Anal fissure is one of the most common anorectal problems. Anal fissure is largely associated with high anal sphincter pressures and most treatment options are based on reducing anal pressures. Conservative management, using increased fiber and warm baths, results in healing of approximately half of all anal fissures. In fissures that fail conservative care, various pharmacologic and surgical o...

Pulmonary lobe segmentation is an important prerequisite for accurately quantifying pulmonary damage in many diseases and planning treatment. However, due to the incomplete lobar structures morphological changes caused by diseases, still encounters great challenges. In this study, a Learnable Interpolation Extrapolation Network (LIE-Net) proposed form complete consecutive fissure surfaces learn...

Abstract Soil preferential flow infiltrating rapidly through the rock–soil interface is an important hydrological process in karst rocky desertification area. However, how does water leakage near-surface fissures, especially those filled with soil, proceed? The role of at fissures on still puzzles us. goal this study was to reveal soil leaking fissures. Five typical types were selected area exp...

A 76-year-old woman complained of abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant and fever that had been developing over the previous 10 days. On examination, she presented pain in the right upper quadrant with positive Murphy’s sign. Computed tomography showed the presence of acute cholecystitis and, as a casual finding, the presence of cholelithiasis with air in its interior (Fig. 1). The presenc...