Background The Cooperative Hernia Study assessed postoperative pain in a prospective
trial as part of a larger study looking at the recurrence rate and other morbidity of the Bassini, …

In dogs with a new type of chronic pancreatic fistula and a gastric fistula, extracts of mucosa
of the pyloric gland area of the stomach of hogs (gastrin extracts) have been shown to …

Objective: To develop a disease-specific quality-of-life scale for symptomatic cholelithiasis
for use in clinical trials, and to evaluate its reliability, construct validity and responsiveness. …

Sham feeding caused a marked increase in pancreatic protein output in dogs with permanent
pancreatic and gastric fistulas. This effect could not be attributed to secondary pancreatic …

Three cases are described in which carcinoid tumors arose in previously established inflammatory
bowel disease: two were in the ileum in cases of Crohn's disease, and one was in the …

Seeding of tumour cells at the umbilical port during laparoscopic surgery for staging malignant
disease has been reported. In this paper a 69-year-old woman is described who had …

The effect of bilateral adrenalectomy on the secretion and absorption of acid in Heidenhain
pouch dogs has been investigated. It was found that bilateral adrenalectomy significantly …

Following liver transplantation bile formation may be influenced by hepatic denervation and
cyclosporine therapy. To better establish any effect of liver transplantation on bile secretion, …

Spienic rupture, in association with mononucleosis, can be lethal. Most reported cases of
splenic rupture in patients with mononucleosis have not responded to conservative splenic …

In the article “Management of osteoarth ritis of the knee in younger patients,” 1 Khan and
colleagues cite a Cochrane review from 20142 to support the position that tibial osteotomy “…