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Comparison of different thyroidectomy techniques for benign thyroid disease
(JAPAN ENDOCRINE SOC, 2003)
Extent of thyroidectomy in the management of benign thyroid disease remains controversial. In this clinical study, three different thyroidectomy techniques were compared by means of the complication, short period recurrence ...
A functioning-desensitization paraganglioma which caused hemodynamic instability during tumoral resection: Report of a case
(SPRINGER, 2004)
Paragangliomas are uncommon tumors arising from the neuroendocrine elements of the paraganglia. Their successful management is associated with many problems. We herein present the findings of a 22-year-old man in whom a ...
Do vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor promote phenytoin's wound healing effect in rat? An immunohistochemical and histopathologic study
(BLACKWELL PUBLISHING INC, 2004)
BACKGROUND. This study was designed to determine the possible correlation between phenytoin and vascular endothelial growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor in the wound healing process. METHODS. Sixty Wistar ...
A simplified operative technique for single-staged resection of left-sided colon obstructions: Report of a 9-year experience
(SPRINGER-VERLAG, 2002)
Purpose. The operative strategy for left-sided large bowel obstruction remains controversial. Because a safe and definitive single-staged operation that avoided a colostomy would clearly be in the patients' best interest, ...
Peripancreatic tuberculous lymphadenitis mimicking carcinoma: Report of a case
(ACTA MEDICAL BELGICA, 2004)
Peripancreatic tuberculous lymphadenitis is a rare clinical entity and it usually raises serious diagnostic problems. We report a case of a solitary abdominal tuberculoma. A 45-year old woman was admitted to hospital with ...
Chlorhexidine gluconate: An ideal scolicidal agent in the treatment of intraperitoneal hydatidosis?
(SPRINGER, 2005)
Hydatid disease is a parasitic disease that is treated primarily by surgery. The most important complication of surgical treatment is spillage of the contents of the cyst, leading to secondary dissemination. In this study, ...
Inflammatory pseudotumor of the sigmoid colon by Enterobius vermicularis: A case report
(KARGER, 2004)
For the first time, we report a case of an inflammatory pseudotumor of the sigmoid colon originating from an infection with Enterobius vermicularis. A 42-year-old man presented with left lower abdominal pain, weight loss, ...
Isolated hepatic tuberculous pseudometastasis co-existent with adenocarcinoma of the stomach; Report of a case
(ACTA MEDICAL BELGICA, 2004)
A 10 x 9 mm metastasis-like lesion in segment V of the liver was detected, when a 70-year-old man was operated on for adenocarcinoma of the stomach. Since exact diagnosis of the hepatic lesion could not be made by frozen ...
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis associated with duodenal ulcer and pyloric stenosis: Report of two cases
(KARGER, 2003)
Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a rare benign condition affecting portions of the intestinal tract and is characterized by multiple subserosal and submucosal gas cysts of unknown etiology and nonspecific clinical ...
Management of frank intrabiliary rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst
(KARGER, 2005)
Background: Among the complications of hydatid liver disease, frank intrabiliary rupture is a rare complication. Our therapeutic policy and various problems that we faced in dealing with this complication are discussed ...