A Rare Presentation of Crohn's Disease [PDF]
Free peritoneal perforation is a rare complication of Crohn's disease with a report of only 100 cases in the literature. It needs an emergency exploration and an unaware general surgeon is confounded in intraoperative decision-making.
Bhat, Sriram M +4 more
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Development of a Wöhler-like approach to quantify the Ti(CxNy) coatings durability under oscillating sliding conditions [PDF]
The selection of a proper material for the particular engineering application is a complex problem, as different materials offer unique properties and it is not possible to gather all useful characteristics in a single one. Hence, employment of different
B. Wendler +21 more
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Rapid Fabrication of Self‐Propelled and Steerable Magnetic Microcatheters for Precision Medicine
A rapid Joule heating fabrication method for the production of self‐propelling, adaptive microcatheters, with tunable stiffness and integrated microfluidic channels is presented. Demonstrated through three microrobotic designs, including a steerable guiding catheter, an untethered wave‐crawling TubeBot, and a distal‐end propelled microcatheter, it was ...
Zhi Chen +5 more
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Effect of repairing and medication on treatment of perforation of peptic ulcer
Background and Objective: Perforation of peptic ulcer is a common complication that its treatment needs several surgical methods (Repairing, vagotomy and anterectomy).
R Hashemi, SH Savad Koohi, P Mansoori
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Liver transplantation before 1 year of age [PDF]
Since 1981, 20 infants younger than 1 year of age received 26 orthotopic liver transplants. Immunosuppression was with cyclosporine and corticosteroids. Thirteen (65%) of the reciplents were discharged from the hospital.
Ascher +18 more
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Microbubble Shell Stiffness Engineering Enhances Ultrasound Imaging, Drug Delivery, and Sonoporation
Shell‐engineered poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) microbubbles with tunable stiffness improve ultrasound imaging and therapy. Adjusting the length of the alkyl chain and the glass transition temperature maintains a narrow microbubble size distribution while enhancing drug loading, sonoporation and the acoustic response.
Roman A. Barmin +30 more
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Abstract Typhoid perforation of the bowel carries a high risk of mortality and is a common surgical problem in many developing countries. This review examines the pathogenesis, and discusses diagnosis and management.
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Definition of perforator flap: what does a "perforator" perforate?
Perforator flap concept plays an important role in reconstructive surgery, because it allows less invasive and more complex reconstruction by preserving major vessels and muscles with intramuscular vessel dissection. Originally "perforator" represents vessel perforating the muscle, then vessel perforating the deep fascia regardless of muscle ...
Takumi, Yamamoto +6 more
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Safe abortion – Still a neglected scenario: A study of septic abortions in a tertiary hospital of Rural India [PDF]
Background and Aims: In spite abortion has been legalized in India over three decades, unsafe abortion continues to be a significant contributor of maternal mortality and morbidity.
Bhattacharya, S +3 more
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A task and performance analysis of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) surgery [PDF]
BACKGROUND: ESD is an endoscopic technique for en bloc resection of gastrointestinal lesions. ESD is a widely-used in Japan and throughout Asia, but not as prevalent in Europe or the US.
Bayrak, Coskun +13 more
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