We present a stepwise hypothesis of transcoelomic metastasis derived from emerging evidence against a purely passive process, which suggests that although peritoneal anatomy facilitates the ...

Understanding the basic anatomy of the five lumbar bones that make up your low back can help you get the right treatment and care for your back. It's usually better to try more conservative therapies ...

Do you remember when Hilarie Burton guest-starred on Grey’s Anatomy and shook up a major character’s relationship in a big way? … ...

However, none of the previous studies has compared the robustness of endometriosis classifiers based on microbiota of different body sites or demonstrated the correlation among microbiota of gut, ...

Background: Patients with kidney failure undergoing dialysis often suffer from anemia. Iron deficiency, along with a shortage in erythropoietin, is a common cause. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients ...

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems ...

CONCLUSIONS: The anatomy of the preperitoneal tissues in the inguinal region is complex. To gain expertise in laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) hernia repair, the presence of a bilaminar ...

To thoroughly understand the causes of a hydrocele, it’s necessary to learn a little about the anatomy of the male reproductive system, namely of the scrotum and testicles. During fetal development, ...

The distal catheter site depends on assessment of the patient's anatomy and surgical history. For example, previous abdominal surgery or a history of peritonitis might render the peritoneal cavity ...

An enterocele is essentially a vaginal hernia in which the peritoneal sac containing a portion of the small bowel extends into the rectovaginal space between the posterior surface of the vagina ...

1 Division of Molecular and Genetic Medicine, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK 2 Gastroenterology and Liver Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK 3 Gastroenterology Unit, John ...

The annual crude death rate among haemodialysis patients was 17.8%, while chronic peritoneal dialysis patients ... done in a manner that preserves the anatomy of the deceased with no obvious ...