Is radial artery as conduit safe and effective in coronary bypass surgery in the elderly : single-central results from 326 patients?
It was proven to be safe and effective to use RA as a secondary arterial graft after the left internal mammary artery in the elderly patients.
This RCT did not show a significant protective effect of pancrelipase replacement therapy over conventional pancreatic enzyme supplementation on NAFLD development after pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic cancer. Further studies are clearly required to investigate the etiology of and new therapeutic strategies for treatment-resistant NAFLD (UMIN 000019817).