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What should a primitive surgeon know about Menière's patients?

Thanks to early mentors such as Harold Schuknecht, David Lim, Keith Bosher, and Paul Pialoux, I have learned to approach inner ear disorders with a pathophysiologic concern. For Menière s disease, I have tried to apply this principle for nearly 30 years. I have conducted numerous experimental studies; killed thousands of rats, guinea pigs, and gerbils; sampled liters of cochlear endolymph; inve...

What every pediatrician should know about liver transplantation

Liver transplantation is the treatment of choice for children with end-stage liver disease.  Improvement in outcomes (allograft and patient survival) has led to widespread use of pediatric LT worldwide. This success is due to improvement in patient selection, transplant surgery, anesthesia/postoperative care and immunosuppression management. This review will focus on different aspects of LT whi...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

P-138: What Should We Know about Ethical Problem in ART? A Study of Systematic Review

Background: Advances in medical technology have had major impacts on human reproduction. The development of effective contraceptive methods has reduced unwanted fertility, and the development of a variety of drugs and procedures has, for the first time, permitted women with fertility problems to reasonably expect that they can fulfill their desires to have children. So, The aim of this review a...

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and Gastrointestinal Bleeding: What a Surgeon Should Know

This paper presents to the surgical community an unusual and often ignored cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. Hemophagocytic syndrome or hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a rare medical entity characterized by phagocytosis of red blood cells, leucocytes, platelets, and their precursors in the bone marrow by activated macrophages. When intestinal bleeding is present, the management is...