supported by the National Key R&D Plan(No.2017YFA0104304);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81972286);the Science and Technology Program of Guangdong Province(Nos.2020B1212060019 and 2017B020209004).
Split liver transplantation(SLT)is a procedure where an intact donor liver is splitted into two anatomically and functionally independent grafts,which are transplanted to two recipients.SLT can effectively expand the ...
To the Editor:Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortalities worldwide,with non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)accounting for most cases.[1]Photodynamic therapy(PDT)has been used in lung cancer for nearl...
To the Editor:In the very interesting report published in the Chinese Medical Journal,[1] a 42-year-old Chinese male patient who had not any previous history of cardiovascular disease,but only bee stings without any s...
Artificial intelligence (AI) had been first coined at a famous Dartmouth College conference in 1956. AI is gradually interrelated with all disciplines, and also permeates all aspects of the medical field. In the early...
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a life threatening respiratory failure due to lung injury from a variety of precipitants.Mechanical ventilation (MV) is the foundation in the supportive management of ...
This research was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81170849) and the Fundamental Research Funds of State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology (No. 2011 C02).
Objective To review the updated research on neuroprotection in glaucoma, and summarize the potential agents investigated so far. Data sources The data in this review were collected from PubMed and Google Scholar datab...
It is well recognized that any disruptive innovation in .medicine looks at first unfeasible and unacceptable. It has been the case for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) as the project appeared totally u...
The goals of future development of endovascular aortic stent grafting were towards. extension of the proximal seal, preservation of vital branches, deployment, and low profile delivery ease of systems. Fenestrated aor...
Objective Robot-assisted endoscopic surgery has been increasingly accepted because of its unique three-dimensional vision and precise simulation-based technology. However, the utilization of robotic systems in thyroid...
Many interesting stories in this book tell how Chinese cardiothoracic surgery developed from its embryonic stage to maturity or to the present status after overcoming numerous difficulties which were partly due to the...