Ma, Dehua Chen, Fang Chen, Xiaoyun Chen, Yu
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Background Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 2 (CNS-II) is a rare genetic disease that is associated with a lack of uridine diphosphate-glucuronosyltransferase. Esophageal carcinoma is the sixth most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide, for which surgery is the most effective treatment. Reports on patients with both conditions requiring surge...
Xiong, Jiachao Hou, Qiang Hu, Zheyuan Gao, Yakun Lu, Lu Sun, Meiqing Hu, Hao Qian, Yuxin Wang, Hui Jiang, Hua
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Objective We aim to clarify the vascular and nerve anatomy of the breast and combine it with an ultrasound knife to use in transaxillary endoscopic biplane breast augmentation. Methods This study is a retrospective review of patients undergoing transaxillary endoscopic biplane breast augmentation between October and October 2021. Related variables ...
Jin, Yan Li, Pingyue Yang, Yiming Zeng, Xianli Shen, Hongyuan Zhang, Lihang Tsai, Tsung-Yuan Chen, Jiarong
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The purpose of this study was to introduce a new reference axis for tibial rotation in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and verify its reliability. A consecutive series of 80 knees that underwent TKA from 2018 to 2020 as well as 80 healthy knees were analyzed using a three-dimensional tibial model. A coordinate system was established based on the stan...
Kilmister, Ethan J. Tan, Swee T.
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Cells exhibiting embryonic stem cell (ESC) characteristics have been demonstrated in vascular anomalies (VAs), cancer, and fibroproliferative conditions, which are commonly managed by plastic surgeons and remain largely unsolved. The efficacy of the mTOR inhibitor sirolimus, and targeted therapies that block the Ras/BRAF/MEK/ERK1/2 and PI3KCA/AKT/m...
Chen, Piaopiao Hu, Qiang Wu, Jinfeng
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Primary giant cell tumors of soft tissues (GCT-STs) are extremely rare soft tissue tumors located both in superficial and in deep soft tissues. Clinically, GCT-ST manifests as a slow-growing, well-defined, painless mass. We report a case of an 88-year-old female patient with upper abdominal distension, fever, and anemia. Laparoscopic exploration re...
Naganawa, Shinji
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Yang, Xiuchun Qin, Yuelan Mo, Wei Xiang, Hua Liu, Zhichao Long, Jianhua Xiang, Bin
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Jaundice is a detection index in many disease conditions commonly characterized by yellowish staining of the skin and mucous membranes. This work studies the postoperative care outcome in 1,246 patients (669 males and 577 females) with obstructive jaundice who underwent percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD). These patients were admitted...
Li, Hongfei Xu, Dongjuan Xu, Yunyun Wei, Lianyan
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Objective In this study, we retrospectively analyzed 795 AIS patients who received intravenous alteplase for thrombolytic therapy in one third-class hospital or three second-class hospitals in Dongyang City and sought to evaluate the effects of the medical community model on intravenous alteplase door-to-needle time (DNT) and prognosis of patients ...
Han, Jang Hee Yuk, Hyeong Dong Choi, Jin Woo Ku, Ja Hyeon
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Objective To show the effective and successful technical approach of percutaneous embolization for persistent urine leakage that occurred after orthotopic neobladder formation. Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed patients who underwent percutaneous embolization of N-butyl cyanoacrylate (NBCA) and lipiodol mixture after orthotopic neob...
Zhao, Yunqing Tao, Hongbo Liu, Yanqin Sha, Gen Yi, Xianyun Qin, Qin Jin, Dong He, Chengjie Wu, Xianghong Zhou, Qing
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Objective To investigate the effectiveness and clinical value of cholangiography in the diagnosis of bile duct stones in laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methods 200 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in our hospital from January 2017 to January 2019 were randomly divided into research group and control group, with 100 cases in each g...