Current treatment for small (< 5 cm) hepatocellular carcinoma: evolving roles for ablation and resection [0.03%]
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Amudhan Pugalenthi,C Suzanne Cutter,Yuman Fong
Amudhan Pugalenthi
Amer H Zureikat,Melissa E Hogg,Herbert J Zeh rd
Amer H Zureikat
Robotic pancreatic resections have been established as safe alternatives to the open and laparoscopic approaches. The platform has proven to be versatile, and discriminable, allowing an increasing number of surgeons to perform complex pancr...
Ira L Leeds,Elizabeth C Wick,Genevieve B Melton
Ira L Leeds
The argument for close temperature control, to which regulatory bodies have held health systems in an effort to reduce the burden of hospital-acquired infections, is not fully supported by current evidence. The literature is complex on the ...
Nicole T Townsend,Thomas N Robinson
Nicole T Townsend
Can interventionalists do endovascular aortic aneurysm repair as well as vascular surgeons? [0.03%]
介入医生能和血管外科医生一样进行主动脉瘤的腔内修复术吗？
Tazo Inui,Dennis F Bandyk
Tazo Inui
Christy M Dunst,Ashwin A Kurian,Lee L Swanstrom
Christy M Dunst
POEM is an effective treatment of functional manometric esophageal outflow obstructive disorders with excellent relief of dysphagia. Reflux rates seem to be similar to that seen with traditional Heller myotomy with fundoplication. The POEM ...
Giovanni Marchegiani,Carlos Fernández-del Castillo
Giovanni Marchegiani
Management of Bd-IPMN remains challenging. Critical appraisal of the published literature reveals that the actual treatment of what is presumed to be Bd-IPMN remains unsatisfactory, with a high rate of surgically overtreated patients. Until...
Bala Ramanan,Brittney J Maloley,Robert J Fitzgibbons Jr
Bala Ramanan
Observation is an acceptable management strategy for asymptomatic and minimally symptomatic inguinal hernias because it is safe. The rate of hernia accident is very low and is not an indication for surgery. However, patients who present to ...
Frederick Thurston Drake,David Reed Flum
Frederick Thurston Drake
Our attempts to systematically improve accuracy in the evaluation of patients with suspected appendicitis are, in some ways, hindered by the fact that the condition is so frequently straightforward to diagnose. Careful history-taking and ph...
Patrick L Bosarge,Jeffrey D Kerby
Patrick L Bosarge
There is an established association between the presence of SIH and worse morbidity and mortality after trauma. However, given the limitations of existing data, no definitive statements can be made as to whether aggressive treatment of hype...