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Bariatric surgery and brain health: A longitudinal observational study investigating the effect of surgery on cognitive function and gray matter volume [PDF]

, 2020
Dietary modifications leading to weight loss have been suggested as a means to improve brain health. In morbid obesity, bariatric surgery (BARS)—including different procedures, such as vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG), gastric banding (GB), or Roux-en-Y
Flöel, A., Grittner, U., Heßler, S., Ordemann, J., Prehn, K., Profitlich, T., Rangus, I., Witte, A.   +7 more
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A Practical Score Model for Detecting Malignant Thyroid Nodules by Using Ultrasonographic Findings

Acta Medica Iranica, 2018
About 10% of thyroid nodule Fine Needle Aspirations (FNAs) are reported indeterminate, and this number is much higher in Iran. All of these patients undergo thyroid surgery, whereas, only about 20% of them are malignant and they did not need surgery ...
Nassim Sodagari, Mehdi Jafari, Shirzad Nasiri, Behnam Molavi, Aidin Yaghoobi Notash, Ali Mir, Anooshiravan Hedayat, Abolfazl Shojaiefard, Ali Ghorbani Abdehgah, Mohammad Taghi Raouf, Shakiba Mosadegh, Ahmadreza Soroush   +11 more
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Impact of prior abdominal surgery on the outcomes after robotic - assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: single center experience

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Purpose: To evaluate the influence of prior abdominal surgery on the outcomes after robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP). Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients with prostate cancer who underwent RALP between ...
Nozomu Kishimoto, Tetsuya Takao, Gaku Yamamichi, Takuya Okusa, Ayumu Taniguchi, Koichi Tsutahara, Go Tanigawa, Seiji Yamaguchi   +7 more
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Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Primary lung carcinomas and bronchial carcinoid tumors (BC) are very rare malignancies in childhood. While typical BC and mucoepidermoid carcinomas are mostly low‐grade, localized tumors with a more favorable prognosis than in adults, necessitating avoidance of overtreatment, adenocarcinomas of the lung are often diagnosed at advanced disease ...
Michael Abele, Calogero Virgone, Michaela Kuhlen, Sabine Irtan, Yves Reguerre, Malgorzata Krawczyk, Ewa Bien, Tal Ben‐Ami, Maja Cesen, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Andrea Ferrari, Gianni Bisogno, Dominik T. Schneider, Abbas Agaimy, Constantin Lapa, Hubert Ducou le Pointe, Rainer Claus, Catherine Daniel, Ines B. Brecht, Daniel Orbach   +19 more
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A Guide to Prescribing Sufficient Post Surgical Quantities of Opiate Pain Medications [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose: To examine opiate pain medication prescription and consumption after surgical procedures at VCU Medical ...
Pflugrath, Adam
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The gingival Stillman's clefts: histopathology and cellular characteristics [PDF]

, 2015
Stillman's cleft is a mucogingival triangular-shaped defect on the buccal surface of a root with unknown etiology and pathogenesis. The aim of this study is to examine the Stillman's cleft obtained from excision during root coverage surgical procedures ...
Cassini, MARIA ANTONIETTA, Cerroni, Loredana, Ferlosio, Amedeo, Orlandi, Augusto, Pilloni, Andrea   +4 more
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Robotic single-port plus one-port splenic vessel-conserving spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy: a case report

Journal of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy is a safe and effective surgical approach for the treatment of distal pancreatic tumors. Recently, the da Vinci single-port (SP) system (Intuitive Surgical, Inc.) was introduced to overcome the previously known ...
Sung Hyun Kim, Na Reum Kim, Chang Moo Kang   +2 more
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Results of the Childhood Cancer and Leukaemia Group's United Kingdom Relapsed Wilms Tumour Trial

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The United Kingdom relapsed Wilms tumour (UKW‐R) trial aimed to improve the historically low survival rates after relapse of Wilms tumour (WT) through a prospective national risk‐stratified protocol. The trial also evaluated efficacy and toxicity of high‐dose melphalan.
Sucheta J. Vaidya, Veronica Moroz, Juliet Hale, Vesna Pavasovic, Rachel Hobson, Patricia Sartori, Daniel Saunders, Mark Powis, Gordan M. Vujanic, Stephen Baker, Kathy Pritchard‐Jones   +10 more
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Open and / or laparoscopic surgical treatment of liver hydatic cysts [PDF]

, 2018
Hydatid disease is a severe parasitic disease with a widely ranging distribution. In the human being the liver is the most frequent organ affected. 1 The treatment should be individualized to the morphology, size, number and location of the cysts, that ...
Al Karowda‘a E. A., Codacci Pisanelli M., De Toma G., D’Andrea V., Izzo L., Izzo P., Izzo R., Izzo S., Messineo D., Pugliese F.   +9 more
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Economic Analysis of Children's Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Analysis. [PDF]

, 2016
BackgroundUnderstanding the economic value of health interventions is essential for policy makers to make informed resource allocation decisions. The objective of this systematic review was to summarize available information on the economic impact of ...
Ameh, Emmanuel A, Farmer, Diana, Ozgediz, Doruk, Poenaru, Dan, Rice, Henry E, Saxton, Anthony T, Smith, Emily R   +6 more
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