AIM: To determine if efficacy of chemotherapy on liver metastasis of gastrointestinal tract cancer can be predicted by apparent diffusion coefficient(ADC) value
Gossypiboma is a surgical sponge that is retained in the body after the operation. A 39-year-old female presented with vague lower abdominal pain, fever, and re
AIM: To investigate whether the regulation of aquaporin 3(AQP3) and AQP9 induced by Auphen and dibutyryl c AMP(dbc AMP) inhibits hepatic tumorigenesis. METHODS:
Type Ⅳ paraesophageal hernia(PEH) is very rare, and is characterized by the intrathoracic herniation of the abdominal viscera other than the stomach into the c
@Yun Qian$Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University!Hangzhou 310016, Zhejiang Province, China$Institute
Alcoholic liver disease is an established, yet controversial, indication for liver transplantation. Although an abstinence period of up to 6 mo prior to transpl