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Mechanism for Improved Insulin Sensitivity after Gastric Bypass Surgery
(East Carolina University, 2008-12)
Context: Surgical treatments of obesity have been shown to induce rapid and prolonged improvements in insulin sensitivity. Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of gastric bypass surgery and the ...
Post treatment protector device
(2003-12-09)
Endoscopic cardiac retractors with folding components configured for insertion using minimally invasive access ports and related methods
(2007-07-05)
Cardiac retractors include a rod and a foldable blade that can be introduced using minimally invasive access ports such that provided by an intra-thoracic cavity cannula. The rod can be integral to the blade or may be ...
Atraumatic curvilinear atrial retractors and related methods
(2007-07-05)
Cardiac retractors include a rod having opposing forward and rearward portions and a length sufficient to position the rearward portion of the rod outside a patient's body and the forward portion inside a patient proximate ...
Endoscopic forceps with prongs and related methods
(2007-07-05)
Methods and surgical devices are described that can endoscopially manipulate a length of a suture. A forceps instrument is endoscopically introduced into the body. The forceps instrument includes opposing grasping members ...
Systems, methods and computer program products for creating and maintaining electronic medical records
(2002-07-04)
Systems, methods, and computer program products that generate electronic clinical medical records from patient encounters are provided. An illness for a particular patient is entered into a data processing system via an ...
Robotic Surgical Training in an Academic Institution
(East Carolina University, 2001-10)
Objective
To detail robotic procedure development and clinical applications
for mitral valve, biliary, and gastric reflux operations, and
to implement a multispecialty robotic surgery training curriculum
for both ...
Identification and Characterization of Optimal Gene Expression Markers for Detection of Breast Cancer Metastasis
(East Carolina University, 2005-08)
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) status is highly predictive of
overall axillary lymph node involvement in breast cancer.
Historically, SLN-positive patients have undergone
axillary lymph node dissection in a second ...
Trends in esophageal cancer and body mass index by race and gender in the state of Michigan
(East Carolina University, 2009-06-23)
Background: Adenocarcinoma of the esophagus has been increasing in incidence in the U.S. over the past several decades, particularly among white males. The factors driving the racial disparity in adenocarcinomas rates are ...
Bariatric Surgery: Risks and Rewards
(East Carolina University, 2008-11)
Context: Over 23 million Americans are afflicted with severe obesity, i.e. their body mass index (in
kilograms per square meter) values exceed 35. Of even greater concern is the association of the
adiposity with comorbidities ...