Introduction: Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (CRS+HIPEC) is a locoregional surgical therapy applied in patients with peritoneal-only metastatic disease of primary abdominal malignancies and is associated with increased overall survival. Our goal was to evaluate short-term outcomes after CRS+HIPEC regarding surgical morbidity, as well as to identify factors associated with s...
Robotic distal pancreatectomy has become an established approach for the management of pancreatic body and tail lesions, offering enhanced dexterity, improved visualization, and refined dissection around critical vascular structures. A 55-year-old man with hypertension, a history of smoking, and chronic alcohol abuse presented with progressive upper abdominal pain and postprandial bloating. MRI and CT identifie...
The objective of the research is to develop a new family of geopolymeric materials and to use an experimental methodology to characterize the mechanical behavior of the materials obtained by alkaline activation of metakaolin using a compound activator. The researchers also intend to study the unknown time evolution of the modulus of elasticity and the influence of the composition of the aggregates on the streng...
O excesso de sais solúveis na solução do solo (salinidade) ou o domínio do sódio no complexo de troca (sodicidade) são fenómenos que levam à degradação das funções do solo. É essencial monitorizar as áreas de risco de forma a prevenir ou mitigar os processos de salinização e os seus efeitos negativos. Os métodos de indução eletromagnética (EMI), aliados a algoritmos de inversão, têm sido usados para analisar o ...
A capacidade para transferir-se é uma capacidade vital para a autonomia na mobilidade do doente. Nos dias de hoje são diversas as causas das alterações da mobilidade, que acarretam consequência negativas que advém do repouso prolongado no leito. A mobilização precoce permite-nos minimizar as suas consequências. A capacitação para o autocuidado transferir-se permite à pessoa mover-se de uma superfície para outra...
ABSTRACT Introdução: As doenças cerebrovasculares têm tido uma importância conhecida como causa de morte e incapacidade permanente em Portugal. As incapacidades que o Acidente Vascular Cerebral (AVC) provoca, têm relação com as áreas do cérebro afetadas, com fatores intrínsecos à pessoa, com fatores extrínsecos, como os recursos familiares e da comunidade, o ambiente, o cuidador e a reabilitação. Sabe-se que à ...
Pleural mesothelioma is a disease associated with exposure to asbestos. Although rare, it is the most common malignant pleural neoplasm. It is difficult to diagnose and it has a poor prognosis. We report the case of a 62-year-old male patient with a history of prolonged occupational exposure to asbestos, with dyspnea for minor exertion and productive cough, for several months. Imaging studies revealed extensive...
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Introduction: The impact of kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) mutational status on surgery planning for colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) remains unknown. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of type of liver surgery and margin status in recurrence free survival (RFS) of patients with CRLM, according to KRAS mutational status. Materials and methods: Retrospective review of all patien...
This paper proposes a slice management and orchestration framework for abstracting the instantiation of end-to-end network slices, which are composed by a chain of both physical and virtual network functions. In this line, the proposed SliMANO framework is a plug-in based system that requests network resources and coordinates the interaction among network orchestration entities for its instantiation and chainin...