Publications by authors named "Zirong Yu"

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  • Cholecystectomy, the surgical removal of the gallbladder, commonly includes routine histopathological examination (HPE) to check for potential pathologies like gallbladder cancer (GBC), despite some cases showing no visible abnormalities.
  • This study, conducted at Redland Hospital in Australia, evaluated the need for routine HPE by analyzing data from gallbladder specimens collected between January and December 2023, focusing on various factors including patient demographics, surgical indications, and cancer outcomes.
  • A total of 266 gallbladder specimens were examined, revealing a predominant female patient population and highlighting the distinctions between elective and emergency surgeries, with data suggesting a practice variation in HPE based on cancer risk and available resources globally
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Mesenteric aneurysms and their complications can be a life-threatening presentation of acute abdomen to the emergency department. The majority of mesenteric artery aneurysms are incidentally detected on imaging investigations and are asymptomatic. Symptomatic mesenteric aneurysms manifest as hemoperitoneum or abdominal pain.

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Bowel obstruction is a common cause for the acute abdomen with different aetiologies that shapes subsequent management plans. Small bowel obstruction often develop due to intra-abdominal adhesions in patients with prior abdominal surgery and for large bowel obstructions, more commonly due to tumours and lesions. Disruptions to normal intra-abdominal anatomy as seen in pancreatic-kidney transplantation or kidney transplant alone can result in increased risk of bowel obstruction-especially if the donor graft is implanted within the intraperitoneal plane.

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Mixed epithelial-stromal tumours (MESTs) are a rare biphasic tumour that frequently arise in women from the renal and urogenital tract. They are also seen in men but are exceptionally uncommon with only few cases reported to originate from the seminal vesicles. Malignant transformation of its epithelial or stromal components is possible; however, by in large, these tumours are benign in nature.

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The reductive tricarboxylic acid (rTCA) cycle was reconstructed in by introducing pGETS118KAFS, where (encodes α-ketoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductase), (encodes ATP-dependent citrate lyase), (encodes fumarate reductase), and (encodes succinate dehydrogenase) were tandemly conjugated by the ordered gene assembly in (OGAB). MZLF ( BL21(DE3) Δ, Δ, Δ) was employed so that the C-2/C-1 [(ethanol + acetate)/(formate + CO)] ratio can be used to investigate the effectiveness of the recombinant rTCA for in situ CO recycling. It has been shown that supplying ATP through the energy pump (the EP), where formate donates electron to nitrate to form ATP, elevates the C-2/C-1 ratio from 1.

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