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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...

Jan-Hendrik Egberts, Mark Schlemminger… in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2019)

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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...

Harald Schrem, Anna-Luise Platsakis… in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2014)

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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...

Ines Hellwig, Martina Böttner, Martina Barrenschee… in Journal of Gastroenterology (2014)

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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.

Benedikt Reichert, Alexander Kaltenborn, Thomas Becker… in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2014)

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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.

Bodo Schniewind, Clemens Schafmayer, Gesa Voehrs, Jan Egberts… in Surgical Endoscopy (2013)

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Recurrence of gallstones after cholecystectomy is associated with ABCG5/8 genotype

Gallstone disease is a frequent and economically highly relevant disorder, with cholecystectomy representing one of the most frequently performed operations world-wide. Gallstone recurrence after cholecystect...

Witigo von Schönfels, Stephan Buch, Maren Wölk… in Journal of Gastroenterology (2013)

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Value of the SOFA score as a predictive model for short-term survival in high-risk liver transplant recipients with a pre-transplant labMELD score ≥30

The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score has been applied for the prediction of survival in critically ill patients. We analysed the value of the SOFA score for the prediction of short-term surviva...

Harald Schrem, Melanie Reichert, Benedikt Reichert… in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2012)

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Incidence and outcome of abdominal surgical interventions following lung transplantation—a single center experience

Abdominal complications after lung transplantation (LuTx) are associated with a high mortality risk. Aim of the present study was to analyse frequency and outcome of abdominal interventions following LuTx.

Kai Timrott, Florian W. R. Vondran, Mark D. Jaeger… in Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2011)

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Comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma

Ludwig Wilkens, Martin Bredt, Peer Flemming… in Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surge… (2002)