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Open AccessOsteopenia is associated with inferior survival in patients undergoing partial hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma
Osteopenia is known to be associated with clinical frailty which is linked to inferior outcomes in various clinical scenarios. However, the exact prognostic value of osteopenia in patients undergoing curative ...
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Open AccessVarious myosteatosis selection criteria and their value in the assessment of short- and long-term outcomes following liver transplantation
Body composition and myosteatosis affect clinical outcomes in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Here we aimed to compare the value and limitations of various selection criteria to define pre-transplant m...
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Open AccessCarbon nanoparticle suspension could help get a more accurate nodal staging for patient with rectal cancer
This study aimed to evaluate whether carbon nanoparticles could improve the accuracy of nodal staging in colorectal cancer (CRC). We performed a randomized controlled trial with CRC at the department of genera...
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Open AccessDecrease of renal resistance during hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion is associated with early allograft function in extended criteria donation kidney transplantation
Hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion (HOPE) was recently tested in preclinical trials in kidney transplantation (KT). Here we investigate the effects of HOPE on extended-criteria-donation (ECD) kidney allo...
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Low Postoperative Platelet Counts Are Associated with Major Morbidity and Inferior Survival in Adult Recipients of Orthotopic Liver Transplantation
Platelets (PLT) play an essential functional role in cellular injury and liver regeneration following partial hepatectomy and orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). Here, we investigated the association of po...
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Enhanced uplink non-orthogonal multiple access for 5G and beyond systems
Uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is a promising technique to meet the requirements of the fifth generation (5G) and beyond systems. Various NOMA schemes have been proposed in both academia and indu...
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Open AccessMiR-124-3p/B4GALT1 axis plays an important role in SOCS3-regulated growth and chemo-sensitivity of CML
Abnormal expression of SOCS3 has been implicated in myeloproliferative neoplasms, but the role of SOCS3 in the pathogenesis of leukemia remains largely unknown. Here, we examined the function of SOCS3 in the g...
