Mohammad Hossein Asadi,Azam Khosravi,Robrecht Van Hee et al.
Mohammad Hossein Asadi et al.
Introduction: People's understanding of bladder stones has a long history. Since around the sixth century BC, surgery has been selected as the most specialized and last treatment and has continuously evolved. Meanwhile, m...
Thaïs De Witte,Klaas Van Den Heede,Nele Brusselaers et al.
Thaïs De Witte et al.
Objective: Thyroid-originated paragangliomas are very uncommon, and there is a lack of established guidelines regarding their management. Methods: ...
Niels Komen,Marian Vanhoeij,Paul De Leyn et al.
Niels Komen et al.
Background A surgical fellowship allows both additional training as well as maintenance of surgical skills while searching for a steady job. As the presence of fellows usually does not results in a measurably higher productivity, fellowship...
Maud A S Schoenmakers,Anke H C Gielen,Kevin P Wevers et al.
Maud A S Schoenmakers et al.
Intussusception, the invagination of a bowel segment into an adjacent segment, occurs in 5% of adult patients with an obstruction of the bowel. It is often seen as a result of obstructive defecation syndrome or malignancy. However, a sigmoi...
Effect of laparoscopic cholecystectomy on 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and bone mineral density in post menopausal women [0.03%]
腹腔镜胆囊切除术对绝经后妇女25-羟基维生素D水平及骨密度的影响
Kartik Sharma,Yashwant Raj Sakaray,Satish S N et al.
Kartik Sharma et al.
Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard management for benign gallbladder diseases. It has been observed that there is alteration in vitamin D levels and bone mineral density after cholecystecto...
Brain natriuretic peptide is a long-term cardiovascular predictor in carotid endarterectomy [0.03%]
脑钠肽是颈动脉内膜剥脱术长期心血管预后的预测因子
Gustavo Martim Clemente Gouveia de Gramilho,Juliana Pereira-Macedo,Lara Romana Pereira Dias et al.
Gustavo Martim Clemente Gouveia de Gramilho et al.
Background: In noncardiac surgery, several biomarkers are known to play a role in predicting long-term complications, such as major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), myocardial infarction, or death. Carotid endarterec...
A case series: uniportal VATS excision of pericardial cysts in symptomatic patients [0.03%]
单孔视频辅助胸腔镜手术治疗症状性心包囊肿的病例报告
Seher Koçak,Paul Hollering,Sven Vercauteren
Seher Koçak
Background: Pericardial cysts are infrequent lesions. Most of these are asymptomatic and incidental findings during investigations for unrelated conditions. When they are symptomatic, they demonstrate most of the time a b...
Michael El Boghdady,Béatrice Marianne Ewalds-Kvist
Michael El Boghdady
Introduction: Doctors with disability are likely to face major life crises, challenges and distressing emotions from unforeseen circumstances that threaten their physical well-being. We aimed to identify the existence of ...
Blood group is a long-term cardiovascular risk factor after carotid endarterectomy [0.03%]
血型是颈动脉内膜剥脱术后的长期心血管风险因素
Filipa Jácome,Mariana Basílio Martins,Alexandre Sarmento et al.
Filipa Jácome et al.
Background: ABO blood group system has been clinically related to an increased incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Preliminary data relating Rhesus (Rh) factor and these outcomes also have been published. Our aim was to...
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) with central nervous system metastasis: case report, imaging findings, and review of literature [0.03%]
肺胸膜blastoma（PPB）合并中枢神经系统转移：病例报告、影像学表现和文献复习
Dusan J Petrovic,Polina Pavicevic
Dusan J Petrovic
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a very rare tumor of the chest seen predominantly in young children with great heterogeneity and clinical, biochemical, and biological complexity and recognized, described, and classified as distinct from t...