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Primary angiosarcoma of the spleen is a rare mesenchymal malignant tumor of vascular origin often with a poor prognosis, due to its high metastatic potential. This disease often presents with atraumatic ruptur...
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Open AccessFOCUS harmonic scalpel compared to conventional hemostasis in open total thyroidectomy - a prospective randomized study
Hemostasis in thyroid surgery is of utmost importance for a successful surgery and an uneventful postoperative course. Our aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of the FOCUS Harmonic Scalpel in patients underg...
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Open AccessSpontaneous rupture of hepatic metastasis from small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of maxillary sinus
Small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the maxillary sinus, a rare malignant tumor, has a poor prognosis because of its high incidence of metastasis. Moreover, metastatic cancer-induced hepatic rupture, charac...
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Association between ABO gene polymorphism (rs505922) and cancer risk: a meta-analysis
Previous studies have showed that ABO blood type is associated with multiple gastrointestinal cancers, including pancreatic cancer. Recently, one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs505922 in ABO gene has been...
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Diagnosis and Management of High-Grade Pancreatic Trauma: Report of 14 Cases
The aim of this study was to review the diagnosis and operative management of cases of high-grade pancreatic trauma. A retrospective analysis was performed on 14 patients treated for high-grade pancreatic trau...
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Perioperative and long-term survival outcomes of laparoscopic versus laparotomic hepatectomy for BCLC stages 0–A hepatocellular carcinoma patients associated with or without microvascular invasion: a multicenter, propensity score matching analysis
To analyze the long-term oncological outcomes of Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer (BCLC) stages 0–A hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients associated with or without microvascular invasion (MVI) treated with lap...
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Open AccessRegulatory T cells (Tregs) in liver fibrosis
The ability of the human liver to both synthesize extracellular matrix(ECM), as well as regulate fibrogenesis, are integral functions to maintaining homoeostasis. Chronic liver injury stimulates fibrogenesis i...
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Laparoscopic and open liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma with type 2 diabetes mellitus: multicenter propensity score-matched study
This study aimed at analyzing and comparing the perioperative results and long-term oncological outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) treated with laparosco...