Coexistence of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B and Chilaiditi Sign: A Case Report by Deniz Çetin, Mustafa Ünübol, Aykut Soyder, Engin Güney, Adil Coşkun, Serdar Özbaş, Alparslan Ünsal, Muhan Erkuş

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Miliary Tuberculosis-Related Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Complicated with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Syndrome by Sz-Jiun Shiu, Ting-Ting Li, Bor-Jen Lee, Pin-Kuei Fu, Chen-Yu Wang, Sz-Iuan Shiu

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Comparative Evaluation of Whole Body and Hepatic Insulin Resistance Using Indices from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Morbidly Obese Subjects with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Kamran Qureshi, Ronald H. Clements, Fahad Saeed, Gary A. Abrams

“…Methods. 113 morbidly obese, nondiabetic subjects who underwent gastric bypass surgery and intraoperative liver biopsy were included in the study. …”
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Clinical and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiographic Features in Patients with Postcataract Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Endophthalmitis by Lu Chen, Dahui Ma, Jieting She, Miaohong Chen, Jian Zeng, Jiantao Wang, Guoming Zhang

“…To report the clinical presentations and optical coherence tomography (OCT) angiographic features of patients with postcataract surgery endophthalmitis due to Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. …”
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Gold Nanorod Bioconjugates for Active Tumor Targeting and Photothermal Therapy by Hadiyah N. Green, Dmitry V. Martyshkin, Cynthia M. Rodenburg, Eben L. Rosenthal, Sergey B. Mirov

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Brain Symmetry Index in Healthy and Stroke Patients for Assessment and Prognosis by Andrei Agius Anastasi, Owen Falzon, Kenneth Camilleri, Malcolm Vella, Richard Muscat

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Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Secondary to Dropped Head Syndrome: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature by Abolfazl Rahimizadeh, Housain F. Soufiani, Saghayegh Rahimizadeh

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Arterio-ureteral fistula: A case-based review of significant hematuria by Roberto Cunha, Manuel Silva, Pedro Sousa, Mafalda Correia, Isabel Vieira, Isabel Cássio, Nelson Oliveira, Emanuel Dias

“…Most AUFs are secondary to malignancy or extensive pelvic/ vascular surgery CASE REPORT: A case of an 84-year-old patient who developed significant hematuria 4 months after pelvic surgery due to urothelial carcinoma is presented. …”
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Resistin as a Prooxidant Factor and Predictor of Endothelium Damage in Patients with Mild Acute Pancreatitis Exposed to Tobacco Smoke Xenobiotics by Milena Ściskalska, Grzegorz Marek, Zygmunt Grzebieniak, Halina Milnerowicz

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Phacoemulsification and polymethylmethacrylate intraocular lens implantation. Prevention of postsurgical astigmatism through scleral approach by José Guillermo Martínez Urbay, Keilym Artiles Martínez, Neyda Alina González Pérez, Noel Lascaiba Rojas

“…Phacoemulsification is the preferred surgical technique among Anterior Segment Ophthalmic Surgery Specialists worldwide. Objective: to find a viable option to perform cataract surgery using the phacoemulsification technique in the absence of foldable intraocular lenses and to evaluate the induction of astigmatism after this variation. …”
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Acemannan Induced Bone Regeneration in Lateral Sinus Augmentation Based on Cone Beam Computed Tomographic and Histopathological Evaluation by Hai Anh Trinh, Van Viet Dam, Wijit Banlunara, Polkit Sangvanich, Pasutha Thunyakitpisal

“…Our findings suggest that an acemannan sponge could be a biomaterial for inducing bone formation in sinus lift surgery.…”
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Retrograde recanalization of chronic coronary occlusion by S.М. Furkalo

“…Thus, potential candidates for retrograde recanalization of CТO are рatients after failed attempt of recanalization with clear indications and motivated to implement PCI; with refractory angina and CТO of native coronary arteries after CABG; single-vessel coronary artery disease (right coronary artery, RCA or left anterior disease, LAD) with preserved left ventricular function and preserved kidney; patients with multivessel disease and related comorbidity making coronary artery bypass surgery impossible. Since 2007, 102 retrograde recanalizations of CТO were performed with total efficiency 64.3 %. …”
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Air-Liquid Exchange by Free Hand and One Needle for Unhealed Macular Hole by Haishuang Lin, Yiting Ji, Luqi Xia, Bo Lin, Zhihua Li, Zhixiang Hu, Ronghan Wu

“…To report the treatment of 7 cases of unsealed hole after macular hole surgery with air-fluid exchange. Methods. Retrospective case series. …”
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Cardiac Failure after Liver Transplantation Requiring a Biventricular Assist Device by Rita Jermyn, Eiei Soe, David D’Alessandro, Julia Shin, William Jakobleff, Daniel Schwartz, Milan Kinkhabwala, Paul J. Gaglio

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Cytokines in Pericardial Effusion of Patients with Inflammatory Pericardial Disease by Konstantinos Karatolios, Rainer Moosdorf, Bernhard Maisch, Sabine Pankuweit

“…We assessed pericardial and serum levels of VEGF, bFGF, IL-1β and TNF-α by ELISA in patients with inflammatory pericardial effusion (PE) of autoreactive (𝑛=22) and viral (𝑛=11) origin, and for control in pericardial fluid (PF) and serum (𝑛=26) of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Results. VEGF levels were significantly higher in patients with autoreactive and viral PE than in patients with CAD in both PE (𝑃=0,006 for autoreactive and 𝑃<0,001 for viral PE) and serum (𝑃<0,001 for autoreactive and 𝑃<0,001 for viral PE). …”
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Urachal Carcinoma with Peritoneal Dissemination Treated with Chemotherapy and Surgical Resection Leading to Prolonged Survival with No Recurrence by Masato Yasui, Ryosuke Jikuya, Tomoyuki Tatenuma, Kentaro Muraoka, Susumu Umemoto, Masaki Kawai, Tsutomu Kouno, Takeshi Kishida

“…Although pathological examination confirmed peritoneal dissemination, his tumor markers normalized soon after surgery. The patient has survived 62 months after surgery without any adjuvant therapy and with no evidence of recurrence. …”
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Adenocarcinoma with Neuroendocrine Differentiation of the Colon Accompanying Osteoclast-Like Giant Cells by Mitsuhiro Tachibana, Tadahiro Isono, Yutaka Tsutsumi

“…The patient died 16 months after surgery. Conclusion. This is the first report of colonic adenocarcinoma with neuroendocrine differentiation accompanying OGCs. …”
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Impact of diabetes mellitus on dental implants: A cross sectional controlled clinical study. by Rezhna Muhammed Hamad-Ameen, Othman Abu-Bakr Omer

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Comparative Study of Protein Expression Levels of Five Plaque Biomarkers and Relation with Carotid Plaque Type Classification in Patients after Carotid Endarterectomy by Konstantinos Kyriakidis, Pavlos Antoniadis, Sohail Choksy, Rigini M. Papi

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Ureteral Injury with Delayed Massive Hematuria after Transvaginal Ultrasound-Guided Oocyte Retrieval by Tanja Burnik Papler, Eda Vrtačnik Bokal, Vesna Šalamun, Dejan Galič, Tomaž Smrkolj, Nina Jančar

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