A5051675160- Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes
- Liver Disease and Transplantation
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
- Metastasis and carcinoma case studies
- Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments
- Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Liver physiology and pathology
- Hernia repair and management
- Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
- Poisoning and overdose treatments
- Cancer Research and Treatments
- Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
- Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases
China Medical University
2008-2025
China Medical University Hospital
2008-2025
National Taiwan University Hospital
2025
China Medical University
2006-2017
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
1993-2002
Chang Gung University
1991-2001
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
1997-2001
Memorial Hospital of South Bend
2001
Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
2000
Expression of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP1), an interstitial collagenase regulating the extracellular matrix, plays a major role in carcinogenesis gastric cancer, leading cause death worldwide. In literature, single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) promoter -1607 1G/2G (rs1799750) at MMP1 gene has been reported to alter its own transcription level. While importance's genotype not yet studied cancer Taiwan, our aim was investigate genotypes and (GC) susceptibility central Taiwan population....
Background: pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a potentially life-threatening disease in middle-to-old aged persons. Objective: to compare the differences clinical features and outcomes between older younger PLA patients, identify predictors of patients. Design: retrospective chart review all patients July 1999 June 2007. Setting: 1,600-bed primary tertiary care centre. Subjects: total, 339 were enrolled included 118 ≥65 years age (the elderly group) 221 <65 non-elderly group). Methods:...
Purpose Chronic pancreatitis (CP) can cause fat or bile acid malabsorption due to exocrine insufficiency. Fat has been reported increase the risk of urolithiasis through increased intestinal oxalate absorption. However, no studies have an association between CP and urolithiasis. Methods We identified 15,848 patients (age: ≥20 years) diagnosed as having 2000 2010 from National Health Insurance Research Database study cohort. Beneficiaries without a history were randomly selected...
Background. Palliative gastrectomy has been suggested to improve survival of patients with metastatic gastric cancer, but limitations in study design and availability robust prognostic factors have cast doubt on the overall merit this procedure. Methods. The characteristics clinical outcomes 173 diagnosed between 2008 2012 were analyzed determine value palliative identify potential factors. Results. Median patient was 6.5 months. To attenuate selection bias, adequate performance time...
Background and Objectives Aggressive malignant thyroid tumors (AMTT) may mimic the clinical symptoms signs of acute suppurative thyroiditis (AST) in early course disease process. Our objective was to analyze features these two conditions, assess best way diagnosis, propose proper treatment. Methods We retrospectively reviewed analyzed 30 patients, who had similar pictures AST were managed at Chang Gung Memorial Medical Center Linkou, Taiwan, during period from 1983 1996. These patients...
A duodenal bypass after a Roux-en-Y gastric operation for obesity can ameliorate the development of diabetes mellitus (DM). We attempted to determine subsequent risk developing DM subtotal gastrectomy with Billroth II anastomosis (SGBIIA) peptic ulcer disease (PUD).We identified 662 patients undergoing SGBIIA PUD between 2000 and 2011 from Longitudinal Health Insurance Database as study cohort, we randomly selected 2647 controls population not were frequency-matched by age, sex, index year...
The objective of this nationwide cohort study was to investigate the risk peptic ulcer disease (PUD) in living liver donors (LDs). A total 1333 LDs and 5332 matched nondonors were identified during 2003-2011. Hospitalized patients as assigned LD cohort, non-LD comparison comprised age- sex-matched nondonors. Cumulative incidences hazard ratios (HRs) calculated. overall incidence PUD 1.74-fold higher than (2.14 vs. 1.48 per 1000 person-years). After adjustment for age, sex, monthly income...