conclusion to reduce superfluous costs and time, cystobiliary fistula with < 206 ml/day mean drainage until the 20th day may be efficiently treated with percutaneous drainage using small catheters. results all 10 cysts with cystobiliary fistulas were managed with small (8 f) catheters. all patients in the conservative group had < 211 ml/day mean drainage for the 20 days. for the patients that d...

FORM. In the most general sense: shape (contour, the variation of some attribute of a thing in space or time), and structure (the disposition of parts, relations of part to part, and of part to whole). In music, shape is the result of changes in some attribute or parameter of sound, in time, while structure has to do with various relations between sounds and sound-configurations, at the same or...

BACKGROUND/AIM This study aimed to evaluate the effects of balneotherapy on acute, process-related, and cumulative peripheral cardiac responses and pulmonary functions in patients with musculoskeletal disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety-eight patients with musculoskeletal disorders referred to physiotherapy with balneotherapy were recruited. The patients received balneotherapy for 20 min ...

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