Background Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) enables en bloc resection of early
gastrointestinal neoplasms; however, most ESD articles report small series, with short-term …

OBJECTIVE: To determine if hydroxyapatite (HAP), octacalcuim phosphate (OCP), or tricalcium
phosphate (TCP) can be found in the calcium deposits in calcific periarthritis. METHODS: …

At magnetic resonance (MR) cholangiopancreatography and MR urography with an oral
negative contrast agent, low signal intensity was produced in phantoms. In 20 patients …

OBJECTIVE: Extraskeletal calcifications generally develop in uremic patients. Periarticular
massive calcifications, referred to as uremic tumoral calcinosis (UTC), represent solitary or …

Background and study aims: During colorectal endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD),
the feature of a muscle layer being pulled toward a neoplastic tumor is sometimes detected. …

Background: The emergence of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has enabled en
bloc resection of lesions, which were conventionally difficult. However, ESD has problems of …

Purpose We aimed to histologically evaluate the influence of bone materials used during
guided bone regeneration (GBR) on subsequent peri-implantitis in an experimental ligature-…

OBJECTIVE: Two typical clinical courses of calcific periarthritis in the shoulder are known:
acute, with severe inflammation, and chronic, in the form of impingement syndrome with …

BACKGROUND The rehospitalization rate in a hypertensive emergency is high, indicating
the necessity for optimizing its long-term management. The role of the renin–angiotensin …

AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of emergency balloon-occluded retrograde
transvenous obliteration (BRTO) for ruptured gastric varices. METHODS: Emergency BRTO …