Background Insulinomas are rare tumours. Their clinical presentation, localization techniques
and operative management were reviewed. Methods An electronic search of the Medline, …

Current radiologic imaging techniques can be used to evaluate liver volume and the risk of
SFSS following LT and extended hepatectomy. Intraoperative techniques to predict …

… of anesthesia and endotracheal intubation, the abdominal cavity was accessed through a
1-cm supraumbilical incision using an Optiview trocar™ (Ethicon EndoSurgery, Cincinnati, OH, …

A large body of evidence suggests that cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is important in gastrointestinal
cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine whether COX-2 was expressed in …

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has recently become a feasible
option in the management of morbid obesity. The objective of this study was to examine the …

… student under Tucker, had generalized this result to prove that finite two-… Tucker recalls that
he first saw the matrix in Dresher's office on a visit to RAND in 1950. Somewhat later, Tucker …

This paper gives an overview of the advances made in the field of risk assessment and risk
management of geologic CO 2 storage (GCS), since the publication of the IPCC Special …

Background Morbid obesity is associated with a high prevalence of cholecystopathy, and
there is an increased risk of cholelithiasis during rapid weight loss following gastric bypass. In …

The two main histological esophageal cancer types, adenocarcinoma and squamous cell
carcinoma, differ in incidence, geographic distribution, ethnic pattern and etiology. This article …

Thermally driven escape from planetary atmospheres changes in nature from an organized
outflow (hydrodynamic escape) to escape on a molecule-by-molecule basis (Jeans escape) …