A CHALLENGING UPPER DIGESTIVE TRACT CONTINUITY RESTORATION AFTER RECURRENT ESOPHAGO-COLONIC ANASTOMOSIS COMPLICATIONS

A challenging upper digestive tract continuity restoration after recurrent esophago-colonic anastomosis complications

Abstract Background Acute and chronic complications in esophago-colonic anastomosis have a significant impact in the postoperative course of patients with colonic transposition.Evidence about their management is poor and surgical treatment is mostly based on tailored approaches, so each new experience could be useful to improve knowledge about this

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Is abaloparatide more efficacious on increasing bone mineral density than teriparatide for women with postmenopausal osteoporosis? An updated meta-analysis

Abstract Purpose Osteoporosis poses a challenge to public health, causing fragility fractures, especially in postmenopausal women.Abaloparatide (ABL) is an effective anabolic agent to improve bone formation and resorption among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.Our meta-analysis aims to assess the effectiveness and safety of ABL versus teripar

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Selenium in certain metamorphic rocks

The selenium contents of Precambrian metamorphic rocks from Finland were studied and tentative averages are presented.The pattern of the distribution of selenium in metamorphic rocks can be summarized as follows: Selenium most probably does not enter into the structures of the common silicate minerals, but rather is incorporated in the accessory su

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