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Appendicitis and Peritonitis in Children with a Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt

Children, 2023
The purpose of this study was to outline the management of patients with appendicitis and ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) in the largest pediatric surgery department in Germany. Patients with VPS presenting with an acute abdomen between 2012 and 2022 at
Glenn M. C. Fröschle, Johanna Hagens, Philip Mannweiler, Friederike Sophie Groth, Gertrud Kammler, Konrad Reinshagen, Christian Tomuschat   +6 more
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Portacaval shunt for glycogen storage disease and hyperlipidaemia. [PDF]

, 1977
Complete portacaval shunt was used to treat 10 patients with glycogen storage disease. A favourable effect was noted on body growth and a number of metabolic abnormalities.
Benichou, J, Porter, KA, Putnam, CW, Starzl, TE   +3 more
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Wirelessly Powered Ingestible Capsule for Optical Stimulation of the Gastrointestinal Tract in Rodents

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
An ingestible electronic capsule, ICOPS, enables non‐invasive optical gut stimulation in rodents. ICOPS features modular LEDs and optimized power transfer for robust, in vivo functionality. This cleanroom‐free, 3D‐printed platform offers a compact, scalable solution for optogenetically interfacing enteric neural circuits, promising advances in ...
Mohamed Elsherif, Rawan Badr El‐Din, Zhansaya Makhambetova, Heba Naser, Maylis Boitet, Rahul Singh, Keonghwan Oh, Revathi Sukesan, Sohmyung Ha, Khalil B. Ramadi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Randomized preclinical study of machine perfusion in vascularized composite allografts

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
This study was designed to identify the optimum machine perfusion parameters for preservation of limbs before transplantation, and determine whether this was better than cold storage. Normothermic machine perfusion at a pressure of 70 mmHg (NMP‐70) provided superior preservation to cold storage after transplantation.
K. R. Amin, J. P. Stone, J. Kerr, A. Geraghty, L. Joseph, A. Montero‐Fernandez, J. K. Wong, J. E. Fildes   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is the adjustable lumbo-peritoneal shunt a valid option for managing symptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension? A case report of a multidisciplinary management

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2019
Background: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a rare disorder, characterized by raised intracranial pressure with no recognizable cause. Headache, decreased visual acuity and papilledema are the main clinical manifestations.
Umberto A. Arcidiacono, M.D., Pietro P. Vico, M.D., Federico Pessina, M.D., Marco Riva, M.D.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The influence of portal blood upon lipid metabolism in normal and diabetic dogs and baboons [PDF]

, 1975
It has been reported that hyperlipidemia can be alleviated in human beings with an end to side portacaval shunt. Understanding the mechanism of the effect has important implications, including the possibility of devising other ways of lowering serum ...
Lee, IY, Porter, KA, Putnam, CW, Starzl, TE   +3 more
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Forty years of shunt surgery at Rigshospitalet, Denmark: a retrospective study comparing past and present rates and causes of revision and infection

BMJ Open, 2017
Objective The objective of this study is to review our experience of shunt surgery by investigating 40 years of development in terms of rates of revision and infection, shunt survival and risk factors.
Philip Kofoed Månsson, S. Johansson, Morten Ziebell, M. Juhler   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Minimally Invasive Chemical Biopsy Needle with Self‐Wettable Extraction Phase For In Vivo Tissue Sampling During Medical Procedures

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A new tissue sampling device using an acupuncture needle with bio‐compatible extraction sorbents in the recessed section is developed. The coating material using self‐wettable particles doesn't require solvent activation after sterilization. This device is applied for the anti‐cancer drug concentration monitoring during the in vivo lung perfusion ...
Runshan Will Jiang, Wei Zhou, Marcelo Cypel, Todd L. Demmy, Gal Shafirstein, Guillermo Garza, Emily Gawrys, Joanna Bogusiewicz, Barbara Bojko, Janusz Pawliszyn   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management and treatment of decompensated hepatic fibrosis and severe refractory Schistosoma mansoni ascites with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2022
This study aimed to report the first case of a patient with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni, refractory ascites and portal vein thrombosis treated with a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), at the Instituto de Radiologia, Hospital
Maria Cristina Carvalho do Espírito Santo, Ronaldo Cesar Borges Gryschek, Alberto Queiroz Farias, Wellington Andraus, Noêmia Barbosa Carvalho, Olavo Henrique Munhoz Leite, Felipe Corrêa Castro, Giovanni Guido Cerri, Gustavo Henrique Hypólitti, Francisco César Carnevale, André Moreira de Assis   +10 more
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What general practitioners need to know about patent foramen ovale [PDF]

, 2014
A patent foramen ovale (PFO) consists of a hole between the right and left atriums of the heart that did not close the way it should after birth. Twenty five percent of the population have a PFO, but this usually does not cause problems, because the ...
Saliba, Mario
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