Laparoscopy within the urology field has undergone a noteworthy surge in popularity over the past decade,with particular importance given to renal surgeries such as simple nephrectomy,radical nephrectomy,donor nephrec...
This study complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the local Ethics Committee(Cantonal Ethics Committee Zurich,Nr.2016-00116).All patients signed informed consent for the procedure and the use of clinical data for scientific study.
Aims:Although the application of ultrasound-guided vascular puncture and Z-stitch hemostasis to manage femoral access has been widely utilized,there is limited data on this combined application in adult congenital hea...
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding is common and often needs timely intervention for optimal outcomes.Esophageal bleeding may occur due to local advancement of malignancy or bleeding from an arterio-oesophageal fistula.W...
This work was supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81570090).
Large animal models are essential to pre-clinical trials of pulmonary transplantation and bronchial anastomosis poses a great technical challenge to the procedure.Presented here is a simplified continuous two-stitch s...
supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81571553)。
Background:Clinically relevant postoperative pancreatic fistula(CR-POPF)is the most common and severe complication after pancreaticoduodenectomy(PD).Despite the development of numerous anastomotic surgical techniques ...
ERK (Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase) or MAP kinase is an intracellular signaling molecule. ERK is involved in regulation of various functions i.e. cell proliferation, cell migrations, cell survival and many mor...
A case of abnormal chordae of the mitral valve (MV) associated with systolic anterior motion (SAM) is not commonly encountered in clinical practice. Here we report MV repair via the edge-to-edge technique in a 56-year...
Pterygia are an extremely common ocular condition believed to be occurring due to proliferation and overgrowth of abnormal epithelial and fibrovascular tissue onto the cornea.They are characterized by cellular prolife...
There are numerous aspects and questions related to the use of composite materials for primary structures in aircraft where the structural integrity is the most important factor. This is especially true if the main co...
Rotator cuff tear is a common medical condition.We introduce various suture methods that can be used for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair,review the single row rotator cuff repair method with modified technique,and in...