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Large ventricular myxoma causing inflow and outflow obstruction of the right ventricle; A Case Report
Myxomas are the most common primary benign heart tumors, typically found in the left atrium, with only 2–4% occurring in the right ventricle. Clinical presentations vary widely, including congestive heart fail...
Detection of serum SNHG22 and its correlation with prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer
Lung cancer accounts for a significant proportion of cancer-related deaths in China, with the majority of the cases being classified as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study aimed to investigate the ex...
Surgical treatment of graft infection combined with aortoesophageal fistula after TEVAR: a retrospective single-center, single-arm study
Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) secondary to thoracic aortic endovascular repair (TEVAR) is rare and fatal. The author reports the treatment methods and outcomes of 10 patients with a TEVAR graft infection and a...
Thoracoabdominal aortic replacement in a 6-year-old boy with Loeys-Dietz syndrome
Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan- and Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) can lead to aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections in children. Patients with LDS often necessitating multiple aortic surgeries throu...
Uniportal left middle lobectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis: a case report
Situs inversus totalis (SIT), a rare recessive autosomal disease, involves the complete transposition of the thoracic and abdominal viscera in the left-right axis. Patients with SIT combined with lung cancer a...
Thoracoabdominal aortic replacement in a 6-year-old boy with Loeys-Dietz syndrome
Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan- and Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) can lead to aortic aneurysms and aortic dissections in children. Patients with LDS often necessitating multiple aortic surgeries throu...
SNAI1: a key modulator of survival in lung squamous cell carcinoma and its association with metastasis
Snail family zinc finger 1 (SNAI1) has been implicated in cancer progression and prognosis across various malignancies. This study aims to elucidate the prognostic significance of SNAI1 expression in Lung Squa...
Assessing the predictive efficacy of noninvasive liver fibrosis indices and portal vein diameter in predicting esophageal variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis
The objective of this study is to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of noninvasive serum liver fibrosis markers and portal vein diameter (PVD) in predicting the occurrence of esophageal variceal bleeding (EVB) ...
Role of Pericardial Patch in Neurosurgery: Institutional Experience
CONCLUSIONS: The use of a bovine pericardial patch as a dural substitute in various cranial and spinal disorders is feasible with good outcomes, and it can be considered an ideal dural substitute.