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Medicine & Public Health
Colorectal Surgery
Gastroenterology
Oncology
**ao Rong
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Postoperative Fever and Survival in Patients after Open Resection for Colorectal Cancer: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study of 2,311 Prospectively Enrolled Patients
Two reports on the impact of postoperative fever on survival after surgery in patients with colorectal cancer yielded contradictory results. Our study examined possible associations between postoperative fever...
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Postoperative Urinary Retention After Primary Colorectal Cancer Resection via Laparotomy: A Prospective Study of 2,355 Consecutive Patients
The risk factors for postoperative urinary retention after colorectal carcinoma surgery can be clearly defined. This study was designed to determine risk factors for postoperative urinary retention after color...
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Preoperative Plasma Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor But Not Nitrite Is a Useful Complementary Tumor Marker in Patients With Colorectal Cancer
Vascular endothelial growth factor and nitric oxide are both related to tumor progression. This study was designed to measure preoperative plasma vascular endothelial growth factor and nitrite levels in patien...
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Impact of the Cyclin D1 A870G Polymorphism on Susceptibility to Sporadic Colorectal Cancer in Taiwan
Cyclin D1 is a regulatory protein involved in the cell cycle of both normal and neoplastic cells. Polymorphism of this gene at codon 242 in exon 4 has impacts on risk of the early-age onset in several malignan...
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Massive Hematochezia from Acute Hemorrhagic Rectal Ulcer in Patients with Severe Comorbid Illness: Rapid Control of Bleeding by Per Anal Suturing of Bleeder Using Anoretractor
Massive hematochezia from acute hemorrhagic rectal ulcer can arise in patients with severe comorbid illness who are bedridden for long periods. If the bleeder is not found and treated immediately, the bleeding...
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Utility of 2-Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography in Managing Patients of Colorectal Cancer With Unexplained Carcinoembryonic Antigen Elevation at Different Levels
Serum carcinoembryonic antigen elevation without detectable relapse during colorectal cancer follow-up presents a challenge. This study was designed to evaluate the utility of fluorine-18-labeled 2-fluoro-2-de...
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Evaluation of Prognosis for Malignant Rectal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor by Clinical Parameters and Immunohistochemical Staining
The aim of this study was to identify associated prognostic factors influencing the outcome of curative resection of rectal gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
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Favorable Influence of Age on Tumor Characteristics of Sporadic Colorectal Adenocarcinoma
PURPOSE: Age is reported as a risk factor for carcinogenesis, even though age can affect cancer behavior both positively and negatively. Young patients with colorectal cancer reveal different tumor characteris...
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Angiomyolipoma of the Colon
Angiomyolipoma of the colon is very rare. Only three cases have been reported in the literature. Here we report the case of a 54-year-old male, who presented with a progressive abdominal cram** pain. We per...
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Reduced Expression of Serotonin Receptor(s) in the Left Colon of Patients With Colonic Inertia
PURPOSE: Serotonin regulates colonic motility via receptors expressed on neural fibers and smooth muscle. Colonic inertia is characterized by delayed colonic transit. Abnormalities in serotonin receptor protei...
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Expression of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Intra-Abdominal Adhesions
PURPOSE: Connective tissue growth factor stimulates fibroblast proliferation and extracellular matrix deposition in many fibrotic disorders. The aim of our study was to determine the expression pattern of conn...
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Risk Factors Associated With Posthemorrhoidectomy Secondary Hemorrhage
PURPOSE: Posthemorrhoidectomy secondary hemorrhage is a rare but serious complication after hemorrhoidectomy. The determination of risk factors for this complication may provide information to improve outcome....
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Effective Management of Posthemorrhoidectomy Secondary Hemorrhage Using Rectal Irrigation
PURPOSE: How to manage posthemorrhoidectomy secondary hemorrhage, a rare but serious complication, effectively remains controversial. This study evaluated the effectiveness of using rectal irrigation as an ini...
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Primary colorectal lymphoma
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to review the clinical presentation and characteristics of primary colorectal lymphoma, analyze the prognostic factors, and assess the results of treatment with adjuvant ...
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Foley® catheter-assisted endoscopic treatment of severe anastomotic stenosis following anterior resection of the rectum
Rectal stenosis following low anterior resection is common. Several methods of treatment have been described. We introduce a simple method for the treatment of anastomotic stenosis using a conventional proctos...
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Pathogenetic implications of DNA nondiploidy in colorectal cancers
PURPOSE: Several studies propose that proximal and distal colorectal cancers have a different pathogenesis. We tested the hypothesis using flow cytometric DNA analysis. METHODS: DNA analysis was performed in 7.....
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Valtrac®-secured intracolonic bypass device
PURPOSE: The intracolonic bypass tube has been used both experimentally and clinically to protect the anastomotic site. A newly designed intracolonic bypass, the Valtrac ® -secured intracolonic bypass, which con...
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Hemorrhoidectomy with self-retaining retraction
Hemorrhoidectomy is one of the most effective treatments for significantly symptomatic hemorrhoids. By placing the patient in the Sims' position and appropriately using the Hill-Ferguson retractor and towel cl.....
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Resection of liver metastases from colorectal cancer: Are there any truly significant clinical prognosticators?
PURPOSE: This study was designed to evaluate the prognostic significance of various prognostic factors affecting recurrence after resection of colorectal hepatic metastases. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Records of 54.....
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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.....
