NEAR-INFRARED CHOLANGIOGRAPHY CAN INCREASE THE CHANCE OF SUCCESS IN LAPAROSCOPIC APPROACHES TO COMMON BILE DUCT STONES, EVEN WITH PREVIOUS ABDOMINAL SURGERY

Abstract Background The treatment of common bile duct (CBD) stones with Waxed Gilets minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is more technical demanding than laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC), especially in patients with history of previous abdominal surgery, cholangitis or cholecystitis.Near-infrared (NIR) cholangiography via systemic or biliary tree adm

Tunneled hemodialysis catheter insertion is a common and important Shirts procedure.Clinicians involved in the placement or maintenance of tunneled catheters require an appreciation of their best clinical application.Although comprehensive guidelines are available, many aspects of the published literature on this subject remain uncertain.This Indoo

In the present work it is understood the unlearning as the voluntary effort made by firms to abandon the Calcium capacities that are not necessary to compete in an innovation system.Modeling and simulating unlearning makes it possible to know emerging behaviors resulting not only from learning, but also from agents unlearning who try to adapt to ot

Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of rare hereditary connective tissue disorders characterized by joint hypermobility, skin hyperextensibility, and tissue fragility.Short stature is defined as a height that is two standard deviations or more below the average height for individuals of the same age, sex, and race.The etiopathogenesis of shor

At the heart of cyber-physical and ambient systems, the user should permanently benefit from applications adapted to the situation and her/his needs.To do this, she/he must be able to configure her/his software environment and be supported as much as possible in that task.To this end, an intelligent “engine” assembles software W