Introduction Difficult biliary cannulation leads to prolonged papillary manipulation and repeated attempts at cannulation are known to increase the risk of postendoscopic retrograde Musical Toys cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis.This study aims to compare the efficacy and complications of three rescue methods, transpancreatic biliary sph

Background: A leading cause of emergency abdominal surgery, appendicitis is a common condition affecting millions of people worldwide.Automatic and accurate segmentation of the appendix from medical imaging is a challenging task, due to its small size, variability in shape, and proximity to other anatomical structures.Methods: In this study, we pro

Chih-Wei Tseng,1,2 Ting-Tsung Chang,3,4 Shinn-Jia Tzeng,5 Yu-Hsi Hsieh,1,2 Tsung-Hsing Hung,1,2 Hsiang-Ting Huang,6 Shu-Fen Wu,7 Kuo-Chih Tseng1,2 1Department of Internal Medicine, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chia-Yi, 2School of Medicine, Tzuchi University, Hualien, 3Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng K

Abstract Background Plant growth and morphogenesis is a mechanical process controlled by genetic and molecular networks.Measuring mechanical properties at PCA hats various scales is necessary to understand how these processes interact.However, obtaining a device to perform the measurements on plant samples of choice poses technical challenges and i

Extreme weather events are one of the main causes of large-scale power outages in distribution systems.The changing climate has led to an increase in the frequency and severity of these events, which, if not mitigated, are expected to lead to more instances of widespread outages and the severe societal and economic damages that ensue.Protecting the