Gastric cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis has an extremely poor prognosis, which may
be improved with cytoreductive surgery (CRS) combined with heated intraperitoneal …

Radioembolization with yttrium-90 microspheres offers an alternative treatment option for
patients with unresectable intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). However, the rarity and …

Patients undergoing evaluation for solid organ transplantation (SOT) often have a history of
malignancy. Although the cancer has been treated in these patients, the benefits of …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), through their complex cargo, can reflect the state of their cell of
origin and change the functions and phenotypes of other cells. These features indicate …

Patients undergoing evaluation for solid organ transplantation (SOT) frequently have a history
of malignancy. Only patients with treated cancer are considered for SOT but the benefits of …

Osteoarthritis is a common progressive disease leading to joint pain and severe disability. It
is a complex multifactorial disease leading to damage of cartilage, deposition of …

Background Worldwide, more than 1.7 billion individuals may be classified as overweight
and are in need of appropriate medical and surgical treatments. The primary goal of a …

Background Islet transplantation is a recognized treatment option for select patients with
type I diabetes mellitus. However, islet infusions from multiple donors are often required to …

Purpose: Acute appendicitis remains the common gastrointestinal emergency in adults.
Single-incision laparoscopic appendectomy (SILA) has been proposed as the next evolution in …

Patients with acute and chronic liver disease present with a wide range of disease states
and severity that may require liver transplantation (LT). Physiologic alterations occur that are …