Effects of partial portal vein arterialization on liver regeneration after...
Background Hilar cholangiocarcinoma is a malignant tumor that is difficult to cure. BACKGROUNDThe aim of this study was to observe the effects of flow-controlled partial portal vein arterializations...
View ArticleEffect of high-dose rosuvastatin loading before percutaneous coronary...
Background Early loading statin therapy before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is associated with reduced mortality and periprocedural myocardial injury. The aim of this study was to study...
View ArticleMitogen-activated protein kinase signal pathways play an important role in...
Background Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is the most common malformation of children with an incidence of approximately 10% of congenital heart disease patients. There can be a wide spectrum to the...
View ArticleForeign body granulomas in the left main bronchus resulting from the sutures...
In this report, we present two cases of bronchial foreign body granulomas caused by the suture ties used in bronchial surgery for esophageal cancer. Both of them was hospitalized as “tumor transfer or...
View ArticleLiver transplantation for hepatic metastatic pancreatic insulinoma with a...
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are one subgroup of gastroenteropancreatic NETs. Its main characteristics are slow growth, frequent metastasis to the liver, and limited to the liver for long...
View ArticleInhibition of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in A549 cell by transfected...
Background Epithelial-mesenchymal transition is a cellular process characterized by the loss of cell adhesion, inhibition of E-cadherin expression, and increased cell mobility. Cells without Napsin A...
View ArticleReversal of multidrug resistance in renal cell carcinoma by short hairpin RNA...
Background Over-expression of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), encoded by the MDR1 gene, confers multidrug resistance (MDR) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and is a major reason for unsuccessful chemotherapy....
View ArticleManagement of multiple type II endoleaks detected by duplex ultrasound after...
We reported a case of multiple type II endoleaks detected by duplex ultrasound after endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair. The patient was undergoing warfarin therapy. Duplex ultrasound was applied...
View ArticleFive-level noncontiguous spinal injuries of cervical region: report of a case...
The incidence of multiple noncontiguous spinal injuries (MNSI) in the cervical spine is rare but has catastrophic consequences. The patient in this report was a 34-year-old woman with five-level...
View ArticleRole of the lung in the progression of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in...
Background Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in the elderly (MODSE) is a problem with high mortality in the critical care of elderly patients. The pathogenesis of MODSE remains elusive. This study...
View ArticlePrognostic power of abnormal cytogenetics for multiple myeloma: a multicenter...
Background Chromosomal abnormalities have been shown to play an important prognostic role in multiple myeloma (MM). Interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization (i-FISH) has been much more effective...
View ArticlePrimary Aspergillus spondylodiscitis in a liver transplant recipient
Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk for Aspergillus infections. However, the cases of Aspergillus spondylodiscitis are rare and mostly resulted from the hematogenous spread of...
View ArticleQuantitative detection of Streptococcus mutans and bacteria of dental caries...
Background Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is the prime pathogen of dental caries. There are few reports that studied the relationship between S. mutans, bacteria and dental caries in permanent teeth...
View ArticleEnhanced expression of proneurotrophins in elevated introcular...
Background Proneurotrophins such as the precursor of nerve growth factor (proNGF) and the precursor of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (proBDNF) interacted with sortilin and p75(NTR) to form a...
View ArticleMinimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion aided with...
Background Minimally invasive techniques are gaining wide-spread application in lumbar fusion surgery, because they may have advantage over conventional open surgery in approach-related morbidity....
View ArticleComparison of Topping-off and posterior lumbar interbody fusion surgery in...
Background Topping-off surgery is a newly-developed surgical technique which combines rigid fusion with an interspinous process device in the adjacent segment to prevent adjacent segment degeneration....
View ArticleComparison of adjacent segment degeneration five years after single level...
Background Cervical arthroplasty is indicated to preserve cervical motion and prevent accelerated adjacent segment degeneration. Whether accelerated adjacent segment degeneration is prevented in the...
View ArticleDetection of carboxyhemoglobin in patients with hepatic encephalopathy due to...
Background The heme oxygenase/carbon monoxide (HO/CO) system plays an important role in the development of hepatic fibrosis. The level of the HO/CO can be directly obtained by determining the...
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