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- Duodenal tumor occurrence has increased relative to other small bowel malignancies over the past several decades.
- Increased incidence of duodenal tumors is at least in part related to advanced imaging capabilities and endoscopy increasing detection rates.
- Complete duodenectomy is not a requirement, nor necessarily recommended, in many duodenal malignancies.
- Significant survival benefit has been shown with imatinib in addition to surgial resection for GIST tumors.
- Duodenal tumor occurrence has increased relative to other small bowel malignancies over the past several decades.
- Increased incidence of duodenal tumors is at least in part related to advanced imaging capabilities and endoscopy increasing detection rates.
- Complete duodenectomy is not a requirement, nor necessarily recommended, in many duodenal malignancies.
- Significant survival benefit has been shown with imatinib in addition to surgial resection for GIST tumors.
Principles of Wound Management and Soft Tissue Repair II
- Vascularized composite allotransplantation has emerged as an option for challenging defects.
- Three-dimensional ultrasound is has gained significant popularity in clinical use by cardiologists, cardiac anesthetists, and obstetricians.
- Tissue Doppler and speckle tracking allow more sophisticated analysis of cardiac muscle relaxation and contraction and improved characterization of overall cardiac performance.
- Miniaturization has allowed development of single-use items, use of intravascular applications, and increased application of ultrasound to the pediatric population.
- Auto image optimization automatically and continually improves a number of imaging parameters, allowing better time efficiency and interobserver variability during periods of ultrasound image acquisition.
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