BACKGROUND Several studies found that early pancreatic atrophy detected by computed tomo-graphy(CT)within 6 months was associated with a high incidence of diabetes in patients with type-1 autoimmune pancreatitis(AIP)r...
RSL Queensland funded this study as part of the PTSD Initiative at the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation.;The Australian Government Department of Veterans’Affairs provided transport for eligible participants。
Background:Posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD)has been associated with volumetric and white matter microstructural changes among general and veteran populations.However,regions implicated have greatly varied and often...
The development of digital intelligent diagnostic and treatment technology has opened countless new opportunities for liver surgery from the era of digital anatomy to a new era of digital diagnostics,virtual surgery s...
the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness,Entrepreneurship and Innovation,No.T1EDK-03599.
BACKGROUND Liver transplantation has evolved into a safe life-saving operation and remains the golden standard in the treatment of end stage liver disease.The main limiting factor in the application of liver transplan...
Background: An accurate preoperative volumetric assessment of donor liver is essential for successful living donor liver transplant by ensuring adequate remnant and graft recipient weight ratio (GRWR). Methods: The st...
The cerebellum plays a key role in movement control and in cognition and cerebellar involvement is described in several neurodegenerative diseases.While conventional magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) is widely used for ...
Supported by a Grant-in-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)(No26461796) from the Japanese Ministry of Education,Culture,Sports,Science,and Technology
AIM To evaluate the diagnostic performance of computed tomography(CT) volumetry for discriminating the fibrosis stage in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD).METHODS A total of 38 NAFLD patients were ...
Aim:The present study was designed to evaluate the feasibility of preoperative liver functional volumetry performed by 3D-technetium-99m-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid-galactosyl-human serum albumin(99mTc-GSA)scin...
AIM:To identify criteria for predicting successful drainage of unresectable malignant hilar biliary strictures(UMHBS) because no ideal strategy currently exists.METHODS:We examined 78 patients with UMHBS who underwent...