Annals of surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
A prospective comparison of simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation with systemic-enteric versus portal-enteric drainage.
To compare pancreas transplantation with systemic-enteric (SE) versus portal-enteric (PE) drainage in a prospective fashion. ⋯ These results suggest that simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplantation with SE or PE drainage can be performed with comparable short-term outcomes.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Attenuation of posttraumatic muscle catabolism and osteopenia by long-term growth hormone therapy.
To determine whether the beneficial effects of growth hormone persist throughout the prolonged hypermetabolic and hypercatabolic response to severe burn. ⋯ Low-dose recombinant human growth hormone successfully abates muscle catabolism and osteopenia induced by severe burn.