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Learning Curve for Total Gastrectomy with D2 Lymph Node Dissection: Cumulative Sum Analysis for Qualified Surgery
This study was conducted to evaluate the leaning curve of D2 lymph node dissection for patients with gastric cancer in a high-volume center.
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A Phase-II Clinical Trial of Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy with D2 Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer Patients
This study was conducted to determine whether laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) with complete D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer is a safe and effective surgical option.
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Surgical Complications and the Risk Factors of Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy in Early Gastric Cancer
Information on surgical complications of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) and their risk factors is limited in the literature despite increasing popularity of this procedure. This study was perfo...
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Sentinel Node Map** and Skip Metastases in Patients with Early Gastric Cancer
This study was designed to identify the characteristics of patients with early gastric cancers that have skip metastases.
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Incremental predictive value of pre-procedural N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide for short-term recurrence in atrial fibrillation ablation
The objective of this work was to assess the predictive value of pre-procedural N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels in patients undergoing atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation. Seventy-th...
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Preoperative Serum Angiopoietin-2 Levels Correlate with Lymph Node Status in Patients with Early Gastric Cancer
Lymph node metastasis is the most important factor to consider when deciding on the modality of resection in patients with early gastric cancer. The aim of the present study was to assess the relationship betw...
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Does Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Increase Optimal Cytoreduction Rate in Advanced Ovarian Cancer? Meta-Analysis of 21 Studies
The purpose of the current study is to analyze the existing data regarding neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) using a random-effects model and to determine whether NAC c...
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Develo** an Institutional Protocol Guideline for Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy
The technical difficulty of lymph node dissection in laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) remains a barrier for extending the indication for this modality and limits its widespread clinical practice....
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Prognostic Impact of [18F] FDG-PET in Operable Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
This study aimed to evaluate the usefulness of serial [18F] 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose–positron emission tomography ([18F] FDG-PET) in potentially operable breast cancer with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
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Proposal of the Surgical Options for Primary Tumor Control During Sentinel Node Navigation Surgery Based on the Discrepancy Between Preoperative and Postoperative Early Gastric Cancer Diagnoses
There is no consensus on the optimal method of primary tumor control, determined by preoperative clinical factors, during sentinel node (SN) navigation surgery for early gastric cancer (EGC). In this study, w...
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Postoperative Lower Extremity Edema in Patients with Primary Endometrial Cancer
The goal of this study was to investigate clinical manifestations of lower extremity edema (LEE) after lymph node dissection in patients with primary endometrial cancer.
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Comparison of Lower Extremity Edema in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer: Pretreatment Laparoscopic Surgical Staging with Tailored Radiotherapy Versus Primary Radiotherapy
This study investigated the clinical manifestations of lower extremity edema (LEE) in locally advanced cervical cancer patients treated with two different strategies.