This study assessed optimal management of colonic diverticulitis as functions disease location and severity factors associated with complicated diverticulitis.This retrospective review analyzed 202 patients diagnosed between 2007 2014 at Chonbuk National University Hospital, South Korea, by using abdominopelvic computed tomography. Diverticulitis was determined, categorized the modified Hinchey classification.Patients included 108 males (53.5%) 94 females (46.5%); these, 167 (82.7%) were...

Abstract Background Although right colonic diverticulitis is more common than sigmoid diverticulitis, and its incidence has been increasing in Asian countries, there no definitive treatment strategy for diverticulitis. This retrospective clinical study assessed the effect of conservative management patients with Methods Of 169 who were diagnosed at C honbuk N ational U niversity H ospital, S outh K orea, from 2005 to 2012, 152 evaluated by abdominopelvic computed tomography ( CT ) managed...

Background Exposure to cigarette smoking (CS) is a major risk factor for the development of lung cancer. CS known cause oxidative DNA damage and mutation tumor-related genes, these factors are involved in carcinogenesis. 8-Hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) considered be reliable biomarker damage. Increased levels 8-OHdG associated with number pathological conditions, including There no reports on expression by immunohistochemistry non-small cell cancer (NSCLC). Methods We investigated p53 203...

Paragonimiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the lung fluke, Paragonimus spp. Lung flukes may be found in various organs, such as brain, peritoneum, subcutaneous tissues, and retroperitoneum, other than lungs. Abdominal paragonimiasis raises considerable diagnostic challenge to clinicians, because it uncommon confused with abdominopelvic inflammatory diseases, particularly peritoneal tuberculosis, carcinomatosis. Also, does not easily bring up clinical suspicion, due its rarity. We herein...

Painful pelvic and spinal bone metastases are a considerable challenge for doctors patients. Conventional therapies include morphine-equivalent medication (MeM) local radiotherapy (RT), but these interventions not always successful. More recently, hyperthermia (HT) has been applied to complement RT MeM, this complex approach shown promising synergistic results. The objective of our study was present the results combined with special kind HT (modulated electrohyperthermia, mEHT), in which...

The management of primary tumors in patients with stage IV colorectal cancer remains unclear. This meta-analysis evaluated the survival benefits tumor resection (PTR) unresectable era modern chemotherapy.Multiple comprehensive databases were searched for studies comparing outcomes metastatic who did and not undergo PTR. Outcome data pooled, overall effect size was calculated using random models.Seventeen nonrandomized involving 18,863 met inclusion criteria. Meta-analysis showed that PTR...

Cyclins are overexpressed in various malignancies, including carcinoma of the colorectum, esophagus, lung, larynx, and breast. However, to authors' knowledge, protein levels activities cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), which functional cyclin partners cell cycle, have not been investigated previously.Eight samples cancer tissue adjacent normal were taken from 23 patients with Stage B2-C1 (AJCC/UICC II-III) colorectal during curative resection. The CDKs determined by Western blot analysis....

A major concern in operating a diesel engine is how to reduce the soot emission from exhaust gases, as has negative effect on both human health and environment. More stringent regulations make particulate filter (DPF) an indispensable after-treatment component gases. The most important issue developing effective DPF, however, regeneration technology oxidize trapped filter, either periodically or continuously, during regular operations. Various methods exist for regenerating captured by...

Cholecystocolic fistula secondary to gallbladder carcinoma is extremely rare and has been reported in very few studies.Most cholecystocolic fistulae are late complications of gallstone disease, but can also develop following the when necrotic tumor penetrates into adjacent colon.Although no currently available imaging technique shown great accuracy recognizing fistula, abdominopelvic computed tomography may show fistulous communication anatomical details.Herein we report an unusual case...

Purpose The aim of this study was to compare survival in patients that underwent palliative resection treatment versus non-resection for incurable colorectal cancer (ICRC). Methods case records 201 with ICRC between January 2000 and December 2009 were reviewed. Demographics, American Society Anesthesiologists (ASA) score, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level, the location colon cancer, histology, metastasis, options median analyzed retrospectively. We divided into four groups according...

Purpose:The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and duration postoperative pneumoperitoneum on plain radiographs identify radiologic findings associated with anastomotic leakage.Methods: A retrospective analysis conducted 384 patients who underwent intra-abdominal anastomoses between March 2005 December 2008.Results: Of patients, 93 (24.2%) had pneumoperitoneums.Of 86 (92.5%) physiologic pneumoperitoneums 7 (7.5%) leakage.The initial air height significantly greater in leakage...

A solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a mesenchymal fibroblastic inside the pleura, for which complete surgical resection standard treatment. For large SFTs, preoperative identification of tumor-feeding vessels using angiography important achieving without unexpected operative bleeding. Extensive adhesions can make difficult in limited window, and pulmonary may be required to achieve SFT resection. Herein, we report successful pleural 39-year-old man any complications 2-stage approach, ligation...

Nitrogen (N)-doped titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanorods were directly synthesized via decomposition of gas-phase tetrachloride (TiCl4) by an atmospheric microwave plasma torch. X-ray diffraction, field-emission scanning electron microscope, transmission and electron-energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) have been employed to investigate fraction the anatase rutile phases, diameter length, chemical composition nanorods, respectively. The diameters are approximately 30–80 nm length is several...

Objectives Immunologic studies have characterized the numbers and types of inflammatory cells in diseased bowel disease (IBD) mucosa but yielded conflicting results regarding intestinal lymphocytes activation IBD. We investigated levels subsets, interieukin-2 receptor, transferrin T cell receptors mainly isolated lamina propria lymphocytes, including intraepithelial normal colonic or IBD (ulcerative colitis Crohn's disease) to understand pathogenesis from this study. Results 1) In comparing...

Background: Intracranial stab wounds are low-velocity, penetrating injuries to the brain and fatality outcome significantly depend on route, depth location of cranial penetration. Due effective barrier provided by adult calvarium, most occur through orbitae or temporal regions where bony layers thin. Self-inflicted intracranial an even rarer form traumatic injury, with common entry points being orbital space nose. brainstem mostly result in death, reported penetration areas pons...