Even after 2 decades of experience in laparoscopic hepatectomy, data on purely laparoscopic
approach for donor hepatectomy in adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) are …

Objective This study evaluated whether adding a preoperative single thoracic paravertebral
block (TPVB) to intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) would improve …

Background Patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have a poor oncologic
outcome. In this study, we evaluated the role and limitation of neoadjuvant hepatic arterial …

The mobile-phone market has changed from a new purchase market to a replacement market
when it is matured. At the same time smartphones come into the spotlight as an alternative …

Background Recent advances in technology and accumulation of surgical experience have
expanded the indications for laparoscopic liver resection (LLR). However, compared to open …

Purpose This study was designed to assess the outcome of the extracorporeal membrane
oxygenation (ECMO) in liver transplantation (LT) recipients with refractory septic shock and …

Lumbar sympathetic block (LSB) is an effective method for relief of sympathetically mediated
pain in the lower extremities. To prolong the sympathetic blockade, sympathetic destruction …

Technology opportunity discovery ( TOD ) is becoming increasingly important for identifying
technology opportunities so that they can be reflected in firms' strategy planning. However, …

Since the mobile boom has started to cause a traffic jam in mobile broadband networks,
forecasts on future traffic needs are urgent information for the provision of high-quality mobile …

The Glissonian approach, due to its simplicity of procedure, is a technical procedure widely
used in open hepatectomy. However, it is not easily applicable in the setting of the total …