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Minimally invasive spine surgery (MISS) has many advantages over traditional open surgical procedures that can be conducted for the therapy of different diseases of the spine. MISS provide many prospective advantages such as, for example, small incisions,
Talgat T. Kerimbayev+9 more
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Background: About half of the patients with rectal cancer will develop liver metastasis during the course of their illness. Unfortunately, a large proportion of these metastases are unresectable. Surgical resection of the primary tumor vs.
Jia-nan Chen+8 more
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Gastric duplication cyst (GDC) in adults is an extremely rare congenital anomaly. Here, we report the case of a GDC containing gastrointestinal stromal tumour (GIST) in a 60-year-old male patient who presented with abdominal pain.
Aamir Abbas+3 more
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To resect or not to resect? That is the question [PDF]
A 54-year-old Caucasian female, with a strong family history of renal cell carcinoma, presented with a left kidney lesion. She had a hysterectomy 20 years ago and no significant history of oral contraceptive use. During the current evaluation, she was found to have two hypervascular lesions in the left lobe of the liver in addition to a fatty liver on ...
Theo Heller+4 more
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Purpose: Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children, and most patients are at high risk when they are initially diagnosed. The roles of surgery and induction chemotherapy in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma have been a ...
Yingyi Qi, Yingyi Qi, Jianghua Zhan
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Mediastinal mass: to resect or not to resect? [PDF]
We describe a case of a 63-year-old man presenting in an acute confusional state with a markedly abnormal chest radiograph. During investigation, he developed aspiration pneumonia and was ventilated on the intensive care unit before confirming that he had autoimmune encephalopathy secondary to benign thymoma.
Anneliese Simons+2 more
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Laparoscopic hand-assisted liver resection for tumours in the left lateral section
Context: The role of the laparoscopic left lateral sectionectomy (LLLS) is debatable, and Level-1 data are lacking. Aims: The aim of the study is to evaluate the feasibility and safety of this approach. Settings and Design: This was a retrospective study.
Eran Sadot+6 more
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BackgroundWe evaluated preoperative CA 19-9 levels in patients with resected pancreatic cancer to analyze whether they were predictive of clinical outcomes and could help select patients for additional therapy. We hypothesized that elevated CA 19-9 would
Roman O. Kowalchuk+18 more
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Mesenteric-Portal Vein Resection during Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer [PDF]
The aim of the present study was to determine the outcome of patients undergoing pancreatic resection with (VR+) or without (VR 12) mesenteric-portal vein resection for pancreatic carcinoma.
Beltrame, Valentina+5 more
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ObjectiveThe size distribution of circulating aneuploid cells (CACs) and its clinical significance were investigated in resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).Patients and MethodsA total of 50 patients with resectable NSCLC were enrolled in this ...
Yang Hong+9 more
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