Abdominal wall defects and incisional hernias represent a challenging problem. In particular, when a synthetic mesh is applied to contaminated wounds, its remov
Background Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a high resolution noncontact imaging modality which can quantitatively detect the optic disc and retinal struct
AIM:To find if patients are interested in obtaining a video recording of their colonoscopy procedure.METHODS:We conducted a survey of outpatients presenting for
Objective: To investigate the association between KiSS-1 methylation and clinicopathological characteristics of gastric cancer and evaluate the role of peritone
Gastrointestinal tuberculosis(TB) is quite rare,representing only 3% of all extra-pulmonary cases.Blind gut and ileum are the most common gastrointestinal local
Background Most HCC patients with decompensation of liver function lost the chance of surgical and/or interventional treatment. The aim of this study was to eva
Background Estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer cells are more aggressive than ER-positive cells. Elevated levels of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and vascu
A microwave-assisted solid phase synthesis for endothelin 1 is presented.Reduced endothelin 1 was synthesized efficiently on Wang resin under microwave irradiat