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Impact of Prophylactic Cefepime on Surgical Site Infection and Severe Morbidity in Patients Who Underwent Pancreaticoduodenectomy With Preoperative Biliary Drainage

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Although prophylactic broad‐spectrum antibiotics can reduce postoperative complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD), the optimal regimen remains uncertain. This study evaluated the impact of prophylactic cefepime (CFPM) on surgical site infection (SSI) and severe morbidity after PD with preoperative biliary drainage.
Genki Watanabe, Akihiro Murata, Yu Kasamatsu, Atsushi Ishihara, Daisuke Nagashima, Tetsuzo Tashima, Shintaro Kodai, Akishige Kanazawa, Sadatoshi Shimizu   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy and safety of metformin or oral contraceptives, or both in polycystic ovary syndrome

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2015
Young-Mo Yang, Eun Joo Choi College of Pharmacy, Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea Background: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrinopathy that affects approximately 10% of reproductive-aged women throughout their lives. Women with PCOS
Yang YM, Choi EJ
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Life-Threatening Complications of Hormonal Contraceptives: A Case History

Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2013
We present a case with the rare combination of thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications of oral contraceptives. A healthy 40-year-old woman suffered from cardiac arrest due to massive pulmonary embolism, caused by oral contraceptives and immobilization ...
Saheed Khan, Yvo M. Smulders, Johanna I. P. de Vries, Angélique M. E. Spoelstra-de Man   +3 more
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Advances in Gastric Cancer Research: Insights Into Carcinogenesis, the Tumor Microenvironment, Metastasis, and Factors Influencing Prognosis

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Department of Gastroenterological Surgery at Kumamoto University has maintained a commitment to integrating cutting‐edge clinical practice with fundamental research, particularly concerning malignant diseases of the digestive tract.
Hideo Baba, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yoshifumi Baba, Hiromitsu Hayashi, Masaaki Iwatsuki   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combined oral contraceptives and liver cancer [PDF]

, 1989
A multi‐national, hospital‐based, case‐control study was conducted to evaluate the possible relationships of steroid contraceptives to 6 neoplasms.
Modan, Baruch, Alfandary, Esther, Gatei, D., Dabancens, Aifredo, Salas, Oriana, Yun, Tao, Kungu, Alfred, Ron, Elaine, Ibeziako, Patrick A., Aristizabal, Nubia, Kenya, Patrick, Mati, J. G., Cuadros, Alvaro, Abio, Zhi‐Heng, Chen, Molina, Ramiro, Martinez, Luis, Yong‐Wei, Hu   +17 more
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Preoperative Computed Tomography Colonography‐Angiography for Vascular Mapping to Guide and Standardize D3 Lymphadenectomy in Right‐Sided and Transverse Colon Cancer

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
This study utilized high‐resolution CT colonography‐angiography to systematically classify vascular branching patterns in 591 patients. We defined four reproducible anatomical patterns each for right hemicolectomy and transverse colectomy, demonstrating that an independent‐origin middle colic artery consistently predicts shorter dissection distances ...
Takeharu Kato, Yukihide Kanemitsu, Mototaka Miyake, Gen Tomizawa, Kohei Takura, Hiroshi Nagata, Yasuyuki Takamizawa, Konosuke Moritani, Shunsuke Tsukamoto   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Combining oral contraceptives with a natural nuclear factor-kappa B inhibitor for the treatment of endometriosis-related pain

International Journal of Women's Health, 2013
Hugo Maia Jr,1–3 Clarice Haddad,3 Julio Casoy3 1Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, 2Itaigara Memorial Day Hospital, 3Centro de Pesquisas e Assistência em Reprodução Humana ...
Maia H Jr, Haddad C, Casoy J
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Oral contraceptives and the periodontium

, 2012
Oral contraceptives are a safe and effective means of contraception for millions of women worldwide. The first formulations of these drugs contained much higher doses of estrogens and progestins than those available today, and these were associated with ...
Philip M. Preshaw, Preshaw, Philip M.; id_orcid   +1 more
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Risks and Benefits of Feeding Enterostomy Creation During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: A Propensity‐Weighted Analysis Using the Japanese National Clinical Database

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Feeding enterostomy during MIE was evaluated in 19 054 patients from the Japanese NCD using propensity weighting. Enterostomy was associated with higher reoperation and respiratory complications, but lower delayed gastric emptying and deep vein thrombosis, with no significant difference in overall bowel obstruction.
Eisuke Booka, Shinya Hirakawa, Hisateru Tachimori, Koji Tanaka, Hideki Ueno, Yasue Kimura, Ken Shirabe, Hiroya Takeuchi   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo‐HCT) is an effective treatment for patients with high‐risk hematologic malignancies. Over the last decade, gut microbiota composition during allo‐HCT has been associated with patients' outcomes.
Wenjing Hao, Nicolas Stocker, Béatrice Gaugler, Mohamad Mohty, Florent Malard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source