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Overall quality and oxidative damage in packaged freshly shelled walnut kernels during cold storage
In this study, the effect of passive- and active-modified atmosphere packaging (PMA and MAP with 70% N2 and 30% CO2) using semipermeable and barrier films on physicochemical and enzymatic properties and quality o...
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Present and Future of EBM in Inguinal Hernia Repair and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) means the adequate use of current, best scientific evidences in the process of decision-making about treatment of patients. In 2009, the European Hernia Society published the firs...
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Open AccessLack of advantages of slit mesh placement during laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair (TAPP): a single centre, case matched study
During laparoscopic trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal hernia repair (TAPP) the positioning of the mesh around the spermatic cord could provide an additional anchoring point and ensure better defect closure, there...
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Open AccessLaparoscopic treatment of abdominal unicentric castleman’s disease: a case report and literature review
Castleman’s disease is a rare lymphoproliferative disorder of unknown etiology that most commonly presents as a mediastinal nodal mass. It is exceptionally uncommon for Castleman’s disease to present in the me...
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Open AccessSimultaneous abdominal wall defect repair and Tenckhoff catheter placement in candidates for peritoneal dialysis
The presence of pre-existing abdominal wall defect (AWD) could represent a potential contraindication for peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment. We report the results of our 6-year experience involving simultaneo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to Select the Surgical Approach in Hernia Repair: Laparoscopic (TAPP) versus Open Surgery
Selecting the most appropriate surgical approach may requires multidimensional analysis, prioritizing factors spanning from the clinical dimension to the economic one. Multicriteria decision analysis may suppo...