Severe bilateral papilledema after sigmoid sinus constriction surgery: a case report
BMC Ophthalmology, 2023 Background Papilledema is a common sign of various diseases in the eye. It could result from any conditions of increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Underlying the etiology of papilledema and appropriate treatment in time is essential.
Xi Chen, Yizhou Ren, Fang Chen
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A Man With Urinary Retention by Fecaloma: A Case Report
Acta Medica Iranica, 2022 Fecaloma is a very hard stool often located in the rectum of the sigmoid colon. A 63-year-old man with abdominal distention and urinary retention was admitted to an emergency department. Abdominal CT scans showed a urinary bladder displaced by fecaloma.
Hamed Aminiahidashti +1 more
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Parkinson’s Disease with Sigmoid Volvulus [PDF]
International Journal of Case Reports in Medicine, 2013 PARKINSON’s disease is a disorder of somatic motor activity, due to degenerative changes in the basal ganglia. It is a chronic and progressive disorder. Chronic constipation and loss of intestinal tone is the visceral outcome of this disease. These gut manifestations tend to be further aggravated by the drugs used to decrease the somatic muscular ...
Riyazuddin Ansari, Hany Al Hasan
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Factors affecting bowel gangrene development in patients with sigmoid volvulus
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2013 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Sigmoid gangrene develops in 6.1% to 93.4% of sigmoid volvulus (SV) cases, and increases the mortality rate from 0% to 40% without bowel gangrene to 3.7% to 80%.
Sabri Selcuk Atamanalp +2 more
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Impact of multi-targeted antiretroviral treatment on gut T cell depletion and HIV reservoir seeding during acute HIV infection. [PDF]
, 2012 BackgroundLimited knowledge exists on early HIV events that may inform preventive and therapeutic strategies. This study aims to characterize the earliest immunologic and virologic HIV events following infection and investigates the usage of a novel ...
Ananworanich, Jintanat +23 more
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Practice parameters for the treatment of colonic diverticular disease: Italian Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (SICCR) guidelines [PDF]
, 2015 The mission of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR) is to optimize patient care. Providing evidence-based practice guidelines is therefore of key importance.
Annibale, Bruno +7 more
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Predicting rice diseases across diverse agro-meteorological conditions using an artificial intelligence approach [PDF]
PeerJ Computer Science, 2021 With the aid of a plant disease forecasting model, the emergence of plant diseases in a given region can be predicted ahead of time. This makes it easier to take proactive steps to reduce losses before they occur.
Rutuja Rajendra Patil, Sumit Kumar
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Morphometric Relationship of the Transverse Sinus with Sigmoid Sinus Groove and Jugular Foramen
Nepal Journal of Neuroscience, 2018 Cranial venous sinus anatomy is fundamental in neurosurgery and radiology, especially in surgical planning and treatment of neurological diseases. In this study, we aimed to study the morphometric relationship of the transverse sinus with sigmoid sinus ...
Suman Rijal +4 more
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Surgical Case Reports, 2023 Background Segmental absence of intestinal musculature (SAIM) is a partial defect of the intrinsic muscular layer of the intestinal tract. In this report, we describe a case of perforation of the sigmoid colon due to SAIM accompanied by vascular Ehlers ...
Kosuke Funaki +10 more
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Differences between computed tomoghaphy and surgical findings in acute complicated diverticulitis [PDF]
, 2019 Summary Background/Objective: A preoperative reliable classification system between clinical and computed tomography (CT) findings to better plan surgery in acute complicated diverticulitis (ACD) is lacking.
Brachini, Gioia +10 more
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