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"name": "Quels sont les signes d'une mauvaise guérison osseuse ?",
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"name": "Comment prévenir les complications après l'allongement osseux ?",
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"name": "L'âge influence-t-il le succès de l'allongement osseux ?",
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"text": "Oui, des maladies comme l'ostéoporose peuvent compliquer le processus d'allongement osseux."
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"name": "Le mode de vie influence-t-il la santé osseuse ?",
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Medical records of 65 patients who underwent major hepatectomy and preoperative CT were retrospectively reviewed. We evaluated future remnant liver volume evaluation models and remnant liver hemodynam...
The PHLF group included 21 patients (32.3%). The AEF was not significantly different between the two groups. In the future remnant liver volume evaluation models, future remnant liver proportion (fRLP...
The APART score may help predict PHLF in patients indicated for major hepatectomies....
The management of factor Xa (FXa) inhibitor-associated bleeding remains a clinical challenge. Massive bleeding is often associated with complex coagulopathy and, thus, the sole reversal of FXa inhibit...
Lupus anticoagulant (LA) is composed of heterogeneous autoantibodies, which have a close association with thrombotic events. Due to its heterogeneity, two methods for increasing sensitivity are recomm...