Auscultation of bowel sounds is non-specific for diagnosing bowel obstruction. Differences in sound characteristics between large bowel and small bowel obstruction may help determine the likely site of obstruction.

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No significant difference in the incidence of perioperative complications or recurrence after LVHR was observed between the morbidly obese patients and the non-morbidly obese patients.

The subintimal arterial flossing with antegrade-retrograde intervention technique is safe with high technical success rates and acceptable outcomes in Asian CLI patients with CTOs.

Both torsional and linear mode ultrasonic shears achieved secure hemostasis on vessels up to 5.2 mm. The torsional mode shears had the extended ability to coagulate larger-sized vessels up to 7.4 mm with the same degree of confidence.