Functional Expression and Characterization of Acetyl Xylan Esterases CE Family 7 from and .

Acetyl xylan esterase (AXE; E.C. 3.

Propensity score-matching analysis comparing laparoscopic and open pancreaticoduodenectomy in elderly patients.

There is little evidence on the safety and benefits of laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (LPD) in elderly patients; therefore, we evaluated the feasibility and efficacy of this procedure by comparing perioperative and oncological outcomes between LPD and open pancreaticoduodenectomy (OPD) in elderly patients. We retrospectively reviewed the data of 1,693 patients who underwent PD to manage periampullary tumours at a single institution between January 2014 and June 2017. Of these patients, 326 were elderly patients aged ≥70 years, with 56 patients allocated to the LPD group and 270 to the OPD group.

Solitary colorectal liver metastasis after curative intent surgery: prognostic factors affecting outcomes and survival.

Background: The aim of this study was to identify the prognostic factors affecting recurrence and survival in patients who underwent curative intent surgery for colorectal cancer (CRC) with a single liver metastasis.

Methods: Between January 2006 and August 2012, we retrospectively evaluated 141 patients for CRC with single liver metastasis underwent curative intent surgery for colon and liver simultaneously. Some patients (11.

Surgical treatment of mucin-producing cholangiocarcinoma arising from intraductal papillary neoplasm of the intrahepatic bile duct: a report of 2 cases.

Intraductal papillary neoplasms of the bile duct (IPNB) leads to malignant transformation and mucin production. Herein, we presented two cases of mucin-producing IPNB with obstructive jaundice who underwent resection of the intrahepatic lesions and bypass hepaticojejunostomy. The first case was a 69 year-old male patient with 5-year follow up for gallstone disease.