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Case Reports in Women's Health, 2023 Vesicovaginal fistula remains a significant cause of female urinary incontinence and impaired quality of life worldwide. Urethral-vaginal fistulas are less common, and difficult to manage, posing difficulties in terms of diagnostic evaluation, the ...
Thinagrin D. Naidoo
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Sequential drain amylase to guide drain removal following pancreatectomy [PDF]
, 2018 BACKGROUND: Although used as criterion for early drain removal, postoperative day (POD) 1 drain fluid amylase (DFA) ≤ 5000 U/L has low negative predictive value for clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula (CR-POPF).
Dillhoff, M. +15 more
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Enterovesical Fistulae: Aetiology, Imaging, and Management
Gastroenterology Research and Practice, 2013 Background and Study Objectives. Enterovesical fistula (EVF) is a devastating complication of a variety of inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. Radiological imaging plays a vital role in the diagnosis of EVF and is indispensable to gastroenterologists ...
Tomasz Golabek +6 more
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Accuracy of pre-operative fistula diagnostics in anorectal malformations
BMC Pediatrics, 2021 Background Surgical safety during posterior sagittal anorectal plasty (PSARP) for anorectal malformations (ARM) depends on accurate pre-operative fistula localization. This study aimed to evaluate accuracy of pre-operative fistula diagnostics.
Louise Tofft +3 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.The repair and regeneration of brain tissue faces both biological and technical challenges. Injectable bioscaffolds offer new opportunities to stimulate tissue regrowth in the brain by recruiting neural stem cells. Here, the translational issues are reviewed that need to be address to advance this promising new therapeutic approach from the bench to ...
Michel Modo, Alena Kisel
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A Case of Fistula of Small Intestine and Ileal Conduit Urinary Diversion Improved by Conservative Therapy [PDF]
, 2013 A 71-year-old male was admitted for bladder cancer, and we performed a radical cystectomy and urinary diversion by means of an ileal conduit. Twenty days postoperatively, we identified the presence of stool in the stoma and noted the existence of a ...
東, 尚, 松尾, 学
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Smart Catheters for Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Therapy
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This study presents a comprehensive review of smart catheters, an emerging class of medical devices that integrate embedded sensors, robotics, and communication systems, offering increased functionality and complexity to enable real‐time health monitoring, diagnostics, and treatment. Abstract This review explores smart catheters as an emerging class of
Azra Yaprak Tarman +12 more
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Tube choledochoureterostomy: A simple method for bile diversion [PDF]
, 1990 A technique of bile diversion by tube choledochoureterostomy has been devised for the purpose of studying the role of bile in the intestinal absorption of drugs. This method was used in six dogs. No technical difficulties or major complications developed,
Andrews W +12 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.This study evaluates 3D‐printed recombinant spider silk hydrogel eADF4(C16)‐RGD in a rat AV loop model for tissue engineering. Constructs with T17b endothelial progenitor cells showed enhanced vascularization and biodegradation. Results highlight the importance of scaffold design and cellular integration in improving vascular density and overall ...
Claire M. Weinhold +9 more
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Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections due to Asymptomatic Colonic Diverticulitis
Case Reports in Medicine, 2012 Colovesical fistula is a common complication of diverticulitis. Pneumaturia, fecaluria, urinary tract infections, abdominal pain, and dysuria are commonly reported.
Evangelos Falidas +6 more
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