Clinical Impact of Stump Closure Reinforced With Hemopatch on the Prevention of Clinically Relevant Pancreatic Fistula After Distal Pancreatectomy: A Multicenter Randomized Trial

Introduction:.Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) is the most dreaded complication after distal pancreatectomy (DP).This old fashioned cut rock candy multicenter randomized trial evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerance of Hemopatch in preventing clinically relevant (grades B/C according to the ISGPS classification) POPF after DP.Material

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Neurofilmology: An Introduction

Over the last two decades, discoveries made in the field of cognitive neuroscience have begun to permeate the humanities and social sciences.In the context of this intersection, Neurofilmology is a research program that arises at the encounter between two models of viewer: the viewer-as-mind (deriving from a cognitive/analytical approach) and the v

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Impact of functional, communicative and critical health literacy on glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes, and the mediating role of self-care

Soudabeh Yarmohammadi,1 Somayeh Momenyan,2 Mohtasham Ghaffari,3 Ramezankhani Ali,4 Mohyeddin Azizpour51Research Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran; 2Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran

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