BACKGROUND: Robotic surgery is gaining popularity for digestive surgery; however, its use
for liver surgery is reported scarcely. This article reviews a surgeon's experience with the …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic highlighted a significant interplay between cardiovascular
disease (CVD), COVID-19 related inflammatory status, and depression. Cardiovascular (CV…

Aim An international C linical O utcomes G roup consisting of clinicians, scientists, patient
advocacy groups, and industries identified a need for a scale to measure motor performance of …

Major advances in our understanding of the universe have historically arisen from dramatic
improvements in our ability to “see.” We have developed progressively larger telescopes …

… Our final 1 m optical design comprises an f/2.5 Hextek lightweight primary and 330 mm
diameter Hextek secondary, both optically finished by LZOS in Russia, providing an f/8 modified …

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the population with consequences on
lifestyles. The aim of the study was to analyse the relationship between eating habits, mental …

Radical prostatectomy (RP) disrupts the natural history of prostate cancer. However, it could
be a significant source of long-term incontinence and potency morbidity. We studied the long…

An existing preoperative nomogram predicts the probability of prostate cancer recurrence,
defined by prostate-specific antigen (PSA), at 5 years after radical prostatectomy based on …

Purpose A postoperative nomogram for prostate cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy
(RP) has been independently validated as accurate and discriminating. We have updated …

Type Ia supernovae have been used empirically as ‘standard candles’ to demonstrate the
acceleration of the expansion of the Universe 1 , 2 , 3 even though fundamental details, such …