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Urinary System
Congenital anomalies of kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are common fetal congenital malformations, accounting for 1% of all congenital malformations. The overall incidence of CAKUT is 0.3–0.6% [1]. CAKUT may ...
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Enteroscopic Therapy Techniques
Enteroscopy offered the opportunity for the treatment of various small bowel diseases. In this chapter, we presented interesting cases with enteroscopic therapy in different conditions, especially in patients ...
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The Application of PRP in Fat Transplantation
The technology of autologous fat transplantation was developed in the early twentieth century. Fat transplantation, as soft tissue filler, has been widely applied in plastic surgery such as breast augmentation...
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Adjuvant Therapies in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Renal cell carcinoma is a heterogenous disease with differential outcomes among different patients’ populations. While a large portion of patients with localized renal cell carcinoma are cured with surgical ne...
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo Secondary to Hunt Syndrome
Patient, female, 61 years old. Complaint: Recurrent episodes of vertigo for 10 days. Present history: In the past 10 days, the patient had recurrent episodes of vertigo, rotating vision, unstable standing and ...
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Basics of Neurophysiology and Brain Network
There are about 100 billion neurons in the human brain. Each neuron has 2000 to tens of thousands of dendrites, which enable connections with other neurons (100–10,000 synapses in higher animals), thus forming...
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Teledermatology: Effects on Patient Referral and No-Show
Referral and no-show rates reflect accessibility and efficiency of a healthcare system. Given the shortage of dermatologists in the US and internationally, optimizing patient referrals and decreasing no-shows ...
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Diet Modulates Gut Microbiome and Metabolites in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most prevalent chronic liver disease globally. NAFLD is a spectrum disease ranging from simple steatosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), fibrosis/cirrhos...
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Research Applications of Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance (PET/MR) Imaging in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to changes in the local anatomical and pathological structures of the head caused by trauma, often from an external physical force such as impact or an external blow to the ...
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Role of Radiological Investigations in Diagnosis of Shoulder Disorders and Surgical Planning of Arthroscopic and Endoscopic Shoulder Surgery
Shoulder pain is a major orthopedic indication for imaging, with glenohumeral instability, im**ement syndromes, rotator cuff pathologies, and acromioclavicular joint pathologies being among the major underly...
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Clinical Features of Diabetes Neuropathies
Diabetic polyneuropathy affects 50% of patients with diabetes mellitus. It encompasses several neuropathic syndromes, the commonest being distal symmetrical polyneuropathy or ‘diabetic peripheral neuropathy’ (...
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Research Applications of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) in Neuroscience
The human brain, which contains approximately 100 billion neurons and more than 100 trillion synapses, is the most complex system in the human body. With the rapid advancement of related disciplines and techno...
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Respiratory System
Congenital upper airway obstruction (UAO) is a group of congenital lesions, which originate from oral cavity, pharynx, neck and even the entrance of main airway and pose a potential risk of airway obstruction ...
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Instruments and Reagents for Biochemical Analysis
Biochemical diagnosis is often used for the testing of basic items such as liver function, kidney function, blood glucose, and blood lipid. By measuring the content (activity) of specific biochemical substance...
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Correction to: Radiology of Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases - Volume 5
H. Li et al., Radiology of Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases - Volume 5 - Musculoskeletal system, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5003-1.
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Application of the BIS in the ICU
With the continuous development of modern medical technology and the increasing demand of patients, most critically ill patients need anesthesia, sedation, and analgesia due to disease or treatment. At the sam...
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Non-Surgical Aesthetics-Injection Strategy of East Asian Faces
This chapter focuses on Chinese non-surgical facial enhancement and anti-ageing. Facial assessment is briefly discussed, including the “facial three-curve theory.” Classifications for facial wrinkles and nasol...
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Application of Multimodal EEG in Sedation and Analgesia
Sedation and analgesia in the ICU are particularly important for patients. They can reduce human–machine confrontation and reduce patients’ stress response. Accurate evaluation of sedation is the basis for sed...
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Clinical Application of Multimodal EEG in Acute Ischemic Stroke
Acute ischemic stroke conveys high disability and high mortality and has created huge medical care and economic burdens to the world. The focus of acute ischemic stroke includes the ischemic central area and t...
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Intercostal Nerve Blocks
Intercostal nerve blocks have been used in clinical practice for several decades to treat acute and chronic pain syndromes. They have been historically performed using landmark anatomy but are now commonly per...
