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Warm ischemia time does not correlate with recipient graft function in laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Background: Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) has been shown to be a safe and effective option for renal procurement. Studies comparing open nephrectomy and hand-assisted laparoscopy h...
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Small bowel obstruction after laparoscopic donor nephrectomy
Background: Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy has become the procedure of choice for kidney procurement at many centers worldwide. A decrease in postoperative pain and length of stay, a faster return to work...
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Impact of upper endoscopic survey during percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
Background: No consensus exists concerning the utility of a full diagnostic upper endoscopy during percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement. We evaluate the effect of a complete survey on ident...
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Laparoscopic right donor nephrectomy
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Laser Spectroscopy of the 2S Lamb Shift in Hydrogenic Silicon
Transitions in highly charged ions are particularly sensitive to QED effects, which scale rapidly with atomic number, Z. An experiment to determine the 2S Lamb shift in hydrogenic silicon, using ions trapped in t...
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Opportunistic upper gastrointestinal infection in transplant recipients
Opportunistic infection of the upper gastrointestinal tract by cytomegalovirus (CMV) or invasive fungal infection was studied in 219 consecutive kidney and kidney/pancreas transplant recipients with regard to ...
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Symptomatic double-channel pylorus
A patient with a previous vagotomy and pyloroplasty was evaluated for symptoms of gastric outlet obstruction. Endoscopy revealed a thick, fibrous bridge that created a dual-channel pylorus. Symptomatic improve...
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More on ERCP and laparoscopic cholecystectomy
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Frequency Metrology and the Fundamental Physical Constants
The fundamental physical constants of the twentieth century have conventionally comprised the group: c, e, m e, m p, h, N A, k and G. This group involves all of the base ...
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Heterogeneity vs. Asynchrony of Receptor Expression in Breast Cancer as Determined by Monoclonal Antibodies
The availability of monoclonal antibodies directed against estrogen and progesterone receptor proteins have made immunohistochemical study of these proteins in human breast tissue possible. Semiquantitative im...