The British journal of surgery
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The outcomes of bariatric surgery (BS) in patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remain rarely described. We aimed to evaluate the 90-day morbidity and mortality rates, and the risk of IBD complications 2 years after BS. ⋯ In a highly selected cohort of patients with well-controlled IBD, BS did not result in added mortality or morbidity. A point of vigilance must be underlined regarding BS in patients with CD.
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A major restriction to transplantation is the requirement for ABO blood group compatibility between donor and recipient. In this study, an α-galactosidase enzyme from Bacteroides fragilis was used successfully to remove type B blood group antigens enzymatically from human kidneys using ex vivo normothermic machine perfusion. This provides the first step for a strategy to overcome the ABO barrier in kidney transplantation.
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Comment Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
Comment on: DIAgnostic iMaging or Observation in early equivocal appeNDicitis (DIAMOND): open-label, randomized clinical trial.
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Comment Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
Author response to: Comment on: DIAgnostic iMaging or Observation in early equivocal appeNDicitis (DIAMOND): open-label, randomized clinical trial.