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Browsing Surgery by Subject "SDG-03: Good health and well-being"
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(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023-06)BACKGROUND : Anorectal obstetric injuries resulting in anal sphincter damage (ASD) and rectovaginal fistula (RVF) remain a major problem. The resulting flatus or faecal incontinence is devastating. Surgical repair remains ...
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(In House Publications, 2022)Acute pancreatitis refers to acute inflammation of the pancreas, usually accompanied by abdominal pain and elevations of serum pancreatic enzymes. This syndrome is usually a discrete episode which causes varying degrees ...
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(AVES, 2023-03)The size of adrenal incidentalomas has important implications for diagnosis and management. Recommendations from endocrine societies do not all correlate with regard to adrenal incidentaloma size. Therefore, the aim was ...
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(Elsevier, 2022)Precision medicine is the personalization of medicine to suit a specific group of people or even an individual patient, based on genetic or molecular profiling. This can be done using genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic ...
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(MDPI, 2023-08-07)Colorectal cancer (CRC) ranks as one of the top causes of cancer mortality worldwide and its incidence is on the rise, particularly in low-middle-income countries (LMICs). There are several factors that contribute to the ...
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(In House Publications, 2022)Chronic calcific pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive fibro-inflammatory disease of the pancreas. In its later stages it is characterized by both exocrine dysfunction presenting as malabsorption and steatorrhea, and endocrine ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2023)BACKGROUND : Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is a widely used diagnostic tool to evaluate salivary gland tumours. The Milan system for reporting salivary gland cytopathology allows for standardisation and facilitates ...
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(MDPI, 2023-07-03)A correlation between neutralization activity after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination and protection against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been demonstrated by several ...
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(MDPI, 2023-08-14)Prostate cancer (PCa) continues to be the most diagnosed cancer and the second primary cause of fatalities in men globally. There is an abundance of scientific evidence suggesting that the human microbiome, together with ...
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(Sage, 2023-04)BACKGROUND : Colorectal anastomotic leaks remain one of the most significant complications following colorectal surgery. Various interventions to reduce anastomotic leaks have been investigated, however few have resulted ...
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(MDPI, 2023-03-16)Angiogenesis, the generation of new blood vessels, is one of the hallmarks of cancer. The growing tumor requires nutrients and oxygen. Recent evidence has shown that tumors release signals to attract new nerve fibers and ...
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(MDPI, 2022-11)Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the major causes of cancer deaths worldwide. The disease is seldomly detected early and this limits treatment options. Because of its heterogeneous and complex nature, the disease remains ...
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(Elsevier, 2024-04)BACKGROUND : Diabetes foot sepsis (DFS) is the leading cause of amputation of lower extremities. Over 50 % of patients who have had major lower extremity amputation due to DFS are dead within 4 years following the ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2023)Acute limb compartment syndrome can occur with cytotoxic snake envenomation. Ultrasound (US) assessment of the affected limb has been suggested as an adjunct to the administration of snakebite polyvalent antivenom to ...
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(South African Medical Association, 2023-07)BACKGROUND : The association between human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer is well established, and cervical cancer can be prevented through HPV vaccination. Little has been reported on the association between HPV ...
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(MDPI, 2023-01)Renal papillary necrosis (RPN) is characterized by coagulative necrosis of the renal medullary pyramids and papillae. Multiple conditions and toxins are associated with RPN. Several RPN risk factors, or POSTCARDS, have ...
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(Elsevier, 2024)A 56-year-old woman presented with a 2-year history of chronic persistent right upper quadrant abdominal pain that was associated with intermittent nausea, vomiting, and unintentional weight loss. She had been on ...
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(Medpharm Publications, 2023)BACKGROUND : Selective non-operative management (SNOM) is the current gold standard for the treatment of patients with penetrating neck trauma. The policy revolves around the liberal use of computed tomography angiography ...
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(Biolife Sas, 2023-09)Several studies have demonstrated the heightened prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) among young black men. Most of these men present with already metastasized CRC. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) play a pivotal role in CRC ...
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