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Authors’ Reply: Management and Outcome of Blunt Pancreatic Trauma: A Retrospective Cohort Study
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Management and Outcome of Blunt Pancreatic Trauma: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Pancreatic injury is rare, but it has a high mortality rate and its optimal treatment remains controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics, management strategies, and outcomes of pa...
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Open AccessPerioperative safety and prognosis following parenchyma-preserving surgery for solid pseudopapillary neoplasm of the pancreas
To evaluate perioperative safety and outcome of parenchyma-preserving pancreatectomy and risk factors of metastasis and recurrence for patients with solid pseudopapillary neoplasm (SPN).
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Open AccessSurgical revision for pancreatojejunostomy stricture: a case series of 14 patients
Pancreatojejunostomy stricture (PJS) is a rare long-term complication of pancreaticojejunal anastomosis. This study aimed to investigate the role of surgery in the management of pancreatojejunostomy strictures.
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Single-layer continuous duct-to-mucosa pancreaticojejunostomy: “how we do it”
Pancreatic anastomosis reconstruction is one of the most technically demanding and complicated procedures in general surgery. No single technique has been demonstrated to be superior to the others in the preve...
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Sub-adventitial divestment technique for resecting artery-involved pancreatic cancer: a retrospective cohort study
To introduce sub-adventitial divestment technique (SDT), a procedure to remove the tumor while preserving the artery during curative pancreatectomy. Peri-operative safety profile was also evaluated.
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Efficacy of Pasireotide for Prevention of Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula in Pancreatic Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Pasireotide was recently suggested for the prevention of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after pancreatic surgery. However, its efficacy remains to be controversially dicussed. Therefore, we conducted ...
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Comparative bioinformatical analysis of pancreatic head cancer and pancreatic body/tail cancer
This study is to analyze differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and mutation signatures of pancreatic head cancer and pancreatic body/tail cancer. Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (PAAD) RNA-seq data, mutation data an...
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Open AccessGallbladder tuberculosis in a dialysis patient: a case-report
The diagnosis of gallbladder tuberculosis remains elusive even to the most experienced clinicians. Our aim is to describe our experience of this rare disease, and to raise awareness of the increasing likelihoo...
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Open AccessCentral pancreatectomy for early-stage pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: a single-center case–control study
Central pancreatectomy (CP) has been applied for treating benign and low-grade malignant tumors in pancreatic neck, but studies regarding CP for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are quite limited. We ai...
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Open AccessPredictors of distant metastasis on exploration in patients with potentially resectable pancreatic cancer
Patients with potentially resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are frequently found to be unresectable on exploration due to small distant metastasis. This study was to investigate predictors of ...
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Afferent Loop Decompression Technique is Associated with a Reduction in Pancreatic Fistula Following Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is a major complication and main cause of mortality after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Afferent loop decompression technique (ALDT) has theoretical feasibility to reduc...
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Open AccessDownregulated miR-98-5p promotes PDAC proliferation and metastasis by reversely regulating MAP4K4
The aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) has emerged as important hallmarks of cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the differences of miRNA expression remain unclear. Many studies have re...
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Open AccessVasohibin 2 reduces chemosensitivity to gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer cells via Jun proto-oncogene dependent transactivation of ribonucleotide reductase regulatory subunit M2
Vasohibin 2 (VASH2) has previously been identified as an agiogenenic factor and a cancer related protein. Here we investigated the association of VASH2 expression and chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer.
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Diagnosis and surgical management of insulinomas in 33 consecutive patients at a single institution
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnosis and surgical management of insulinomas in a single-center setting.
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Open AccessMiR200-upregulated Vasohibin 2 promotes the malignant transformation of tumors by inducing epithelial-mesenchymal transition in hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) typically relies on tumor transformation and angiogenesis for its malignant behavior, including growth and metastasis. Previously, we reported that Vasohibin2 (VASH2) is preferen...
