using Pubmed, through which 16 articles were selected out of a total of 133.
Hugo Fabiano Fernandes Novaes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Screening for lung cancer: A systematic review of overdiagnosis and its implications

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Low‐dose computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer may increase overdiagnosis compared to no screening, though the risk is likely low versus chest X‐ray. Our review of 8 trials (84 660 participants) shows added costs. Further research with strict adherence to modern nodule management strategies may help determine the extent to which ...
Fiorella Karina Fernández‐Sáenz   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Glycosylated LGALS3BP is highly secreted by bladder cancer cells and represents a novel urinary disease biomarker

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Urinary LGALS3BP is elevated in bladder cancer patients compared to healthy controls as detected by the 1959 antibody–based ELISA. The antibody shows enhanced reactivity to the high‐mannose glycosylated variant secreted by cancer cells treated with kifunensine (KIF).
Asia Pece   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Total esophagogastrectomy in the neoplasms of the esophagus and esofagogastric junction: when must be indicated?

open access: yesRevista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Objective: to analyse the indications and results of the total esophagogastrectomy in cancers of the distal esophagus and esophagogastric junction. Methods: twenty patients with adenocarcinomas were operated with a mean age of 55 ± 9.9 years (31-70 ...
Nelson Adami Andreollo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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