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Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blind Study |
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Operating room set-up and port placement for laparoscopic appendectomy |
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7 | (3) |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (11) |
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Current Management of Biliary Leaks |
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21 | (3) |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (3) |
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27 | (1) |
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Management of minor bile leaks |
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28 | (4) |
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Management of major bile duct injury |
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32 | (2) |
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Biliary leak after liver resection |
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34 | (4) |
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Biliary leak after liver transplantation |
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38 | (3) |
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Biliary leak after liver trauma |
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41 | (2) |
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43 | (5) |
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The Importance of Insulin Administration in the Critical Care Unit |
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Why is hyperglycemia harmful? |
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48 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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Specific noncardiac surgical patient populations |
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49 | (2) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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Head injury/stroke/critical illness polyneuropathy |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (5) |
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Laparoscopic Colon Resection for Cancer |
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59 | (14) |
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Possible survival advantages after laparoscopic colectomy |
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62 | (1) |
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Multicenter prospective, randomized trials |
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62 | (1) |
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The clinical outcome of surgical therapy trial |
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62 | (2) |
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The medical research council conventional versus laparoscopic-assisted surgery in colorectal cancer trial |
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64 | (1) |
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The colon cancer laparoscopic or open resection trial |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (3) |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (1) |
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73 | (4) |
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Adjuvant Therapy for Patients Who Have Node-Positive Breast Cancer |
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Outcome with surgery alone |
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Outcome with adjuvant chemotherapy |
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78 | (2) |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (3) |
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Outcome with endocrine therapy (tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors) |
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85 | (5) |
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The arimidex, tamoxifen alone or in combination trial |
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87 | (1) |
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Italian tamoxifen anastrozole trial |
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87 | (2) |
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Intergroup exemestane study |
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89 | (1) |
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National cancer institute of canada clinical trials group MA.17 trial |
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89 | (1) |
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Breast international group 1-98 study |
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90 | (1) |
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Current status of aromatase inhibitors |
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90 | (1) |
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The role of postmastectomy radiotherapy in node-positive patients |
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90 | (4) |
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94 | (6) |
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Can Bariatric Surgery Be Done as an Outpatient Procedure? |
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100 | (1) |
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Important components of outpatient bariatric surgery |
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101 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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101 | (1) |
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Managing patient expectations |
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102 | (1) |
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Important medical comorbidities |
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102 | (3) |
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102 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism prevention |
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102 | (1) |
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Managing postoperative nausea |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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Outpatient laparoscopic RYGB |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (3) |
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Pancreatic Necrosis: Paradigm of a Multidisciplinary Team |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (2) |
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110 | (1) |
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Peripancreatic fluid collections, pseudocyst, and pancreatic abscess |
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110 | (1) |
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Caveats for imaging and using these definitions |
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110 | (1) |
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Treatment goal is single-digit mortality through decreased need of necrosectomy |
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111 | (1) |
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Percutaneous catheter necrosectomy: review of recent literature |
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112 | (1) |
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Percutaneous endoscopic necrosectomy: review of recent literature |
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113 | (2) |
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The modern open pancreatic necrosectomy with postoperative radiologic assistance: technique |
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115 | (2) |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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Percutaneous drains need to be maintained |
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116 | (1) |
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Concomitant cholecystectomy |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (2) |
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Management of Acute Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage |
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Initial evaluation and resuscitation of gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
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119 | (2) |
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Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
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121 | (1) |
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Etiology of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
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121 | (8) |
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121 | (1) |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (1) |
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Gastric mucosal erosive disease |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (1) |
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Portal hypertensive gastropathy |
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127 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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Peptic ulcer disease in the duodenum |
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128 | (1) |
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128 | (1) |
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Presentation of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
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129 | (1) |
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Diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
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129 | (1) |
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Treatment of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
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130 | (6) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (1) |
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Interventional angiography |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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Operative techniques: gastroduodenal hemorrhage |
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135 | (1) |
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Lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
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136 | (1) |
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Etiology of lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
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136 | (5) |
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137 | (1) |
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Colonic arteriovenous malformations |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (1) |
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Diagnosis of lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage |
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141 | (4) |
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141 | (1) |
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Radiolabeled red blood cell scanning |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (1) |
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Selective mesenteric arteriography |
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144 | (1) |
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Provocative angiography for continued obscure bleeding |
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144 | (1) |
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Treatment of lower gastrointestinal bleeding |
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145 | (15) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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146 | (14) |
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Hepatic Resection in the Treatment of Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma |
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Pathology and patterns of spread |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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Preparation of the patient |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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Outcomes after hepatic resection for hilar cholangiocarcinoma |
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164 | (4) |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (5) |
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Management of Intrathoracic Leaks Following Esophagectomy |
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Predisposing factors for anastomotic leak |
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173 | (5) |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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Postoperative monitoring and diagnostic studies |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (8) |
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180 | (1) |
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Contained leak management |
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180 | (1) |
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Uncontained leak management |
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181 | (4) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (1) |
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Alternative management strategies |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (1) |
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188 | (3) |
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Defining the Role of Endovascular Therapy in the Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial |
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UK Registry for Endovascular Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms |
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191 | (1) |
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European Collaborators on Stent/graft Techniques for Aortic Aneurysm Repair |
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192 | (1) |
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Timing a randomized controlled trial |
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192 | (1) |
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Endovascular aneurysm repair study design |
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192 | (2) |
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Endovascular aneurysm repair study results |
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194 | (5) |
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Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Trial 1 |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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Endovascular aneurysm repair trial 2 |
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197 | (2) |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (2) |
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202 | (3) |
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Carotoid Stenting: A Surgical Procedure? |
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205 | (2) |
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Stents and embolic protection devices |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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Embolic protection devices |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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208 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (9) |
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Do We Need Neurosurgical Coverage in the Trauma Center? |
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219 | (4) |
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Current Status of Fine Needle Aspiration for Thyroid Nodules |
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Fine needle aspiration of the thyroid gland |
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223 | (3) |
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Incidence of palpable thyroid nodules and nonpalpable thyroid incidentalomas |
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223 | (1) |
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Development of fine needle aspiration of the thyroid |
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224 | (1) |
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Fine needle aspiration versus core needle biopsy |
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225 | (1) |
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Technique and complications of fine needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid |
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226 | (1) |
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Sensitivity of fine needle aspiration: the diagnosis of thyroid malignancy |
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227 | (2) |
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Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in the detection of thyroid carcinoma |
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228 | (1) |
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Medullary thyroid carcinoma: the role of adjuvant calcitonin testing |
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229 | (1) |
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Specificity of fine needle aspiration: the diagnosis of benign thyroid nodules and appropriate treatment recommendations |
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229 | (2) |
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Indeterminate fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules |
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231 | (2) |
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Follicular neoplasms: potential tumor markers |
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231 | (2) |
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Suspicious or atypical fine needle aspiration: follicular variant of papillary thyroid carcinoma |
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233 | (1) |
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Nondiagnostic fine needle aspiration of the thyroid: the role of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration |
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233 | (1) |
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234 | (5) |
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When not to perform fine needle aspiration of a thyroid nodule |
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234 | (5) |
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Early Rectal Cancer: Transanal Excision or Radical Surgery |
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Lymph node metastasis in early rectal cancer |
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239 | (2) |
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241 | (1) |
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Treatment results of transanal excision and radical resection |
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242 | (3) |
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Strategies to improve the effectiveness of local excision |
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245 | (1) |
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Summary and current management guidelines |
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246 | (4) |
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Simulation: A New Frontier in Surgical Education |
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Simulation and simulators |
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250 | (1) |
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Different types of simulators |
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250 | (1) |
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Educational psychology and the problem with the Halsted model |
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251 | (2) |
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The promise of simulation |
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253 | (1) |
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Current applications of simulation in surgery |
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254 | (1) |
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Simulators for skills training |
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254 | (1) |
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Simulators for certification |
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255 | (1) |
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Simulators for patient-specific rehearsal |
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255 | (1) |
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Future directions for surgical simulation |
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255 | (3) |
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256 | (1) |
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Simulation of open operations |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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Simulation at home and over networks |
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257 | (1) |
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Current surgical simulation research |
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258 | (2) |
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Mannequin-based simulators |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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Virtual reality simulators |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (5) |
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Management of Gallstone Pancreatitis |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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Presentation and diagnosis |
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266 | (3) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (4) |
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Management of acute biliary pancreatitis |
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273 | (4) |
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General management principles |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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Role of enteral nutrition |
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274 | (1) |
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Role of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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Recommended treatment algorithm |
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277 | (3) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (5) |
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The Management of Complicated Diverticulitis |
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Complicated diverticulitis |
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285 | (1) |
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Clinical presentation and examination |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (1) |
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Diverticulitis associated with abscess or phlegmon |
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287 | (3) |
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Diverticulitis associated with perforation |
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290 | (1) |
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Diverticulitis associated with fistula |
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291 | (1) |
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Diverticulitis associated with obstruction |
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292 | (2) |
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Diverticulitis associated with bleeding |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (4) |
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Surgical Management of Inguinal Hernia |
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299 | (2) |
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301 | (1) |
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Techniques of hernia repair |
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301 | (12) |
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301 | (2) |
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303 | (1) |
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Evolution of the laparoscopic repair |
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304 | (2) |
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Open versus laparoscopic trials |
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306 | (4) |
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Additional considerations in open versus laparoscopic repairs |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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Patient-reported outcomes |
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311 | (2) |
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313 | (1) |
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313 | (6) |
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