Age as an Exclusion Criterion for Nonoperative Management in Simple Acute Appendicitis in Children.

Objective:  Nonoperative management (NOM) for simple acute appendicitis (SAA) is an acceptable mode of treatment in healthy children. Previous studies of NOM routinely excluded young children (< 5 years); however, the effect of age on NOM failure has not been directly assessed. Efficiency of NOM in young adults is questionable.

Evaluation of muco-adhesive tacrolimus patch on caspase-3 induced apoptosis in oral lichen planus: a randomized clinical trial.

Background: The study compared the clinical effectiveness of topical Tacrolimus (TAC) in patches or gel with Triamcinolone acetonide (TRI) gel for erosive/atrophic oral lichen planus (OLP) and investigated the influence of these therapies on Caspase-3 expression as a marker of apoptosis.

Methods: Thirty patients were randomly assigned into three equal groups to receive either topical TAC 0.1% patch twice daily, topical TAC 0.

Transanal ileal pouch anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis in children and adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: The incidence of pediatric onset ulcerative colitis (UC) is increasing, with increasing rate of children eventually requiring surgical treatment. Total proctocolectomy with ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA) is the preferred surgical treatment. Although transanal IPAA (ta-IPAA) is becoming widely accepted for adult UC patients, data regarding this procedure in children are scarce.

Bowel Resection Through a Single Umbilical Incision: A Case Series.

The advent of laparoscopy has revolutionized surgery. The surgeon strives to minimize incisions and their adverse consequences. Although laparoscopy has gained widespread popularity, several advantages in open surgery are thereby lost.

Advance toward isolation, extraction, metabolism and health benefits of kaempferol, a major dietary flavonoid with future perspectives.

As a major ubiquitous secondary metabolite, flavonoids are widely distributed in . Among flavonoids, kaempferol is a typical natural flavonol in diets and medicinal plants with myriad bioactivities, such as anti-inflammatory activity, anti-cancer activity, antioxidant activity, and anti-diabetic activity. However, the natural sources, absorption and metabolism as well as the bioactivities of kaempferol have not been reviewed comprehensively and systematically.