2014 Volume 21

Since the introduction of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in 1967, and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) 10 years later, several major clinical trials have been conducted comparing the two therapeutic strategies, such as the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) […]

Read More… from Optimal Treatment for Myocardial Revascularization: Surgery or Stenting?

Due to prolonged lifespans, cardiovascular disease is on the increase worldwide and is now the leading cause of death, especially in developed countries. Histologically, it is characterized by coronary atherosclerosis, in which the over-proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) […]

Read More… from Hepatocyte Growth Factor: Cardiotrophic Roles and Potential Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Diseases

Laryngeal tumors are often discovered in advanced stages because the patients do not pay attention to early symptoms. Sometimes small tumors are difficult to see even if the surgeon performs a fiber optic exam that uses conventional white light. In […]

Read More… from The Use of NBI in Early Detection and Follow up of the Laryngeal Malignancies

The concealment of cutaneous and subcutaneous defects has always been a challenge in surgery. The breast is one of the most important and defining elements of feminine beauty. Neoplastic pathology has always made it difficult to aesthetically repair the extirpated […]

Read More… from The Rubens Flap – Breast Reconstruction – Anatomical Dissection on a Cadaver

Digestive manifestations due to uremia and uremic toxins are multiple in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on hemodialysis (HD). As much as 79 percent of these patients report gastrointestinal symptoms manifested as nausea, vomiting, dry mouth, dysgeusia, halitosis, pyrosis, […]

Read More… from Atypical Evolution of Peptic Ulcer Disease in a Chronic Hemodialyzed Patient

Lentigo maligna (LM) is a type of melanocytic proliferation, the term being used by clinicians and pathologists for melanoma in situ on chronically sun damaged skin (1) in case that the lesion is confined to the epidermis. The pathology in […]

Read More… from Lentigo Maligna – A Scientometric Analysis of Mainstream Scientific Knowledge