Background and Objectives: Post-operative complications (POC) are new pathological phenomena occurring in the post-operative period and worsening the previous situation through their morbidity and mortality. Our aim w...
This study was reviewed and approved by the Meizhou People’s Hospital Institutional Review Board(Approval No.2022-C-36).
BACKGROUND Indentifying predictive factors for postoperative recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)has great significance for patient prognosis.AIM To explore the value of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriami...
The sphere of artificial intelligence(AI)is ever expanding.Applications for clinical practice have been emerging over recent years.Although its uptake has been most prominent in endoscopy,this represents only one aspe...
Background: The size of Hamstring autograft of less than 8.0 mm in ACL re-construction is one of the key factors that may contribute to the failure of the graft. In this study, we are going to assess the correlation o...
Supported by American College of Gastroenterology,Clinical Research Award 2022,No.ACG-CR-040-2022;National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,U01,No.2299170;Helmsley Charitable Trust,No.2352240。
BACKGROUND Evidence suggests inflammatory mesenteric fat is involved in post-operative recurrence(POR)of Crohn’s disease(CD).However,its prognostic value is INTRODUCTION Crohn’s disease(CD)is a debilitating chronic ...
Background: Surgery is a traumatic process that may subject patients to physiological and psychological responses leading to pre and post-operative effects. Preoperative anxiety, if severe may be associated with sever...
Objectives: MRI is the most sensitive modality for local staging of breast cancer. Herceptin receptor over-expression is seen in 15% - 30% of breast tumours, and is associated with increased aggression, poorer prognos...
supported by a grant from the 1.3.5 Project for Disciplines of Excellence,West China Hospital,Sichuan University(No.ZYJC18039).
To the Editor:Malnutrition is associated with an increased risk of complications after total knee arthroplasty(TKA),including persistent wound drainage,delay of wound healing,superficial surgical site and even deep pe...
Outpatient electrodiagnostic studies and intraoperative monitoring are essential tools for the surgical management of nerve injury.Decisions are based on the diagnostic certainty afforded by outpatient electrodiagnost...
BACKGROUND Presence of microvascular invasion(MVI)indicates poorer prognosis postcurative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC),with an increased chance of tumour recurrence.By present standards,MVI can only be d...