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Cervical Carcinoma in a Renal Transplant Recipient: A Case Report
(2016)
A range of cancer types, at increased rates, is described in renal transplant recipients receiving immunosuppression. Aside from immunodeficiency, heightened medical surveillance for cancer, lifestyle, and other risk factors ...
Coronary Flow Velocity Reserve in Burn Injury: A Prospective Clinical Cohort Study
(2016)
The authors sought to evaluate coronary microvascular function and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in burn patients. In this study, 32 adult burn patients with partial ...
Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplant Due to Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Should It Be Different?
(2017)
Objectives: Liver transplant is a high-risk surgery for cardiac events. The risk of 30-day major cardiac adverse events is estimated at more than 5%. In this retrospective study, we evaluated our preoperative cardiac risk ...
Expanded Criteria for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Liver Transplant
(2017)
Objectives: Hepatocellular carcinoma is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and is the third highest cause of malignancy-related death. Because of its typically late diagnosis, median survival is ap proximately 6 to 20 ...
Incisional Hernia After Liver Transplant
(2017)
Objectives: An incisional hernia seriously burdens the quality of life after liver transplant. The incidence of incisional hernia after liver transplant is reported to be 4% to 20%. Here, we evaluated incisional hernias ...
Seroma Cytology in Breast Cancer: An Underappreciated Issue
(2016)
The presence of cancer cells in postoperative drain fluid has been ignored when achieving local disease control in breast cancer. We designed a prospective study to examine the drain cytology and demonstrated malignant ...
Unusual Indications for a Liver Transplant: A Single-Center Experience
(2017)
Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the efficacy of liver transplant for unusual liver diseases.
Materials and Methods: The results of 476 patients who underwent liver transplant from 1988 to January 2015 were ...
Vascular Complications After Renal Transplant: A Single-Center Experience
(2017)
Objectives: Despite surgical and medical advances, vascular complications are still among the major concerns after renal transplant, with a reported incidence of 3% to 15%. We evaluated the incidence and management of our ...