Comparison of clinical outcomes following glue versus polyvinyl alcohol portal vein embolization for hypertrophy of the future liver remnant prior to right hepatectomy

…, SP Cleary, R Smoot, AT St-Germain… - Journal of Vascular and …, 2016 - Elsevier
… When looking at subgroup analysis of PVA + coils and PVA particles alone, this difference
… increase in FLR volume in this study was comparable at 53.4% ± 29.8, although our patient …

[HTML][HTML] The economics of recovery after pancreatic surgery: detailed cost minimization analysis of an enhanced recovery program

DJ Kagedan, KS Devitt, AT St-Germain, A Ramjaun… - Hpb, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Clinical pathways (CPW) are considered safe and effective at decreasing
postoperative length of stay (LoS), but the effect on economic costs is uncertain. This study sought …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of a clinical pathway on patient postoperative recovery following pancreaticoduodenectomy

AT St-Germain, KS Devitt, DJ Kagedan, B Barretto… - HPB, 2017 - Elsevier
… -based CPW for all patients undergoing PD at our institution, we aimed to improve the … in
successful uptake of the CPW at our local institution and at the other HPB centres in Ontario. We …

Can contrast-enhanced MRI with gadoxetic acid predict liver failure and other complications after major hepatic resection?

AF Costa, AT St-Germain, M Abdolell, RL Smoot… - Clinical radiology, 2017 - Elsevier
… The hypothesis tested in the present study was that incorporating these factors with gadoxetic
acid uptake will improve the capacity to identify patients at risk of developing PHLF. The …

Type 3 deiodinase deficiency results in functional abnormalities at multiple levels of the thyroid axis

…, S Refetoff, VA Galton, DL St. Germain - …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
The type 3 deiodinase (D3) is a selenoenzyme that inactivates thyroid hormones and is highly
expressed during development and in the adult central nervous system. We have recently …

Racial/ethnic differences in clinical trial enrollment, refusal rates, ineligibility, and reasons for decline among patients at sites in the National Cancer Institute's …

AT Langford, K Resnicow, EP Dimond, AM Denicoff… - Cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND This study examined racial/ethnic differences among patients in clinical trial
(CT) enrollment, refusal rates, ineligibility, and desire to participate in research within the …

Coronary artery fistula: a review

M Loukas, AS Germain, A Gabriel, A John… - Cardiovascular …, 2015 - Elsevier
… From its point of origin, the fistula usually travels posteriorly between the atriums and drains
at a point anterior to the superior caval vein. If it does not terminate at the superior caval vein, …

A novel patch assembly domain in Num1 mediates dynein anchoring at the cortex during spindle positioning

X Tang, BS Germain, WL Lee - Journal of Cell Biology, 2012 - rupress.org
… foci at the plus end of astral microtubules, suggesting that there might be a regulatory
mechanism preventing Dyn1/HC from binding to Num1 at the plus end without being anchored at

Recovery of metal values from copper—arsenic minerals and other related resources

D Filippou, P St-Germain… - Mineral Processing and …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
… Ultrafine grinding and ferric oxidation at atmospheric pressure, total pressure oxidation at
temperatures above 220C, and bacterial leaching have recently been tried on copper–arsenic …

The deiodinase family of selenoproteins

DLS Germain, VA Galton - Thyroid, 1997 - liebertpub.com
… that all three deiodinase isoforms contain at their active site the uncommon amino acid …
studies aimed at defining their biochemical features and roles in thyroid hormone economy. …