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  • Endoscopic ultrasound for early stage esophageal adenocarcinoma 
    Azar, Riad; Crabtree, Traves D.; Yacoub, Wael N.; Puri, Varun; Zoole, Jennifer Bell; Patterson, G. Alexander (2016-06-22)
    Background Patients often receive induction therapy based on endoscopic ultrasound (EUS)–identified nodal spread (N1) or deep tumor invasion (T3), although controversy exists regarding the role of induction therapy for ...
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound with Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) An Accurate Modality in the Diagnosis of Recurrent Lung Cancer 
    Azar, Riad R.; Shah, Somal; Sikka, Sanjay; Paradowski, Theodore; Ringold, Daniel; Maple, John; Battafarano, Richard; Early, Dayna S.; Edmundowicz, Steven A. (2016-09-27)
    Background: Despite surgical resection or chemo- radiation a significant percentage of patients with lung cancer develop recurrent disease. Although mediastinoscopy is a proven tool in the initial staging of patients, it ...
  • Endoscopic Ultrasound with Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) Is Valuable in the Diagnosis of Side-Branch Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasia (SB-IPMN) of the Pancreas 
    Azar, Riad R.; Ringold, Daniel A.; Shroff, Puneet; Sikka, Sanjay; Maple, John; Jonnalagadda, Sreenivasa S.; Early, Dayna S.; Edmundowicz, Steven A. (2016-09-27)
    Background: Pancreatic SB-IPMN often are discovered incidentally by imaging and mistaken for pseudocysts or other cystic neoplasia. Recent experience suggests that SB-IPMN may cause abdominal pain or pancreatitis and can ...
  • Endovascular recanalization in acute ischemic stroke using the solitaire FR revascularization device with adjunctive C-arm CT imaging 
    Mitchell, B.D.; Chinnadurai, P.; Chintalapani, G.; Morsi, H.A.; Shaltoni, H.; Mawad, M.E. (2019-07-12)
    In this clinical report, we examined a single-center experience by using the Solitaire FR Revascularization Device in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in which there was poor initial visualization of the occluded ...
  • Endovascular stenting of traumatic extracranial carotid artery dissections in the pediatric population 
    Chern, Joshua J.; Chamoun, Roukoz B.; Mawad, Michel E.; Whitehead, William E.; Curry, Daniel J.; Luerssen, Thomas G. (2019-07-11)
    Background Traumatic extracranial carotid artery injuries are rare in children. Treatment options include surgery, anticoagulation therapy and endovascular treatment. There have been only limited reports in the literature ...
  • Endovascular treatment of giant and large intracranial aneurysms by using a combination of stent placement and liquid polymer injection 
    Mawad, Michel E.; Cekirge, Saruhan; Ciceri, Elisa; Saatci, Isil (2019-07-08)
    Mawad, M. E., Cekirge, S., Ciceri, E., & Saatci, I. (2002). Endovascular treatment of giant and large intracranial aneurysms by using a combination of stent placement and liquid polymer injection. Journal of neurosurgery, ...
  • Endovascular treatment of high-flow carotid cavernous fistulas by stent-assisted coil placement 
    Moron, Fanny E.; Klucznick, Richard P.; Mawad, Michel E.; Strother, Charles M. (2019-07-08)
    BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Endovascular techniques are the methods of choice for the treatment of patients with carotid cavernous fistulas. We report our experience using stent-assisted coil placement for treatment of patients ...
  • Entrustable professional activities 
    Youssef, Nazih; Sood, Lonika; Emke, Amanda R.; Castilllo, Jean-Marie; Yeh, Daniel Dante (2019-05-10)
    Introduction The last 3 decades have seen significant changes in medical education and corresponding assessment of medical trainees. Competency-based medical education provided a more comprehensive model than the previous ...
  • Entry of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine into the rat brain 
    Riachi, N.J.; LaManna, J.C.; Harik, S.I. (2019-04-15)
    We studied blood-to-brain entry of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP), 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP+) and butanol in anesthetized rats using the indicator-fractionation method with right atrial bolus ...
  • Epidemiology and Survival of Colorectal Cancer in Lebanon: A Sub-National Retrospective Analysis 
    Chatila, Rajaa; Mansour, Joseph; Mugharbil, Anas; Nsouli, Ghazi; O’Son, Lana; Sayad, Edouard; Deeb, Mary E. (2021-10-19)
    Background Scarce data exist about colorectal cancer (CRC) presentation and outcomes in Lebanon. The aim of this study is to describe the characteristics of Lebanese patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, particularly ...
  • Epigenetic changes in diabetes 
    Stephan, Joseph S.; Al-Haddad, Rami; Karnib, Nabil; Abi Assaad, Rawad; Bilen, Yara; Emmanuel, Nancy; Ghanem, Anthony; Younes, Joe; Zibara, Victor; Sleiman, Sama F. (2016-12-15)
    The incidence of diabetes is increasing worldwide. Diabetes is quickly becoming one of the leading causes of death. Diabetes is a genetic disease; however, the environment plays critical roles in its development and ...
  • Epilepsy surgery in a developing country (Lebanon): ten years experience and predictors of outcome Remove selected 
    Mikati, Mohamad A.; Ataya, Nour; El-Ferezli, Jessica; Shamseddine, Alhan; Rahi, Amal; Herlopian, Aline; Kurdi, Rana; Bhar, Saleh; Hani, Abeer; Comair, Youssef G. (2016-11-11)
    We present our 10-year experience and preoperative predictors of outcome in 93 adults and children who underwent epilepsy surgery at the American University of Beirut. Presurgical evaluation included video-EEG monitoring, ...
  • Erratum to “Measurement of macromolecular diffusion coefficients in human tumors” 
    Nasser, Selim; Boucher, Yves; Brown, Edward B.; Jain, Rakesh K. (2017-02-03)
  • Estimation of stature from sternal lengths. A correlation meta-analysis 
    Yammine, Kaissar; Assi, Chahine (2019-05-06)
    Aim of the study: Methods based on the positive linear relationship existing between stature and long bones are most commonly used to estimate living stature in forensic anthropology. The length of the sternum and its ...
  • Ethylmalonic aciduria 
    Youssef, N.; Millington, D.S.; Ozand, P.T.; Hazzaa, S.; Rahbeeni, Z.; Al Odaib, A.; Mazrou, A.; Gascon, G.G.; Brismar, J. (2017-11-07)
    Five infants from 3 families, one Egyptian, two Yemeni, are described with a progressive encephalopathy, four of whom have been studied in detail. All patients showed vascular lesions of the skin, characterized by waxing ...
  • Etiology of end-stage renal disease and arterial stiffness among hemodialysis patients 
    El Ghoul, Balsam; Daaboul, Yazan; Korjian, Serge; El Alam, Andrew; Mansour, Anthony; Hariri, Essa; Samad, Salam; Salameh, Pascale; Dahdah, Georges; Blacher, Jacques; Safar, Michel E.; Bahous, Sola Aoun (2019-06-11)
    Background. Prior studies have demonstrated that conventional and emerging CV risk factors are associated with worsening arterial stiffness among end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis. The present ...
  • The Eurasian Heartland 
    Spencer-Wells, R.; Yuldasheva, Nadira; Ruzibakiev, Ruslan; Underhill, Peter A.; Evseeva, Irina; Blue-Smith, Jason; Jin, Li; Su, Bing; Pitchappan, Ramasamy; Shanmugalakshmi, Sadagopal; Balakrishnan, Karuppiah; Read, Mark; Pearson, Nathaniel M.; Zerjal, Tatiana; Webster, Matthew T.; Zholoshvili, Iraki; Jamarjashvili, Elena; Gambarov, Spartak; Nikbin, Behrouz; Dostiev, Ashur; Aknazarov, Ogonazar; Zalloua, Pierre; Tsoy, Igor; Kitaev, Mikhali; Mirrakhimov, Mirsaid; Chariev, Ashir; Bodmer, Walter F. (2019-07-18)
    The nonrecombining portion of the human Y chromosome has proven to be a valuable tool for the study of population history. The maintenance of extended haplotypes characteristic of particular geographic regions, despite ...
  • EUS Is Superior to CT and MRCP in the Diagnosis of Pancreas Divisum 
    Azar, Riad R.; Kushnir, Vladimir M.; Wani, Sachin B.; Hovis, Christine E.; Early, Dayna S.; Jin, David X.; Mullady, Daniel (2016-09-08)
    Pancreas divisum (PD), is the most common congenital variant of pancreatic anatomy, and is found in ∼10% of the population. It may account for up to 25% of cases of unexplained acute and chronic pancreatitis. ERCP, the ...
  • Evaluating Subepithelial Lesions in the Foregut 
    Azar, Riad R.; Kushnir, Vladimir M.; Hollander, Thomas G.; Kohlmeier, Cara; Mullady, Daniel; Murad, Faris; Edmundowicz, Steven A.; Early, Dayna S. (2016-09-29)
    The majority of foregut subepithelial lesions (SEL) are discovered incidentally during endoscopy or cross-sectional imaging. Consensus guidelines recommend performing EUS to further characterize and sample SELs. For suspected ...
  • Evaluation and management of complications from synthetic mesh after pelvic reconstructive surgery 
    Abbott, Sara; Unger, Cecile A.; Evans, Janelle M.; Jallad, Karl; Mishra, Kevita; Karam, Mickey M. (2019-05-28)
    Objective The purpose of this study was to describe the evaluation and management of synthetic mesh-related complications after surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and/or pelvic organ prolapse (POP). Study ...

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