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A ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) is a medical device used to deflect cerebrospinal fluid from cerebral ventricles to the peritoneal cavity. Since 1908, ventriculoperitoneal shunts have been considered the best option in hydrocephalus management ...
Ismatullah Soufiany +3 more
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What does peritoneal thickness in peritoneal dialysis patients tell us?
Loss of peritoneal function is a major factor leading to failure of treatment in peritoneal dialysis (PD). Although the precise biologic mechanisms responsible for these changes have not been defined, the general assumption is that alterations in ...
Duman S. +9 more
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Substituting citrate for lactate in peritoneal dialysis fluid improves ultrafiltration in rats
BACKGROUND: Exposure to peritoneal dialysis (PD) fluid induces an inflammatory response in the peritoneal cavity. Blockers of complement and coagulation have improved ultrafiltration in animal models of PD.
Braide, Magnus, +2 more
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Background: To understand how peritoneal dialysis (PD) was being used in Italy in 2005 and 2008, a census of all centers was carried out. Methods: In 2005 and 2008, data were collected from, respectively, 222 and 223 centers, with respect to 4432 and ...
Teatini U +7 more
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Ulcer-forming colon cancer can develop cavity-forming metastatic lung tumors
A 67-year-old man with abdominal pain and vomiting was referred to our hospital for the treatment of ileus. Enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed marked dilatation of the ileum and a presumed cecal tumor.
Daisuke Inoue, Shoji Oura
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Secondary abdominal pregnancy: A case report [PDF]
Abdominal pregnancy is a type of ectopic pregnancy where the gestational sac is implanted in the peritoneal cavity. It may be either a primary or a secondary abdominal pregnancy.
Ipsita Mohapatra1, SubhaRanjan Samantaray1, Achanta Vivekananda2, S Greeshma3
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Anatomy of the peritoneum: theoretical problems in the applied aspect
In peritoneal cavity authors distinguish upper and lower stories, the vault (fornix) and the bottom (fundus). The upper storey is divided into four spaces: right and left parahepatic, pregastric and omental bursa. In the right and left parahepatic spaces
A. I. Shvedavchenko +2 more
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Sporadic Neurofibroma of the Peritoneal Cavity. [PDF]
Shah RH +5 more
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Obesity modulates the cellular and molecular microenvironment in the peritoneal cavity: implication for ovarian cancer risk. [PDF]
Shea AA +4 more
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Experimental and Computational Investigation of an “Open” Transonic Cavity Flow [PDF]
This paper presents an investigation of a transonic flow (M∞ = 0.85) over a rectangular cavity having a length-to-depth ratio of 5. Velocities were measured inside the cavity on the central plane and two off-centre planes using a two-component particle ...
Knowles, Kevin +3 more
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