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Surgical outcomes of minimally invasive trephine surgery for pilonidal sinus disease with and without laser therapy: a comparative study

Over the last decades, novel therapeutic options have emerged for the surgical treatment of pilonidal sinus disease (PSD). The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of trephine/pit excision surgery wi...

N. Horesh, R. Maman, Y. Zager, R. Anteby, Y. Weksler… in Techniques in Coloproctology (2023)

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Magnetic imaging defecography results are comparable to high-resolution manometry and conventional X-ray defecography in the assessment of functional pelvic floor disorders

X-ray defecography or magnetic resonance defecography (MRD) and high-resolution anorectal manometry (HR-ARM) are essential for the diagnosis of pelvic floor disorders (PFD). However, there is only scarce infor...

D. Carter, O. Saukhat, M. Alcalay, N. Horesh, E. Ram in Techniques in Coloproctology (2020)

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The efficacy of sacral neuromodulation in the treatment of low anterior resection syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Sacral neuromodulation (SNM) has become one of the main treatment options in patients with fecal incontinence. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of sacral neuromodulation in the treatment of ...

E. Ram, R. Meyer, D. Carter, M. Gutman, D. Rosin, N. Horesh in Techniques in Coloproctology (2020)

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Clinical and physiological risk factors for fecal incontinence in chronically constipated women

Fecal incontinence (FI) and chronic constipation (CC) are disabling symptoms that cause a significant public health problem. The pathophysiology of combined constipation and FI is not fully understood. Our aim...

D. Carter, E. Bardan, C. Maradey-Romero in Techniques in Coloproctology (2019)

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Liverpool telescope 2: a new robotic facility for rapid transient follow-up

The Liverpool Telescope is one of the world’s premier facilities for time domain astronomy. The time domain landscape is set to radically change in the coming decade, with synoptic all-sky surveys such as LSST...

C. M. Copperwheat, I. A. Steele, R. M. Barnsley, S. D. Bates… in Experimental Astronomy (2015)

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Specific IgG antibody responses may be used to monitor leprosy treatment efficacy and as recurrence prognostic markers

Although curable, leprosy requires better diagnostic and prognostic tools to accompany therapeutic strategies. We evaluated the serum samples of leprosy patients from Venezuela and Brazil for reactivity agains...

M. S. Duthie, M. N. Hay, E. M. Rada… in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology … (2011)

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Ultrasonographic assessment of patients referred with chronic anal pain to a tertiary referral centre

Chronic anal pain is relatively common as a presentation to specialist physicians and surgeons. Currently, it is regarded as a functional disorder upon the exclusion of occult intersphincteric sepsis. Our stud...

M. Beer-Gabel, D. Carter, M. Venturero, O. Zmora… in Techniques in Coloproctology (2010)

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Molecular and functional characterization of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator from the Australian common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula

Unlike eutherian mammals, the colon of the Australian common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula, a metatherian mammal, is incapable of electrogenic Cl⁻ secretion and has elevated levels of electrogenic Na⁺ a...

K. J. Demmers, D. Carter, S. Fan, P. Mao… in Journal of Comparative Physiology B (2010)

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Survey of Vietnamese Peanuts, Corn and Soil for the Presence of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus

Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus cause perennial infection of agriculturally important crops in tropical and subtropical areas. Invasion of crops by these fungi may result in contamination of food a...

N. Tran-Dinh, I. Kennedy, T. Bui, D. Carter in Mycopathologia (2009)

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Survey of Vietnamese coffee beans for the presence of ochratoxigenic Aspergilli

Vietnamese coffee beans were investigated for the presence of ochratoxigenic Aspergilli. Ninety-three percent of the coffee samples studied were positive for A. niger. No other ochratoxigenic species were present...

Z. Ilic, T. Bui, N. Tran-Dinh, M. H. V. Dang, I. Kennedy, D. Carter in Mycopathologia (2007)

Chapter and Conference Paper

The Afterglow of the Gamma-Ray Burst 050502a: First Case of an Early (<1hr) Multi–Colour Detection

C. Guidorzi, A. Monfardini, A. Gomboc… in Relativistic Astrophysics Legacy and Cosmo… (2007)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Map** the Stellar Dynamics of M31

Using the Planetary Nebula Spectrograph, we have observed and measured the velocities for 2764 PNe in the disk and halo of the Andromeda galaxy. Preliminary analysis using a basic ring model shows a rotation c...

Helen Merrett, M. Merrifield, K. Kuijken… in Planetary Nebulae Beyond the Milky Way (2006)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Map** the Stellar Dynamics of M31

Using the Planetary Nebula Spectrograph, we have observed and measured the velocities for 2764 PNe in the disk and halo of the Andromeda galaxy. Preliminary analysis using a basic ring model shows a rotation c...

Helen Merrett, M. Merrifield, K. Kuijken… in Planetary Nebulae Beyond the Milky Way (2006)

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Genetic variation of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata, from western Pacific reefs

Most scleractinian coral species are widely distributed across the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific. However, the genetic connectivity between populations of corals separated by large distances (thousand...

M. Takabayashi, D. Carter, J. Lopez, O. Hoegh-Guldberg in Coral Reefs (2003)