Browsing by Publisher "Lippincott Williams & Wilkins"
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Benefits of suture reinforcement in laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019)Obesity is an increasing problem worldwide. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is gaining popularity. Although it has unique complications such as leakage, bleeding, and stenosis, it is a reliable procedure. A total of 1200 ... -
Characteristics of Turkish patients with elderly onset psoriatic arthritis A retrospective cohort study
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a chronic inflamatory disease characterized with axial and peripheral joints involvement. It rarely affects patients older than 65 years old. The purpose of this study is to compare and evaluate ... -
Closing perianal fistulas using a laser: long-term results in 103 patients
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2018)BACKGROUND: Primary closure of the fistula tract using energy emitted by a radial fiber connected to a diode laser is a novel procedure for treating perianal fistulas. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the ... -
Comparison of the effects of dovitinib and bevacizumab on reducing neovascularization in an experimental rat corneal neovascularization model
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019)Purpose: To compare the inhibitory effects of dovitinib and bevacizumab for treatment of corneal neovascularization (CNV). Methods: Thirty-nine adult female Sprague Dawley rats weighing 180 to 250 g were used. CNV was ... -
The effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019)Obesity is associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease which is one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease. FibroScan is a noninvasive tool for liver stiffness measurement and controlled attenuation parameter ... -
The effect of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease [letter]
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019)In this study, our aim was to determine the changes in values of controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and liver stiffness measurement (LSM) after bariatric surgery. Our aim was not to make a diagnosis of liver ... -
The effects of diffusion and perfusion MRI mismatch on the admission blood glucose and blood pressure values measured in the first 12 hours of acute stroke
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019)Patients with severe stroke and salvageable brain tissue at admission, who have higher glycaemic and blood pressure levels, may have a risk of iatrogenic hypoglycemia/iatrogenic hypotension. In this study, we examined the ... -
Hybrid stromal vascular fraction (hybrid-SVF): a new paradigm in mechanical regenerative cell processing
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2022)Background:Enzymatic digestion of extracellular matrix (ECM) from lipoaspirate is the conventional form of harvesting stromal vascular fraction (SVF) called enzymatically digested SVF (E-SVF). Mechanical SVF (M-SVF) isolation ... -
Letter by cuglan et al regarding article, "Characteristics of intracranial aneurysms according to levels of coronary artery calcium"
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2019)We have read with great enthusiasm the article recently published by Cho et al.1 In their retrospective, cross-sectional study they investigated the relationship between the presence of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) and the ... -
A novel strategy to reduce the readmission rates in congestive heart failure: intermittent empirical intravenous diuretics
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020)Improvements in the medical management of heart failure have changed the course of the disease. However, mortality rates, hospitalization rates, and treatment costs are not at desired levels. Diuretics have been widely ... -
A palladium(II)-saccharinate complex of terpyridine exerts higher anticancer potency and less toxicity than cisplatin in a mouse allograft model
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)The main aim of this study is to assess the safety and antitumor efficacy of a palladium(II) (Pd)-saccharinate complex with terpyridine. To characterize the Pd(II) complex in vitro, its cytotoxicity was evaluated using a ...
