Survival Outcomes of Hepatectomy in Gastric Cancer Liver Metastasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Gastric cancer liver metastasis (GCLM) is a contraindication for surgical treatment in current guidelines. However, the results of recent studies are questioning this paradigm. We assessed survival outcomes and their predictors following hepatectomy for GCLM in a systematic review of studies published from 2000 to 2022 according to PRISMA guidelines.

Early versus delayed reconstruction for bile duct injury a multicenter retrospective analysis of a hepatopancreaticobiliary group.

Common bile duct injury is a severe complication. It is related to increased rates of morbidity and mortality. Early recognition and on-time diagnosis plus multidisciplinary management of this disease led by a hepatobiliary surgeon show fewer complications rate and best postoperative outcomes.

The maternal-fetal medicine fellowship match system: effectiveness at identifying successful clinician-investigators at 1 institution.

Objective: To determine if rank position on the match list of a maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) fellowship program predicted applicant academic success.

Study Design: The Thomas Jefferson University MFM fellowship program rank order lists and the results of the match were reviewed for 1991-2002. Evaluation of candidates includes an application, 3 letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae and interview upon invitation.

Reproducibility of fetal lung volume measurements with 3-dimensional ultrasonography.

Objective: To build a nomogram of normal fetal lung volumes and to assess the reproducibility of measurements using 3-dimensional ultrasonography.

Methods: Inclusion criteria were healthy women, singleton normal pregnancies, reliable dating, and 20 to 30 weeks' gestation. Exclusion criteria were discordance between clinical and ultrasonographic dating, patients lost to follow-up, and birth weight disorders.

Birthweight-specific neonatal mortality in developing countries and obstetric practices.

Objectives: To evaluate birthweight-specific neonatal mortality and perinatal interventions in major medical centers in developed and developing countries.

Methods: A survey was developed and electronically mailed to 13 medical centers participating in the Global Network for Perinatal and Reproductive Health (GNPRH). The ability of a center to provide requested data was assessed.

Folic acid supplementation use among women who contact a teratology information service.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the percentage of the women who call a teratology information service who take folic acid before conception.

Study Design: A pilot-tested questionnaire was used to survey women who called a teratology information service about their use of folic acid supplementation. Frequencies were generated by pregnancy status, age, race, and parity.

Prenatal prediction of lethal pulmonary hypoplasia: the hyperoxygenation test for pulmonary artery reactivity.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the predictive accuracy of a test for neonatal death from pulmonary hypoplasia by measuring changes in fetal pulmonary artery blood flow on room air and during maternal hyperoxygenation.

Study Design: Women who were carrying fetuses with congenital anomalies that may cause pulmonary hypoplasia were offered participation in the study as part of a comprehensive fetal echocardiogram. Each fetus at > or =30 weeks of gestation underwent Doppler measurement of the blood flow pattern in the first branch of either the right or the left pulmonary artery before and again during exposure to maternal breathing of 60% oxygen by mask.

Leptin in obstetrics and gynecology: a review.

Leptin, a recently described type-1 cytokine, is involved in cellular maturation and growth and appears to have a relationship to some obstetrical and gynecologic diseases. The MEDLINE database was accessed, and leptin-related articles published during the past 6 years were reviewed for their relevance to gynecologic and obstetrical diseases. The relationships between this cytokine and obesity, puberty, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, assisted fertility, and menopause are discussed.

Fibroma of the flexor tendon presenting as carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger.

This article examines a rare association of carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger produced by a single flexor tendon tumor. Examination and treatment is also discussed.