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Sustainability in surgical practice: a collaborative call toward environmental sustainability in operating rooms
BackgroundThe healthcare system plays a pivotal role in environmental sustainability, and the operating room (OR) significantly contributes to its...
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Obesity, organ failure, and transplantation: a review of the role of metabolic and bariatric surgery in transplant candidates and recipients
Obesity is a risk factor for kidney, liver, heart, and pulmonary diseases, as well as failure. Solid organ transplantation remains the definitive...
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The role of the radiologist in the prostate cancer multidisciplinary conference
The broad range of disease aggressiveness together with imperfect screening, diagnostic, and treatment options in prostate cancer (PCa) makes medical...
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Optimizing the liver transplant candidate
The purpose of this review is to highlight common and best practices in liver transplant evaluation and management, particularly on how to best...
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Assessment of arterial supply to the stomach after bariatric surgery using multidetector CT arteriography
PurposeTo describe residual arterial supply to the stomach after bariatric surgery via a systematic arterial-phase CT assessment approach that can...
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Side-specific factors for intraoperative hemodynamic instability in laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma: a comparative study
BackgroundAdrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma (PHEO) is challenging because of the high risk of intraoperative hemodynamic instability (HDI). This...
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Rome III and IV criteria are less discordant to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome in clinic patients than in community subjects
BackgroundThough Rome IV criteria for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) are less sensitive; they select Rome III patients with greater severity and...
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Early-onset pancreatic cancer and associated metabolic risk factors in the Middle East and North Africa: A 20-year analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study
Background and ObjectiveEarly-onset pancreatic cancer (EOPC) is associated with poor prognosis and high disease burden. Metabolic risk factors such...
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Temporal Trends of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Taiwan from 2016 to 2020: A Population-Based Study
BackgroundThere are scanty population-based studies investigating the incidence and prevalence rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in Taiwan.
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Impacts of a Dysphagia Screening Questionnaire on Speech Pathology Input Using a Transdisciplinary Approach for Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in pulmonary rehabilitation programs (PRPs) are not routinely screened for dysphagia. An...
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Exploring the Neuropsychological Correlates of Swallowing Disorders in People with Parkinson’s Disease: a Cross-Sectional Study
Around 80% of persons with Parkinson’s disease (PD) present symptoms of dysphagia. Although cognitive impairment may contribute to dysphagia, few...
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3.0 T diffusion tensor imaging and fiber tractography of the testes in nonobstructive azoospermia
PurposeTo assess the role of 3.0 T Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and Fiber Tractography (FT) of the testes in the work-up of nonobstructive...
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Step-up approach for the treatment of infected necrotising pancreatitis: real life data from a single-centre experience with long-term follow-up
BackgroundAbout 20% of patients with acute pancreatitis develop a necrotising form with a worse prognosis due to frequent appearance of organ...
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Rs12039395 Variant Influences the Expression of hsa-miR-181a-5p and PTEN Toward Colorectal Cancer Risk
BackgroundSingle nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in microRNA (miRNA) genes could alter miRNA expression levels or processing and, thus, may...
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Sex and Race-Ethnic Disparities in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: An Analysis of 40,166 Individuals
BackgroundTo overcome the limitations of the term “non-alcoholic fatty liver disease” (NAFLD), the term metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease...
