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This prospective, randomized controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the effect of tube decompression of the stomach after surgical procedure on the digestive tract. One hundred and nine patients were randomly allocated to postoperative treatment with (57 patients) or without (52 patients)
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the incidence of extrahepatic collateral arteries involved in the blood supply to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and to assess the technical success rates and complications of transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) through the collaterals.
METHODS
1356 TACE procedures
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the analgesic effect of celiac plexus block with anhydrous alcohol in patients suffering form advanced abdominal malignancies.
METHODS
Ultrasonographically demonstrated and guided, 20 to 50 ml of anhydrous alcohol is injected into the celiac plexus and superior mesenteric
BACKGROUND
Peritoneal tuberculosis is very rare in European countries. However, its incidence is increasing due to the continued immigration of people from endemic areas affected by tuberculosis.
METHODS
The authors report a case of tuberculous peritonitis in a 46-year-old male patient from North
A 50-year-old man with diabetes mellitus with diabetic retinopathy, peripheral neuropathy, hypertension, and end-stage renal disease on maintenance hemodialysis, presented with persistent cough and hiccups, continued to be unwell with weight loss, poor appetite, and recurrent respiratory symptoms
BACKGROUND
Surgical complications in hair transplantation can sometimes be a serious matter. Most of the published literature on this issue deals with individual case reports rather than larger series of patients.
OBJECTIVE
The authors analyze complications in 425 consecutive patients undergoing 533