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  • Jou, Liang-Der; Mawad, Michel E. (2019-07-09)
    Stents play an important role in management of cerebral aneurysms. A stent reconstructs the parent artery, assists coil embolization, and decreases flow activity within an aneurysm. However, an in-stent stenosis often ...
  • Jou, Liang-Der; Shaltoni, Hashem M.; Morsi, Hesham; Mawad, Michel E. (2019-07-10)
    Objective: Coexistence of both an intracranial aneurysm and a stenosis at the same internal carotid artery is infrequent, but it may complicate therapeutic management of either disease. It is unclear if a stenosis plays ...
  • Jou, Liang-Der; Morsi, Hesham; Shaltoni, Hashem M.; Mawad, Michel E. (2019-07-10)
    Cerebral aneurysms carry significant risks because rupture-related subarachnoid hemorrhage leads to serious and often fatal consequences. The rupture risk increases considerably for multiple aneurysms. Multiple aneurysms ...
  • Abdalla, Eddie K.; Pawlik, Timothy M.; Poon, Ronnie T.; Ikai, Iwao; Nagorney, David M.; Belghiti, Jacques (2019-05-09)
    Background The role of hepatic resection in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and invasion of a main portal or hepatic vein branch is controversial. We evaluated the efficacy of hepatic resection and the factors ...
  • Brouquet, A.; Vauthey, J.-N.; Loyer, E.M.; Kaur, H.; Curley, S.; Abdalla, Eddie (2017-04-26)
    Background: The results of surgery for recurrent colorectal liver metastases (CLM) after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) have not been evaluated. Methods: From 1993 to 2009, data on patients who underwent resection or ...
  • De Carlis, Luciano; Pirotta, Vincenzo; Rondinara, GianFranco; Sansalone, Cosimo V.; Collela, Giovanni; Maione, Giuseppe; Slim, Abdallah O.; Rampoldi, Antonio; Cazzulani, Alberto; Belli, Luca; Forti, Domenico (2019-06-11)
    Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) and adenoma are rare benign hepatic tumors, and the standards for diagnosis and treatment still remain controversial. Usually adenoma is an indication for resection, due to its tendency to ...
  • Mullen, John; Ribero, Dario; Reddy, Srinevas; Donadon, Matteo; Zorzi, Daria; Gautam, Shiva; Abdalla, Eddie; Curley, Steven; Capussotti, Lorenzo; Clary, Bryan; Vauthey, Nicolas (2015-11-16)
    Background To establish a reliable definition of postoperative hepatic insufficiency (PHI) in noncirrhotic patients undergoing major hepatectomy. No standard definition of PHI has been established, but one is essential ...
  • Zalinski, Stephanie; Palavecino, Martin; Abdalla, Eddie (2015-11-19)
    Liver resection is the preferred treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumor liver metastases (GIST LMs) when complete resection can be achieved. Major and extended hepatic resections can be safely performed, and using ...
  • Abdalla, Eddie; Pawlik, Timothy; Zorzi, Daria; Clary, Bryan; Gershenwald, Jeffrey; Ross, Merrick; Aloia, Thomas; Curley, Steven; Camacho, Luis; Capussotti, Lorenzo; Elias, Dominique; Vauthey, Nicolas (2015-11-12)
    Background Resection of melanoma metastatic to the liver remains controversial. We evaluated the efficacy of hepatic resection in patients with metastatic ocular and cutaneous melanoma and assessed factors that could ...
  • Abdalla, Eddie; Noun, Roger; Belghiti, Jacques (2015-11-10)
  • Abdalla, Eddie; Pawlik, Timothy; Poon, Ronnie; Sarmiento, Juan; Lkai, Iwao; Curley, Steven; Nagorney, David; Belghiti, Jacques; Oi-Lin Ng, Irene; Yamaoka, Yoshio; Lauwers, Gregory; Vauthey, Nicolas (2015-11-10)
    The impact of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on survival rates after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is controversial. The objective of this study was to determine whether serologic ...
  • Chatila, Rajaa; Boyer, JM; West, AB (2019-05-30)
  • Chatila, R; West, AB (2019-05-30)
    In adults with diabetes mellitus, hepatomegaly and abnormalities of liver enzymes occur as a consequence of hepatocellular glycogen accumulation, as has been well described in children. During periods of hyperglycemia ...
  • Brouquet, Antoine; Abdalla, Eddie; Kopetz, Scott; Garrett, Christopher; Overman, Micheal; Eng, Cathy; Andreou, Andreas; Loyer, Evelyne; Madoff, David; Curley, Steven; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2015-11-19)
    Purpose Prolonged survival after two-stage resection (TSR) of advanced colorectal liver metastases (CLM) may be the result of selection of best responders to chemotherapy. The impact of complete resection in this well-selected ...
  • Alsulaiman, Sulaiman; Alrushood, Abdulaziz; Almasaud, Jluwi; Alzaaidi, Sultan; Alzahrani, Yahya; Arevalo, J. Fernando; Ghazi, Nicola; Abboud, Emad; Alreshaid, Saba (2019-06-21)
    Purpose: To report various forms of maculopathy caused by momentary exposure to high-power blue laser pointer. Methods: A consecutive case series of patients who presented to the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital with ...
  • Alsulaiman, Sulaiman; Alrushood, Abdulaziz Adel; Almasaud, Jluwi; Alzaaidi, Sultan; Alzahrani, Yahya; Arevalo, Fernando; Ghazi, Nicola G. (2019-06-13)
    Purpose To report various types of maculopathy caused by momentary exposure to a high-power handheld blue laser. Design Consecutive case series. Participants Fourteen eyes of 14 patients. Methods Patients with ...
  • Aloia, Thomas; Chamsangavej, Chulsip; Faria, Silvana; Ribero, Dario; Abdalla, Eddie; Vauthey, Nicolas; Curley, Steven (2015-11-12)
    Introduction Despite the use of radiologic, endoscopic, and laparoscopic staging techniques, the rate of nontherapeutic laparotomies in patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma remains high. This study evaluated the ...
  • El-Khoury, Joe; Yang, Yifei; Rogers, Katherine; Wardle, Robert (2016-06-14)
    Background Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) is widely used for the measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25OHD3) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 (25OHD2) in blood. However, the presence of 25OHD3 C3-epimer ...
  • Azar, Sami T.; Salti, Ibrahim; Zantout, Mira S.; Shahine, Carmen H.; Zalloua, Pierre A. (2019-07-19)
    Leptin is the protein product of the obese (ob) gene, a lipostatic hormone that contributes to body weight regulation through suppressing appetite and/or stimulating energy expenditure in humans and/or rodents. In humans, ...
  • Yuan, Chao; Gabler, Jessica; El-Khoury, Joe; Spatholt, Regina; Wang, Sihe (2016-06-14)
    Methylmalonic acid (MMA) is a functional biomarker of vitamin B12 deficiency. Measurement of plasma MMA is challenging due to its small molecular weight and hydrophilic nature. Several liquid chromatography-tandem mass ...

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