Melatonin and cancer
Abstract Melatonin plays an important role in cancer (tumor growth and metastasis) through different pathways and may have therapeutic significance.
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Possibilities and limits in the treatment of congenital diaphragmatic hernia
Abstract Aim: to establish a therapeutic strategy that will improve the prognosis and increase the survival rate in congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Material and method: 14 congenital diaphragmatic hernias (incidence 1/1597 live...
Self-ingested intraduodenal foreign bodies – expectancy or surgical sanction?
Abstract Self-harm is a frequent pathology amongst psychiatric patients and in the penitentiary environment. Multiple self-aggression types are described, but, by far, the practice most frequently met inside the Romanian...
Surgical treatment of large median incisional hernia using the prosthetic mesh introduced behind the rectus abdominis muscle sheath procedure (Rives-Stoppa procedure)
Abstract A number of 77 large incisional hernias located on the midline of the abdomen were operated following Rives-Stoppa procedure, in a period of five years (2006-2011), in the Surgery Clinic I of the University Hospital...
Technical considerations and functional results in primary uncemented hip arthroplasty using short femoral stems through mini-invasive techniques
Abstract Primary hip arthroplasty is a surgical procedure through which the coxofemoral joint is replaced with a prosthetic implant. Arthroplasties can be total or partial, cemented or uncemented. These procedures are generally...
Intra operative lesion of the pelvic ureter solved in a minimally invasive manner
Abstract Ureteral lesions during open hysterectomy, vaginal hysterectomy or laparoscopic hysterectomy have a rate of 0.2% up to 6%. Multiple complications may occur if the lesion is not recognised intra operatively:...
Nephroblastoma – A 25-year review of a South African unit
Abstract Rationale: To determine the outcome of patients with nephroblastoma in a South African hospital. Objective: To determine if there is a difference in the outcome of patients with nephroblastoma comparing two treatment...