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To assess the safety and effectiveness of percutaneous transsplenic access (PTSA) for portal vein (PV) interventions among patients with PV disease.
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Single-arm prospective study comparing ablation zone volume between time zero and 24 h after microwave ablation of liver tumors
Percutaneous thermal ablation is an effective treatment for primary and metastatic liver tumors and is a recommended local therapy for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Reported evidence shows an inc...
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Polycythemia secondary to renal cysts
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Current concepts in portal vein thrombosis: etiology, clinical presentation and management
The aim of this article is to focus on etiology, risk factors, clinical presentation and classification systems of acute and chronic PVT as well as focusing on current diagnostic and therapeutic options for th...
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Demonstrate the use of a new steerable needle for CT-guided neural plexus blockade to avoid traversing the kidneys.
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Microfluidic platforms have demonstrated the ability to isolate rare circulating tumor cells from a wide variety of cancers. Our group has recently shown the ability to isolate circulating tumor cells (CTCs) f...
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Needle-shaped ultrathin piezoelectric microsystem for guided tissue targeting via mechanical sensing
Needles for percutaneous biopsies of tumour tissue can be guided by ultrasound or computed tomography. However, despite best imaging practices and operator experience, high rates of inadequate tissue sampling,...
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3D Bioprinting for Tissue and Organ Fabrication
The field of regenerative medicine has progressed tremendously over the past few decades in its ability to fabricate functional tissue substitutes. Conventional approaches based on scaffolding and microenginee...
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Hyperparathyroidism is an excess of parathyroid hormone in the blood due to over-activity of one or more parathyroid gland. Localization of abnormal glands with noninvasive imaging modalities, such as techneti...
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Helicobacter pylori is responsible for worldwide chronic bacterial infection in humans affecting approximately half of the world’s population. H. pylori is associated with significant mor...
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Open AccessThe Role of Physical Stabilization in Whole Blood Preservation
The rapid degradation of blood ex vivo imposes logistical limitations on the utilization of blood-borne cells in medical diagnostics and scientific investigations. A fundamental but overlooked aspect in the stora...
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Left Gastric Artery Embolization to Treat Obesity: Rationale, Technique, Experimental, and Clinical Studies
The number of overweight and obese individuals has increased dramatically in the last 20 years, suggesting that current medical and surgical therapeutic options for the bariatric patient are limited. Ghrelin, ...
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Efficacy of Lower-Extremity Venous Thrombolysis in the Setting of Congenital Absence or Atresia of the Inferior Vena Cava
A rare but described risk factor for deep venous thrombosis (DVT), predominately in the young, is congenital agenesis or atresia of the inferior vena cava (IVC). The optimal management for DVT in this subset o...
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Embolotherapy for Renal Tumors
Embolotherapy of renal neoplasms is practiced for various hypervascular tumors including angiomyolipoma, renal cell carcinoma, and metastatic renal cancer. First conceived during 1970s, it was primarily advoca...
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Expression of mRNA Isoforms of Latent Transforming Growth Factor-β Binding Protein-1 in Coronary Atherosclerosis and Human Tissues
Latent transforming growth factor-β binding protein-1 (LTBP1) has been implicated in the control of secretion, localization, and activation of TGFβ (transforming growth factor-β). We developed a quantitative r...
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Proximal symphalangism (SYM1) is an autosomal-dominant developmental disorder of joint fusion. This disorder is best known from famous historical descriptions of two large kindred: Cushing’s description in 191...
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Iron supplementation moderates but does not cure the Belgrade anemia
Belgrade rats inherit microcytic, hypochromic anemia as an autosomalrecessive trait (gene symbol b). Erythrocytes and tissue are iron deficientin the face of elevated TIBC (total iron binding capacity) and per...
