Potential thresholds of critically increased cardiac-related spinal cord motion in degenerative cervical myelopathy. [PDF]
INTRODUCTION New diagnostic techniques are a substantial research focus in degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM). This cross-sectional study determined the significance of cardiac-related spinal cord motion and the extent of spinal stenosis as ...
Pfender N+16 more
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Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangioscopy in Bilioenteric Anastomosis Stricture [PDF]
Bilioenteric anastomosis strictures are a serious complication of biliary surgery, and often result in recurrent cholangitis, choledocholithiasis, biliary cirrhosis, and hepatic failure.
Hyoung-Chul Oh
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Constrictive pericarditis: a known pathology with a new aetiology [PDF]
Pericardectomy remains the only available treatment for constrictive pericarditis. Historically idiopathic was the main aetiology for CP followed by TB. In recent years we have seen a change in the aetiology of CP with increasing PCI and surgical interventions.
Suhaib Ahmed, OC Nzewi, H ElBasheir
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Introduction Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis (CNPAS) is a rare congenital condition of structural nasal obstruction. Respiratory distress, stertor, and poor feeding are often presenting features.
Tahne Joseph Lahiff+4 more
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Management of Post-Transplant Anastomotic Stricture Using Self-Expandable Metal Stent [PDF]
Anastomotic stricture (AS) is one of the complications of liver transplantation (LT) and can occur in up to 40% of living-donor LTs. Endoscopic management has become the first-line treatment of AS, and multiple plastic stents insertion has been mainly ...
Dong Wook Lee, Kazuo Hara
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Constrictive Epicarditis as an Unusual Cause of Constrictive Physiology [PDF]
This case represents typical clinical and hemodynamic features of constrictive pericarditis, but the underlying pathology was epicardial rather than pericardial scarring. The recognition of constrictive epicarditis as distinct from pericarditis is important because the surgical approach is different. An 83-year-old woman was …
Jong-Won Ha+6 more
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Intestinal Stricture in Crohn's Disease [PDF]
Crohn's disease (CD) is a disease with chronic inflammation of unknown etiology involving any part of the gastrointestinal tract. The incidence and prevalence of CD are increasing recently in Asia.
Chen-Wang Chang+5 more
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Liver Graft Failure after Plastic Stent Removal of an Anastomotic Biliary Stricture
A biliary anastomotic stricture developed 13 months after living donor liver transplantation in a 19-year-old male with congenital hepatic fibrosis. Endoscopic management with balloon dilation followed by the placement of a 7F plastic stent was performed
Jung Won Chun+3 more
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Endoscopic Balloon Dilation for Crohn’s Disease-Associated Strictures [PDF]
Management of intestinal strictures associated with Crohn’s disease (CD) is clinically challenging despite advanced medical therapy directed toward mucosal healing to positively influence the natural course of CD-associated complications.
Thomas Klag, Jan Wehkamp, Martin Goetz
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IS THERE A PLACE FOR CHOLANGIOSCOPIC EVALUATION OF BILIARY ANASTOMOTIC STRICTURE AFTER DECEASED DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANT? [PDF]
BACKGROUND Biliary complications remain one of the most important causes of morbidity and graft loss after liver transplant (LT). Endoscopic therapy of biliary complications has proven to be effective over time, leaving surgical treatment restricted to ...
Fernanda Prata MARTINS+4 more
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