An experience with 48 intrathoracic esophagoplasties in patients with "waning" stomach or its absence is generalized. The results obtained show that scarry-ulcerous damages of the pyloroduodenal and cardioesophageal portions, local surgical procedures, gastrostomy included, are not considered as deterrent factors for using the stomach as the plasty material for esophagoplasty. For the resected stomach or its absence the small intestine should be preferred in the formation of the anastomosis within the limits of the thoracic cavity and large intestine--when putting anastomosis on the neck. A complete clinical effect was obtained in 45 patients. Three patients died (6.25%).
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January 2025
Pediatric Infectious Disease Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Children's Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address:
Introduction: The prevalence of anti-pertussis antibodies among infants and children in Iran has not been thoroughly investigated. Given that recommendations for booster vaccines are based on national disease epidemiology, we aimed to evaluate the seroprevalence of pertussis antibodies among infants and children in an Iranian referral hospital.
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Department of Neurology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF UK; Division of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF UK.
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January 2025
Center for Medical Sciences, Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, Ami-machi, Japan.
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Laboratório de Virologia Básica E Aplicada, Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-UFMG, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
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Int J Mol Sci
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Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Bonn, Venusberg-Campus 1, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
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