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Loop colostomy with the intraluminal stapler (ILS)
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Palliation of inoperable esophageal carcinoma
The combined regimen of irradiation and chemotherapy has been successfully used as a preoperative measure to improve the cure rate for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus. In the nonresectable patient, we...
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International symposium on surgery for cerebral stroke Sendaï, Japan, May 24–27, 1987
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Endoscopic management of postoperative biliary fistula
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERC) was performed in two patients with persistent bile fistulae after cholecystectomy. Contrast leakage was demonstrated in a leaking cystic duct stump and an aberrant i...
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Heater-probe treatment of bleeding peptic ulcers
Fifty-six patients with actively bleeding peptic ulcers were treated with the heater-probe unit. Initial haemostasis was achieved in 48 patients (85.7%). The mean number of heater-probe applications was 6.7 pu...
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Duodenal stenosis caused by ruptured aneurysms of the pancreaticoduodenal artery —A case report
A case reported herein is a patient with ruptured minute pancreaticodudenal arterial aneurysms that proved difficult to distinguish from malignant tumors of the pancreas or duodenum. A 61-year-old woman was ad...
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Appraisal of distal splenorenal shunt in the treatment of esophageal varices: An analysis of prophylactic, emergency, and elective shunts
From June, 1969 to February, 1987, distal splenorenal shunt was carried out on 78 patients with esophagogastric varices. The operations were urgent in 9, elective in 40, and prophylactic in 29 patients. There .....
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Abstracts, vol 7, issue 1, 1989
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An immunohistological study of breast cancer-with special reference to the expression of carbohydrate antigens and estrogen receptor status
An investigation carried out on 100 cases of primary breast cancer, both clinicopathologically and immunohistologically, revealed estrogen receptor (ER)-positive cases to be found significantly more often in e...
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Renal function in experimentally induced acute pancreatitis in dogs: How it is affected by the nephrotoxic substance in pancreatic exudate from ascitic fluid
Renal failure occurring in dogs during experimental acute pancreatitis and the effect on renal function of intravenous injections of ascitic fluid which accumulated during the acute pancreatitis were studied. ...
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The role of lasers in hemorrhoidectomy
Eighty-eight patients who received treatment for hemorrhoids were randomized into two groups. Group A received the Nd-YAG laser phototherapy for internal hemorrhoid combined with the CO2 laser for external hemorr...
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Prospective randomised comparison of current coagulation and injection sclerotherapy for the outpatient treatment of haemorrhoids
The feasibility and early results of a new technique of outpatient proctoscopic coagulation of haemorrhoids by means of an electronic probe (Ultroid®, Microvasive Inc., USA) were evaluated in comparison to conven...
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Effect of Wound Closure Technique on Wound Infection in the Morbidly Obese: results of a randomized trial
The effect of suture obliteration of the subcutaneous dead space in morbidly obese abdominal wounds was studied in a randomized trial, comparing a pre-fascial retention suture technique (utilized for approxima...
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Human papillomavirus type-related DNA and c-myc oncogene alterations in colon cancer cell lines
Although squamous-cell epithelium is the most frequent target site of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, a similar infection is demonstrated in columnar epithelial cells in this paper. The papillomavirus ex.....
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Retrograde dilation of esophageal strictures with balloon dilators
Balloon dilators may be safely applied for retrograde dilation of esophageal strictures without the use of fluoroscopy or a pressure-gauge attachment. The turgidity of the dilating balloon is preferred to that...
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Chest drain penetration into the transposed stomach after Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy: diagnosis by early postoperative endoscopy
A case of chest drain tip penetration into the gastric lumen 3 days after esophagectomy is reported. Early diagnosis by endoscopy in the immediate postoperative period facilitated our management.
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Pelvic peritoneal reconstruction to prevent radiation enteritis in rectal carcinoma
Some patients with rectal cancer who undergo exenterative surgery may require radiation therapy as an adjuvant treatment for recurrent or residual disease. A common devastating side effec...
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Comparison of topical hemostatic agents in elective hepatic resection: A clinical prospective randomized trial
To compare the difference in efficacy of microcrystalline collagen powder (CL) and fibrin glue (FG) in elective hepatic resection, 62 patients (female 14, male 48) with ages ranging from 51 to 75 years were ra...
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Postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy in Astler-Coller Stages B2 and C rectal cancer
Between 1979 and 1983, 127 patients with Stages B2 or C rectal cancer treated with surgery plus postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy (RT group) and 122 patients treated with surgery alone (S group) were compare.....
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Elevation of carcinoembryonic antigen related to biliary malignancy in hepatolithiasis
Bile duct neoplasms occur relatively often in patients with hepatolithiasis in Taiwan. In this study, 49 patients with a positive immunoperoxidase stain for carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) in the bile duct glands ...
