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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Surgical gastroenterology"”.
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An analysis of prognostic, endoscopic and transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic salvage shunting factors influencing rebleeding and death in portal hypertensive patients with life-threatening variceal bleeding
… and complex life-threatening emergencies in surgical gastroenterology. Over the past four decades the treatment of variceal bleeding has evolved and improved with the consequence that mortality has decreased substantially to current rates of 15 to 20% at six weeks after the index variceal …
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Control mechanisms of mammalian pepsinogen secretion
The objective of this thesis was to delineate aspects of the control mechanisms of mammalian pepsinogen secretion. In order to accomplish this goal, a comprehensive study was undertaken which would establish an historical perspective of the subject, validate appropriate methodology and then seek to …
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A prospective study of Clostridium difficile infection to investigate the impact of NAP1 strain in a tertiary referral hospital
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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Predictors of emergency colectomy in patients admitted to Groote Schuur Hospital with acute severe ulcerative colitis between1st January 2003 and 1st January 2013
INTRODUCTION: Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis (ASUC) is a life threatening condition which requires urgent and aggressive medical therapy to reduce mortality, morbidity and avoid surgery; the mainstay of treatment is intravenous corticosteroids. To facilitate this process it is essential to …
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Resection of biliary mucinous cystic neoplasms: Study of a single institutional cohort and a literature review
… aim of this study was to assess the outcome of surgical resection of BMCNs. Methods: Data from a departmental and faculty registered prospective liver surgery database was used to identify patients who underwent surgery at Groote Schuur and the University of Cape Town Private Academic Hospitals …
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A prospective randomised trial comparing plastic and uncovered self-expanding metal stents for palliation of symptomatic jaundice in patients with malignant distal biliary obstruction
The aim of this study was to determine the safety and clinical effectiveness of 10Fr plastic biliary stents compared to uncovered self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) for palliative treatment of patients with inoperable malignant distal biliary obstruction in a public hospital in South Africa. …