Gastric cancer: biology and clinical manifestations in Israel.

Background: Gastric cancer (GC) in Israel remains incompletely characterized. The aim of this study was to define the clinical and pathological characteristics of GC in Israel and to compare them to the general Western population.

Patients And Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 461 consecutive GC patients treated at a single institution between 1995 and 2007.

Effect of early versus conventional epidural analgesia during labor on cytokine production.

Objective: To compare the effect of early epidural analgesia (EEA) vs. conventional epidural analgesia (CEA) on cytokine production in mother and neonate.

Methods: Healthy parturients with uncomplicated term pregnancies were randomized into two groups: EEA - parturients who would receive epidural analgesia before onset of pain and the control group, CEA - parturients who would receive epidural analgesia after onset of pain.

Metabolic syndrome in liver transplant recipients: prevalence, risk factors, and association with cardiovascular events.

Features of metabolic syndrome are not uncommon in patients after liver transplantation. To examine the prevalence and risk factors of posttransplantation metabolic syndrome (PTMS), the files of 252 transplant recipients (mean age, 54.5 ± 2.

Birth month and longevity - monthly birth distribution in acute coronary events provoked by atherothrombosis in patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Background: Human homeostasis is time related. Environmental physical factors also play a role. Recent studies published by the National Academy of Sciences (USA) describe human longevity links with the month of birth.

Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography for the accurate diagnosis of biliary complications after liver transplantation: comparison with endoscopic retrograde cholangiography and percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography - long-term follow-up.

Biliary complications after liver transplantation remain a serious cause of morbidity and mortality. Direct invasive cholangiographic techniques, endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (ERCP) or percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography (PTC), have procedure-related complications. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) is non-invasive, safe, and accurate.