Long-term follow-up of a cohort with post sleeve gastrectomy leaks: results of endoscopic treatment and salvage surgery.

Introduction: Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is the most performed bariatric procedure worldwide. The most challenging postoperative complication is gastric leak. The objectives of this study are to examine the efficacy and morbidity of different therapeutic strategies addressing leakage, and the long-term outcomes of a cohort of LSG leaks.

Evaluation of the microstructure, optical properties and hopping conduction mechanism of rare earth doped BaCaRETiZrNbO ceramics (RE = Ce and Pr).

The current research work examines the impact of Rare Earth (RE) ion substitution on the structural, optical and conduction properties of a BaCaRETiZrNbO (BCRETZN) (RE = Ce, Pr) ceramic compound produced a solid-state route. The Rietveld method of the X-ray data revealed a tetragonal (4) structure at room temperature for our ceramic compound. The morphology of the compound was explored using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) as well as optical response and conduction behavior.

Outcomes of kidneys utilized from deceased donors with severe acute kidney injury.

Background: Significant numbers of kidneys are discarded due to raised terminal creatinine of the donor.

Aim: To determine long-term outcomes of kidneys utilized from donors with severe acute kidney injury (AKI).

Methods: In this retrospective study, we included all patients who received kidneys from deceased donors between years 2000 and 2012.

Fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging to improve diagnosis of normal and tumoral cytological pancreatic cells.

We investigated a simple and effective diagnostic method for normal and malignant pancreatic cells using fluorescence emission of endogenous and exogenous molecules in cytological cells. Fluorescence imaging was performed to assess the spectral properties and the spatial distribution of the fluorescence emitted by pancreatic cells. The results revealed quite different fluorescence distributions between tumor cells, characterized by perimembrane fluorescence localization, and normal cells exhibiting an intracellular fluorescence.

Giant right ventricular fibroma co-existing atrial septal defect in a 15 year old girl.

The most common benign cardiac tumours are the myxomas, the rhabdomyomas, and the fibromas, with the latter 2 variants being the most common tumours encountered in children. The size and location of tumours within the heart create a variety of clinical findings, such as murmurs, chest pain, tachyarrythmias, and congestive cardiac failure. Nowadays, the tumours are usually diagnosed by echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging and cardiac catheterization.