OBJECTIVE To determine the cause of postoperative leaks in 2 patients with Zenker diverticula treated with endoscopic staple-assisted esophagodiverticulostomy. DESIGN Medical chart review and simulated surgery. SETTING Teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS Two case reports of postoperative leaks in patients treated with endoscopic staple-assisted esophagodiverticulostomy and experimenta...

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Electronic Markets represent one of the most important challenges in the emerging information society. Their broad scope cover all forms of business relationships between trading and manufacturing enterprises, information providers, service companies, consumers and public administrators. But today’s electronic markets on the Internet provide substantial advantages only for a single person in a ...

This paper reviews the concept of electronic marketplaces and, in particular, their relevance for SMEs. A specific example of a Regional Electronic Marketplace (REM) using a Community Web model is examined within this context. The authors review the underlying philosophy for the project and the planning which preceded implementation. A review of the case highlights the issues which are critical...

At first glance, there seems to be a broad understanding regarding business models. However, a more thorough analysis of existing resources paints a different picture. The term ‘business model’ often remains undefined and a consensus on the elements of business models is lacking. An analysis of various sources, such as electronic databases, conference proceedings, and EM – Electronic Markets it...

INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is one of the most efficient bariatric interventions in morbidly obese patients. The most severe risk of this procedure seems to be the staple line leak, and the management of this complication can be very arduous. AIM To share our experience in managing the staple line leak after LSG and to help to find the best procedure that should be pref...

Genetic parameters for wool traits for Columbia, Polypay, Rambouillet, and Targhee breeds of sheep were estimated with single- and multiple-trait analyses using REML with animal models. Traits considered were fleece grade, fleece weight, and staple length. Total number of observations ranged from 11,673 to 34,746 for fleece grade and fleece weight and from 3,500 to 11,641 for staple length for ...

The Internet allows for A2A commerce at an unprecedented scale; anyone can do business with anyone. The new markets made possible by the Internet bring with them new challenges. This paper presents a system for buyers in electronic markets to avoid bad sellers by modeling the reputation of a seller. The model proposed by Cohen and Tran [6] is extended to provide a method for the exchange of ind...