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  • Long-term survival after surgical management of neuroendocrine hepatic metastases 
    Glazer, Evan; Tseng, Jennifer; Al-Refaie, Waddah; Solorzano, Carmen; Liu, Ping; Willborn, Katherine; Abdalla, Eddie; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2015-11-19)
    Background:  Surgical cytoreduction and endocrine blockade are important options for care for neuroendocrine liver metastases. We investigated the long-term survival of patients surgically treated for hepatic neuroendocrine ...
  • Longitudinal Study of Hypertensive Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 
    Bahous, Sola Aoun; Safar, Michel E.; Gnakaméné, Jean-Barthélémy; Yannoutsos, Alexandra; Thomas, Frédérique (2019-02-22)
    Despite adequate glycemic and blood pressure control, treated type 2 diabetic hypertensive subjects have a significantly elevated overall/cardiovascular risk. We studied 244 816 normotensive and 99 720 hypertensive subjects ...
  • Low back pain as perceived by the pain specialist 
    Abi Nader, Elie; Rizk, Marwan; Karam, Cynthia; Ayoub, Chakib (2016-06-09)
    Low back pain is considered to be chronic if it has been present for longer than three months. Chronic low back pain may originate from an injury, disease or stresses on different structures of the body. The type of ...
  • Lumbopelvic stabilization with external fixator in a patient with lumbosacral agenesis 
    El Hayek, Toni; Griffet, Jacques; Leroux, Julien (2016-09-22)
    A case of caudal regression syndrome in which rehabilitation was obtained by lumbopelvic distraction and stabilization with external fixation Orthofix® is presented. The objective of the study is to describe the benefit ...
  • Luteal supplementation in in vitro fertilization: more questions than answers 
    Hubayter, Ziad R.; Muasher, Suheil J. (2017-09-05)
    Objective To update clinicians on different regimens of luteal phase supplementation in IVF-stimulated cycles and to identify areas that need further research in this subject. Design Literature review and critical ...
  • LYVE-1 is not restricted to the lymph vessels 
    Nasser, Selim M.; Carreira, Carla Mouta; Di Timaso, Emmanuelle; Padera, Timothy P.; Boucher, Yves; Tomarev, Stanislav I.; Jain, Rakesh K. (2017-02-02)
    Lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor (LYVE)-1 is thought to be restricted to lymph vessels and has been used as such to show that tumor lymphangiogenesis occurs on overexpression of lymphangiogenic factors in ...
  • Macrophage activation syndrome in a patient with systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis initially treated for atypical Kawasaki disease 
    Wakim, Gerard; Hachem, Ahmad; Naja, Ahmad; Demachkieh, Rawan; Hariri, Essa (2018-12-20)
    Systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SoJIA) is the most common rheumatic disorder in children and its presentation can mimic atypical Kawasaki disease. The diagnosis of SoJIA is often challenging and children are ...
  • Macroporous Polyester—Covered Stent in an Experimental Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Model 
    El-Khoury, Joe; Otal, Philippe; Amin, Chauki; Delisle, Marie-Bernadette; Cerene, Alain (2016-06-14)
    Purpose: To validate a recently described animal model of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and to assess a new macroporous polyester—covered stent for endovascular AAA exclusion. Methods: Twenty adult sheep had AAAs ...
  • Macular ultrastructural features in amblyopia using high-definition optical coherence tomography 
    Al-Haddad, Christiane Elias; El Mollayess, Georges M.; Mahfoud, Ziyad R.; Jaafar, Dalida F.; Bashshur, Ziad F. (2022-10-14)
    Purpose To study macular morphology in amblyopic eyes using high-definition spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and to compare the findings with fellow eyes. Methods This was a prospective institutional ...
  • Major depression among young men who have sex with men in Beirut, and its association with structural- and sexual minority-related stressors, and social support 
    Mokhbat, Jacques; Wagner, Glenn J.; Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie; El Khoury, Cynthia; Abi Ghanem, Carol; Balan, Elie; Kegeles, Susan; Mutchler, Matt G. (2019-04-17)
    Guided by the minority stress model, we assessed depression and its relationship to structural and sexual minority-related stressors and social support in a sample of 226 young (age 18–29 years) men who have sex with men ...
  • Major hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma with or without portal vein embolization 
    Palavecino, Martin; Chun, Yun; Madoff, David; Zorzi, Daria; Kishi, Yoji; Kaseb, Ahmed; Curley, Steven; Abdalla, Eddie; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2015-11-18)
    Background Preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE) is performed to minimize perioperative risks of major hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but its effects on tumor growth are ill defined. ...
  • Management of ruptured dissecting intracranial aneurysms in infants 
    Rao, Vikas Y.; Shah, Krishna B.; Bollo, Robert J.; Mawad, Michel E.; Whitehead, William E.; Curry, Daniel J.; Dauser, Robert C.; Luerssen, Thomas G.; Jea, Andrew (2019-07-10)
    Backgound Intracranial cerebral aneurysms in the pediatric population are infrequent, and those occurring in infants less than 1 year old are extremely rare. Of intracranial aneurysms in children, dissecting aneurysms are ...
  • Management of Seat-Belt Syndrome in Children 
    El Hayek, T.; Griffet, J.; Bastiani-Griffet, F.; Dageville, C.; Pebeyre, B. (2016-09-20)
    We present our experience with a management of seat-belt syndrome in three children and draw particular attention to the severity of two-point fixation seat-belt injuries after a motor vehicle accident with 5 passengers ...
  • Managing Endothelial Dysfunction in COVID-19 
    Matli, Kamal; Al Kotob, Abdulrahman; Jamaleddine, Wassim; Al Osta, Soad; Salameh, Pascale; Tabbikha, Rami; Chamoun, Nibal; Moussawi, Ahmad; Saad, Jean-Michel; Atwi, Gibran; Abu Saad, Tarik; Jamal, Omar; Mokhbat, Jacques; Ghanem, Georges (2022-03-14)
    Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is associated with endothelial dysfunction. Pharmacologically targeting the different mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction may improve clinical outcomes and lead to reduced ...
  • Margin Status Remains an Important Determinant of Survival after Surgical Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases in the Era of Modern Chemotherapy 
    Andreou, Andreas; Aloia, Thomas; Brouquet, Antoine; Dickson, Paxton; Zimmitti, Guiseppe; Maru, Dipen; Kopetz, Scott; Loyer, Evelyne; Curley, Steven; Abdalla, Eddie; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2015-11-20)
    Objective To determine the impact of surgical margin status on overall survival (OS) of patients undergoing hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastases (CLM) after modern preoperative chemotherapy. Summary Background ...
  • A marking technique for intraoperative localization of small liver metastases before systemic chemotherapy 
    Zalinski, Stephanie; Abdalla, Eddie; Mahvash, Ameen; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2015-11-18)
    Preoperative chemotherapy is increasingly used prior to resection of colorectal liver metastases (CLM). Since some of these lesions may disappear or may be hardly detectable with intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS), we describe ...
  • Measurement of GFR for children and an LC–MS/MS method for nonradioactive iothalamate 
    El-Khoury, Joe M.; Gabler, Jessica; Wang, Sihe (2019-05-10)
  • Measurement of macromolecular diffusion coefficients in human tumors 
    Nasser, Selim; Brown, Edward B.; Boucher, Yves; Jain, Rakesh K. (2017-02-02)
    The diffusive transport of macromolecules in tumors is an important determinant of the delivery of many anticancer therapeutics. However, measurements of diffusive transport to date have only been performed in animal models. ...
  • Measuring gynecological morbidity 
    Deeb, Mary; Ghorayeb, Francoise; Kabakian-Khasholian, Tamar; Yeretzian, Joumana; Aswad, Naji (2016-11-23)
    The lack of consensus over the most appropriate source to use in assessing reproductive morbidity could, in part, explain the inadequacy of available information on the subject. To outline this situation, gynecological ...
  • Mechanical stretch and prostaglandin E2 modulate critical signaling pathways in mouse podocytes 
    Faour, Wissam; Thibodeau, Jean-Francois; Kennedy, Christopher (2016-05-09)
    Elevated glomerular capillary pressure (Pgc) and hyperglycemia contribute to glomerular filtration barrier injury observed in diabetic nephropathy (DN). Previous studies showed that hypertensive conditions alone or in ...

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