Obesity is a global health problem and the exponential increase in obesity worldwide has
brought into sharp focus the lack of effective methods for treating or preventing the disease. …

Bariatric surgery is the most robust treatment for extreme obesity. The impact of preoperative
medical weight management sessions designed, in theory, with the primary goal of …

Purpose Many medical schools have begun to offer surgical boot camps to senior medical
students. The aim of the present study is to systematically review the literature and evidence …

Objective: To demonstrate the noninferiority of the fundamentals of robotic surgery (FRS)
skills curriculum over current training paradigms and identify an ideal training platform. …

Reintroduction of a tumor suppressor gene product in cancer cells is a promising strategy for
cancer gene therapy. The fragile histidine triad (FHIT) gene has been identified in a region …

WWOX (WW domain containing oxidoreductase), a putative tumor suppressor gene that
mapsto the common fragile site FRA16D on chromosome 16q23.3-24.1, is altered in breast, …

The tumor suppressor gene FHIT spans a common fragile site and is highly susceptible to
environmental carcinogens. FHIT inactivation and loss of expression is found in a large …

Background A large proportion of patients presenting for ventral hernia repair are obese. It
remains unclear, however, whether the degree of obesity is an independent risk factor for …

Objective: Most trainees begin learning robotic minimally invasive surgery by performing
inanimate practice tasks with clinical robots such as the Intuitive Surgical da Vinci. Expert …

The fragile histidine triad (FHIT) gene is a tumor suppressor gene that is altered by deletion
in a large fraction of human tumors, including pancreatic cancer. To evaluate the potential of …