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Open AccessImmediate postoperative parenteral anticoagulant therapy in patients with mesenteric ischemia after intestinal resection: a retrospective cohort study at a single institute
Bowel gangrene represents a major fatal event in acute mesenteric ischemia. Intestinal resection is inevitable in patients with peritonitis and bowel gangrene. This retrospective study aimed to elucidate the b...
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Open AccessColo-pancreaticoduodenectomy for locally advanced colon carcinoma—feasibility in patients presenting with acute abdomen
En bloc right hemicolectomy plus pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) is administered for locally advanced colon carcinoma that invades the duodenum and/or pancreatic head. This procedure may also be called colo-pancr...
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Open AccessLiver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in oldest old patients
For hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), liver resection is a classical curative modality, despite its technical complexity. The incidence of HCC in the oldest old people (aged ≥ 85 years) is rising along with the ...
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Open AccessLiver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hematological malignancies
Improvements in antimetabolite drugs have prolonged the survival of patient with hematological malignancies. However, these drugs may have hepatotoxic side effects and may induce acute liver failure, chronic l...
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Impact of Severe Oesophagogastric Varices on Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhotic Patients
The aim of the present study was to clarify both short-term and long-term results of patients with concomitant hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and high-risk oesophagogastric varices (OGV).
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Open AccessIntractable duodenal ulcer caused by transmural migration of gossypiboma into the duodenum - a case report and literature review
Gossypiboma is a term used to describe a mass that forms around a cotton sponge or abdominal compress accidentally left in a patient during surgery. Transmural migration of an intra-abdominal gossypiboma has b...
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Open AccessA multicenter phase II study of biweekly capecitabine in combination with oxaliplatin as first-line chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer
We evaluated the safety and efficacy of biweekly capecitabine in combination with oxaliplatin in previously untreated patients with locally advanced or metastatic gastric cancer.
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Open AccessThick calcification from a GIST of the stomach penetrating into pericolic soft tissue - report of a case
Thick calcification is a rare presentation of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Penetration into gastric mucosa and pericolic soft tissue has never been reported. We report a case of gastric GIST with cys...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Comparison of Predictive Models for the Mortgage Behaviours Assessment System of Default and Prepayment
This paper has debated between fractional and two part models in the context of default and prepayment behaviour, applications where a large proportion of zero observations are typically found. The predictive ...
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Eosinophilic cholangitis with obstructive jaundice mimicking bile duct carcinoma
A 55-year-old male who presented with obstructive jaundice and radiographically documented extrahepatic biliary tract obstruction is reported. Eosinophilic infiltration of the gallbladder, common bile duct, in...
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Randomized clinical trial of D2 and extended paraaortic lymphadenectomy in patients with gastric cancer
The survival of patients with advanced gastric cancer after D2 dissection is still poor. Asian surgeons have proposed a more radical lymph node dissection, designated as D4 dissection, where paraaortic lymph n...
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Anion exchanger inhibitor DIDS induces human poorly-differentiated malignant hepatocellular carcinoma HA22T cell apoptosis
Anion exchangers (AEs) of the Cl-/HCO3- exchanger family contribute to the regulation of intracellular acid-base balance. Recently, we found that anion exchanger 2 (AE2) was significantly expressed in human hepat...
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The Influence of High Serum Testosterone Levels on the Long-term Prognosis in Male Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy for Early Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma without Vascular Invasion
The influence of high serum testosterone levels on the long-term prognosis in male patients undergoing hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains to be fully elucidated. The aim of the present stud...
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Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater: Report of a Case
Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma in the ampulla of Vater is rare and very different from the common ampullary adenocarcinoma. A 59-year-old man was admitted with obstructive jaundice. Gastroendoscopy showed...
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Apoptotic and anti-proliferative effects of 17β-estradiol and 17β-estradiol-like compounds in the Hep3B cell line
Since there is evidence for estrogen and estrogen-like compounds to have beneficial effect on the pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), this study was designed to investigative the apoptotic and anti...
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Opposing Action of Estrogen Receptors α and β on Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Gene Expression and Caspase-8-mediated Apoptotic Effects in HA22T Cells
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the major manifestation of primary liver cancer, is one of the most frequent and malignant cancers worldwide, especially in Taiwan. Estrogen receptors (ERs) have been reported t...
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Small Bowel Obstruction Caused by a Congenital Intestinal Web with an Enteric Bezoar in an Adult: Report of a Case
An intestinal web is a rare congenital anomaly, typically reported in childhood, but often remaining asymptomatic throughout the entire life span of the individual. We report the case of a symptomatic intestin...
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Management of acute pancreatitis: results of a 15-year experience in Taiwan
In the past two decades, there have been great changes regarding the policy for treating acute pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to examine the chronological changes in the management of acute pancreati...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma with adjacent organ extension: The enhancement of preoperative transcatheter arterial embolization and the results of surgical resection
A review was conducted on 93 patients with hepato-cellular carcinoma (HCC) who underwent a collective total of 98 resections. A total of 24 hepatic resections were performed on 22 patients who had a serosa-exp...
