BACKGROUND: Previous studies have raised concerns that video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) lobectomy may compromise nodal evaluation. The advantages or limitations of robotic lobectomy have not been thoroughly evaluated.
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Dec 31, 2015
OBJECTIVE: The role of adipokines in liver transplantation (LTx) recipients who have metabolic syndrome (MetS) has seldom been assessed. The aim of this study was to investigate the concentrations of adipokines, inflammatory mediators, and insulin-re...
BACKGROUND: Robotic total mesorectal excision (R-TME), a novel way for minimally invasive treatment of rectal cancer, was shown in previous studies to be safe and effective. However, comparison with laparoscopic total mesorectal excision (L-TME) has ...
European heart journal. Cardiovascular pharmacotherapy
Dec 17, 2015
AIMS: Clinical utilization of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients with renal impairment (RI) following percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) represents an urgent, unmet need choosing optimal agents, duration of treatment, and potential d...
International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics
Dec 9, 2015
BACKGROUND: Robot-assisted laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (RALSC) has spread rapidly without the availability of comprehensive and systematically recorded outcome data.
Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
Nov 27, 2015
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether steroid replacement therapy improved hemodynamics in infants after surgery for congenital heart disease only when they develop adrenal insufficiency. The authors retrospectively investigated adrenal function and eval...
PURPOSE: We investigate the safety and efficacy of pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in patients treated with robotic partial nephrectomy at our center.
Surgery for obesity and related diseases : official journal of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery
Nov 24, 2015
BACKGROUND: Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD) is a surgical technique burdened, in some instances, by clinical evidence of malabsorption and intractable diarrhoea.
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