Published in J Formos Med Assoc on August 01, 2004
Importance of perioperative glycemic control in general surgery: a report from the Surgical Care and Outcomes Assessment Program. Ann Surg (2013) 1.93
The use of laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy for complicated cholelithiasis. Surg Endosc (2007) 1.73
No difference in incidence of port-site hernia and chronic pain after single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a nationwide prospective, matched cohort study. Surg Endosc (2015) 1.19
Randomized clinical study for assessment of incision characteristics and pain associated with LESS versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surg Endosc (2012) 1.02
The role of prophylactic antibiotics in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. JSLS (2009) 0.88
Postoperative Symptoms, after-care, and return to routine activity after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. JSLS (2011) 0.82
Usefulness of laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy with operative cholangiography for severe cholecystitis. Surg Today (2013) 0.79
Oral vs intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: an exploratory trial. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2007) 0.78
Peri-operative management of the surgical patient with diabetes 2015: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Anaesthesia (2015) 0.77
Prophylactic antibiotics used in patients of hepatobiliary surgery. Pak J Med Sci (2013) 0.77
Additional surgical procedure is a risk factor for surgical site infections after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Langenbecks Arch Surg (2014) 0.77
Role of antibiotics on surgical site infection in cases of open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a comparative observational study. J Surg Tech Case Rep (2014) 0.75
Intravenous Versus Oral Antibiotic Prophylaxis Efficacy for Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial. Indian J Surg (2013) 0.75
Elective day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a formal assessment of the need for outpatient follow-up. Ann R Coll Surg Engl (2013) 0.75
Port site infection in laparoscopic surgery: A review of its management. World J Clin Cases (2015) 0.75
Effect of bag extraction to prevent wound infection on umbilical port site wound on elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective randomised clinical trial. Surg Endosc (2016) 0.75
Patient-Related Risk Factors for Postoperative Infection After Cholecystectomy. World J Surg (2017) 0.75
The impact of prophylactic antibiotics on postoperative infection complication in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective randomized study. Am J Surg (2006) 2.41
Endoplasmic reticulum stress stimulates the expression of cyclooxygenase-2 through activation of NF-kappaB and pp38 mitogen-activated protein kinase. J Biol Chem (2004) 1.86
Temporal trends and volume-outcome associations after traumatic brain injury: a 12-year study in Taiwan. J Neurosurg (2013) 1.76
Pre-S mutant surface antigens in chronic hepatitis B virus infection induce oxidative stress and DNA damage. Carcinogenesis (2004) 1.67
Effects of Asian dust storm events on daily mortality in Taipei, Taiwan. Environ Res (2004) 1.53
A randomized experiment to examine unintended consequences of dietary supplement use among daily smokers: taking supplements reduces self-regulation of smoking. Addiction (2011) 1.45
Ceramide induces p38 MAPK and JNK activation through a mechanism involving a thioredoxin-interacting protein-mediated pathway. Blood (2008) 1.45
Visfatin--a proinflammatory adipokine-in gallstone disease. Am J Surg (2009) 1.43
In-hospital mortality after traumatic brain injury surgery: a nationwide population-based comparison of mortality predictors used in artificial neural network and logistic regression models. J Neurosurg (2013) 1.39
Management of motorcycle accident-related blunt hepatic injury-a different strategy. Am J Emerg Med (2010) 1.38
Significant correlations between severe fatty liver and risk factors for metabolic syndrome. J Gastroenterol Hepatol (2007) 1.36
Hepatitis B virus pre-S2 mutant upregulates cyclin A expression and induces nodular proliferation of hepatocytes. Hepatology (2005) 1.35
Cavernous hemangioma of the pancreas: report of a case. Pancreas (2003) 1.29
Altered p-STAT3 (tyr705) expression is associated with histological grading and intratumour microvessel density in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Clin Pathol (2006) 1.25
Sequential caspase-2 and caspase-8 activation upstream of mitochondria during ceramideand etoposide-induced apoptosis. J Biol Chem (2004) 1.15
Responsiveness and minimal important differences after revision total hip arthroplasty. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2010) 1.14
Unusual upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to late metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: a case report. Kaohsiung J Med Sci (2004) 1.13
Disease-free survival after hepatic resection in hepatocellular carcinoma patients: a prediction approach using artificial neural network. PLoS One (2012) 1.13
Comparison of artificial neural network and logistic regression models for predicting in-hospital mortality after primary liver cancer surgery. PLoS One (2012) 1.10
Hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute pancreatitis with chylous ascites in pregnancy. J Formos Med Assoc (2006) 1.09
Bacteriology and antimicrobial susceptibility in biliary tract disease: an audit of 10-year's experience. Kaohsiung J Med Sci (2002) 1.09
G-2548A polymorphism of the leptin gene is correlated with extreme obesity in Taiwanese aborigines. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2006) 1.01
Inhibition of cell migration by autophosphorylated mammalian sterile 20-like kinase 3 (MST3) involves paxillin and protein-tyrosine phosphatase-PEST. J Biol Chem (2006) 1.01
Etiology of acute pancreatitis--a multi-center study in Taiwan. Hepatogastroenterology (2003) 0.99
Association of circulating insulin-like growth factor 1 with hepatocellular carcinoma: one cross-sectional correlation study. J Clin Lab Anal (2010) 0.98
Stem cell marker nestin is critical for TGF-β1-mediated tumor progression in pancreatic cancer. Mol Cancer Res (2013) 0.97
Loss of the respiratory enzyme citrate synthase directly links the Warburg effect to tumor malignancy. Sci Rep (2012) 0.96
Spontaneous retroperitoneal biloma: a case report. Kaohsiung J Med Sci (2002) 0.95
Immunohistochemical study of DPC4 and p53 proteins in gallbladder and bile duct cancers. World J Surg (2004) 0.95
Efficacy of sorafenib as adjuvant therapy to prevent early recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma after curative surgery: A pilot study. Hepatol Res (2013) 0.94
Responsiveness and minimal clinically important differences after cholecystectomy: GIQLI versus SF-36. J Gastrointest Surg (2008) 0.94
Leptin in hepatocellular carcinoma. World J Gastroenterol (2010) 0.93
Association of CD14 promoter polymorphisms and soluble CD14 levels in mite allergen sensitization of children in Taiwan. J Hum Genet (2005) 0.93
The effect of preoperative transarterial chemoembolization of resectable hepatocellular carcinoma on clinical and economic outcomes. J Surg Oncol (2009) 0.92
ACSL3 and GSK-3β are essential for lipid upregulation induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress in liver cells. J Cell Biochem (2011) 0.92
The activation of MEK/ERK signaling pathway by bone morphogenetic protein 4 to increase hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation and migration. Mol Cancer Res (2012) 0.92
A population-based study of prevalence and hospital charges in total hip and knee replacement. Int Orthop (2008) 0.91
A novel siRNA validation system for functional screening and identification of effective RNAi probes in mammalian cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2006) 0.91
Increased caveolin-1 expression associated with prolonged overall survival rate in hepatocellular carcinoma. Pathology (2010) 0.90
Risk factors for the development of metachronous liver metastasis in colorectal cancer patients after curative resection. World J Surg (2011) 0.90
Response shift effect on gastrointestinal quality of life index after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Qual Life Res (2010) 0.90
Inadequate energy and excess protein intakes may be associated with worsening renal function in chronic kidney disease. J Ren Nutr (2008) 0.89
Natural course of splenic artery aneurysm with associated spontaneous splenorenal shunt in non-cirrhotic liver: an 18-year observational follow-up and review of literature. Kaohsiung J Med Sci (2012) 0.89
Deregulation of AP-1 proteins in collagen gel-induced epithelial cell apoptosis mediated by low substratum rigidity. J Biol Chem (2006) 0.89
Phosphorylated p38 and JNK MAPK proteins in hepatocellular carcinoma. Eur J Clin Invest (2012) 0.89
Decreased microRNA-221 is associated with high levels of TNF-α in human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells from obese woman. Cell Physiol Biochem (2013) 0.88
Bcl-2 rescues ceramide- and etoposide-induced mitochondrial apoptosis through blockage of caspase-2 activation. J Biol Chem (2005) 0.88
Prolactin promotes hepatocellular carcinoma through Janus kinase 2. World J Surg (2012) 0.88
Protective effect of caffeic acid on paclitaxel induced anti-proliferation and apoptosis of lung cancer cells involves NF-κB pathway. Int J Mol Sci (2012) 0.87
SMAD4 loss triggers the phenotypic changes of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells. BMC Cancer (2014) 0.86
Glutathione status in the blood and tissues of patients with virus-originated hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Biochem (2007) 0.86
Punctate midline myelotomy for intractable visceral pain caused by hepatobiliary or pancreatic cancer. J Pain Symptom Manage (2004) 0.86
Benzyl butyl phthalate induces migration, invasion, and angiogenesis of Huh7 hepatocellular carcinoma cells through nongenomic AhR/G-protein signaling. BMC Cancer (2014) 0.86
Pioglitazone retrieves hepatic antioxidant DNA repair in a mice model of high fat diet. BMC Mol Biol (2008) 0.86
Arecoline decreases interleukin-6 production and induces apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in human basal cell carcinoma cells. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol (2011) 0.85
Simple and efficient DNA vector-based RNAi systems in mammalian cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2005) 0.85
Survival comparison between surgical resection and percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for patients in Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer early stage hepatocellular carcinoma. Indian J Gastroenterol (2012) 0.85
Progesterone and related compounds in hepatocellular carcinoma: basic and clinical aspects. Biomed Res Int (2013) 0.85
Post-cholecystectomy quality of life: a prospective multicenter cohort study of its associations with preoperative functional status and patient demographics. J Gastrointest Surg (2009) 0.85
The impact of body mass index on laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Taiwan: an oriental experience. J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg (2009) 0.85
The promoting effect of adiponectin in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Surg Oncol (2012) 0.84
The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in a murine acute hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection model induced by hydrodynamics-based in vivo transfection of HBV-DNA. J Hepatol (2003) 0.84
Artificial neural network model for predicting 5-year mortality after surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma: a nationwide study. J Gastrointest Surg (2012) 0.84
Proinflammatory homeobox gene, ISX, regulates tumor growth and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer Res (2012) 0.83
SOCS-3 is associated with vascular invasion and overall survival in hepatocellular carcinoma. Pathology (2008) 0.83
Preoperative transarterial chemoembolization and resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: a nationwide Taiwan database analysis of long-term outcome predictors. J Surg Oncol (2013) 0.83
Crosstalk between activated and inactivated c-Src in hepatocellular carcinoma. Dis Markers (2011) 0.83
Caspase-3 enhances lung metastasis and cell migration in a protease-independent mechanism through the ERK pathway. Int J Cancer (2008) 0.83
Relapsed acute pancreatitis as the initial presentation of pancreatic cancer in a young man: a case report. Kaohsiung J Med Sci (2010) 0.83
New insights in recurrent HCV infection after liver transplantation. Clin Dev Immunol (2013) 0.83
Is wider surgical margin justified for better clinical outcomes in patients with resectable hepatocellular carcinoma? J Formos Med Assoc (2012) 0.83
Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective piecewise linear regression analysis. Surg Endosc (2010) 0.82
Effect of SstI polymorphism of the apolipoprotein CIII gene and environmental factors on risks of hypertriglyceridemia in Taiwan aborigines. Circ J (2006) 0.82
Inadequate energy delivery during early critical illness correlates with increased risk of mortality in patients who survive at least seven days: a retrospective study. Clin Nutr (2010) 0.82
In-hospital mortality prediction in patients receiving mechanical ventilation in Taiwan. Am J Crit Care (2013) 0.82
Construction of simple and efficient DNA vector-based short hairpin RNA expression systems for specific gene silencing in mammalian cells. Methods Mol Biol (2007) 0.82
Trends and outcome predictors after traumatic brain injury surgery: a nationwide population-based study in Taiwan. J Neurosurg (2014) 0.81