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Today's diagnosis related group (DRG) services system has improved medical insurance fees and subdivisions of disease compared with the past DRG system, but does not appropriately take into account the...
Cough is the most frequent complaint from medical patients even though coughing is a protective reflex. The principle of relief from a cough is treatment of its underlying disease. However,...
In this paper, ethical principles and practice guidelines concerning the usage of public database for medical researches were developed and proposed. Although there are several personal health databases with comprehensive...
As we face a rapidly aging population in the Republic of Korea, the number of patients with the need to prevent or alleviate periorbital changes due to aging will grow....
Various imaging examinations, such as ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have played important roles in the evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Recent advances in US...
The role of radiotherapy in practice is mainly palliative. According to the Practice Guidelines for Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (2009) developed by the Korean Liver Cancer Study Group and the...
During the most recent decade, remarkable progress has taken place in intra-arterial therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma. Advances in knowledge of hepatic vascular anatomy and tumor blood supply have contributed to...
Globally, viral hepatitis due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the major cause of advanced liver diseases such as liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma...
For single hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC), hepatic resection (HR) is regarded as the treatment of choice regardless of size when hepatic function is preserved. Systematic HR is preferred, but an individual patient-customized...
Local ablation has been accepted in many treatment guidelines as a good alternative to curative resection or transplantation for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The main advantage of local...
Sorafenib, as the first approved molecularly targeted agent for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), has changed the treatment paradigm for patients with advanced HCC. Although a significant survival advantage has been achieved...
In hallux valgus, one of the most common conditions affecting the forefoot, the first metatarsophalangeal joint is progressively subluxed due to lateral deviation of the hallux and medial deviation of...