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Open AccessUse of barbed sutures in robotic bariatric bypass surgery: a single-center case series
Surgical robots are increasingly being used in bariatric surgery. While several studies describe the safety of using barbed sutures in laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, no reports are available for robotic ...
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Robot-assisted cervical esophagectomy (RACE procedure) using a single port combined with a transhiatal approach in a rendezvous technique: a case series
Difficulties in thoracic access and the risk of pulmonary complications are major problems in esophageal surgery. Transhiatal techniques have been described to avoid the thoracic approach, but their oncologica...
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Open AccessLaparoscopic right hemicolectomy with CME: standardization using the “critical view” concept
Complete mesocolic excision is gradually becoming an established oncologic surgical principle for right hemicolectomy. However, the procedure is technically demanding and carries the risk of serious complicati...
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Robotic-assisted total mesorectal excision (TME) for rectal cancer results in a significantly higher quality of TME specimen compared to the laparoscopic approach—report of a single-center experience
Robotic surgery allows for a better visualization and more precise dissection especially in the narrow male pelvis and mid and lower third of the rectum. However, superiority to laparoscopic TME has yet to be ...
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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a prognostic model for kidney function 1 year after combined pancreas and kidney transplantation using pre-transplant donor and recipient variables
The widening gap between demand and supply of organs for transplantation provides extraordinary challenges for ethical donor organ allocation rules. The transplant community is forced to define favorable recip...
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Open AccessLost in transition? Professional perspectives on transitional mental health services for young people in Germany: a qualitative study
The transition of young patients from child and adolescent to adult mental health services often results in the interruption or termination of care. At this intersection, mental health professionals function a...
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Open AccessLost in transition? Perceptions of health care among young people with mental health problems in Germany: a qualitative study
The transitioning of young patients from child and adolescent to adult mental health services when indicated often results in the interruption or termination of service. The personal views of young service use...
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Open AccessDoes one size really fit all? The effectiveness of a non-diagnosis-specific integrated mental health care program in Germany in a prospective, parallel-group controlled multi-centre trial
The Network for Mental Health (NWpG-IC) is an integrated mental health care program implemented in 2009 by cooperation between health insurance companies and community mental health providers in Germany. Meanw...
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Open AccessIntegrins αvβ3 and αvβ5 as prognostic, diagnostic, and therapeutic targets in gastric cancer
We investigated the expression of two αv integrins, αvβ3 and αvβ5, in gastric cancer (GC) by testing the following hypotheses: that these molecules are expressed in GC; that they are implicated in GC biology; tha...
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Open AccessMode of allocation and social demographic factors correlate with impaired quality of life after liver transplantation
Health-related Quality of life (HRQoL) is a major goal of clinical management after liver transplantation (LTx). There is still disagreement on the effects of social-demographic factors and changes in the allo...
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S3 guideline on psychosocial therapies in severe mental illness: evidence and recommendations
The burden of severe and persistent mental illness is high. Beside somatic treatment and psychotherapeutic interventions, treatment options for patients with severe mental illness also include psychosocial in...
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Value and limitations of the BAR-score for donor allocation in liver transplantation
The MELD-score was shown to be able to predict 90-day mortality in most patients with end-stage liver disease prior to liver transplantation and is used as a widely accepted measure for transplantation urgency...
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Rehospitalization risk of former voluntary and involuntary patients with schizophrenia
The aim of the study was to examine the differences between former involuntary and voluntary patients with a schizophrenic disorder with regard to time to and frequency of rehospitalization.
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Open AccessA systematic review of Chinese randomized clinical trials of SSRI treatment of depression
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have become the most frequently used antidepressants in China in recent decades. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the efficacy and tolerability ...
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Alterations of the enteric smooth musculature in diverticular disease
The pathogenesis of diverticular disease (DD) is considered to be multifactorial and involves intestinal motor disturbances and an underlying enteric neuromuscular pathology. While an enteric neuropathy has be...
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Open AccessEffectiveness and efficiency of integrated mental health care programmes in Germany: study protocol of an observational controlled trial
Since 2009 some German health insurance companies have implemented integrated mental health care services along the principles of assertive community treatment in collaboration with local mental health service...
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Massive blood transfusion after the first cut in liver transplantation predicts renal outcome and survival
Transfusion requirements of blood products may provide useful prognostic factors for the prediction of short-term patient mortality and renal outcome after liver transplantation.
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The “DGPPN-Cohort”: a national collaboration initiative by the German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) for establishing a large-scale cohort of psychiatric patients
The German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) has committed itself to establish a prospective national cohort of patients with major psychiatric disorders, the so-called DGPPN-Cohort. This pr...
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Long-term effects of involuntary hospitalization on medication adherence, treatment engagement and perception of coercion
The purpose of the study was to examine the long-term influence of involuntary hospitalization on medication adherence, engagement in out-patient treatment and perceived coercion to treatment participation.
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Endoscopic endoluminal vacuum therapy is superior to other regimens in managing anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy: a comparative retrospective study
Anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy is a life-threatening complication. No comparative outcome analyses for the different treatment regimens are yet available.
