Total 1782 patients (76%) underwent a subsequent liver resection after PVE, which is an encouraging result comparing with traditional resection rate in liver tumor patients. Conclusions PVE is a safe and effective procedure with a low occurrence of related complications for inducing sufficient hypertrophy of FLR in liver tumor patients, which…[Read more]

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In November 2018, the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known commonly as the Iran nuclear deal, and imposed severe sanctions on Iran. This study explores the impact of US sanctions in Iran’s health research system.

This phenomenological study interviewed 24 Iranian health…[Read more]

5%]). Survival analysis demonstrated results in favor of ePLND (unweighted hazard ratio 0.77 [95% confidence interval 0.59-1.01], p = .056; weighted hazard ratio 0.75 [0.56-0.99], p = .044). ubiquitin-Proteasome pathway The causal mediation analysis confirmed the total effect of 0.77 (0.71-0.82). After disentangling this total effect into an indi…[Read more]

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is thought to negatively affect lung development resulting in increased respiratory morbidity. However, research performed in singletons is often limited by a certain level of bias caused by individual differences in genetic constitution, obstetrical and maternal factors.

Respiratory morbidity was compared…[Read more]