Low-dose tacrolimus combined with a MMF dose of 1 g daily and corticosteroids provided an optimized efficacy and safety profile. A higher dose of MMF (2 g) was associated with greater toxicity without a significant improvement in efficacy.

Endoscopic forceps biopsies do not allow for reliable preoperative diagnosis of tumors of the papilla of Vater.

Our trial shows that CWEPs are effective at reducing the incidence of SSIs in elective and clean or clean-contaminated open abdominal surgery.

Transplant function and survival of patients after dual kidney transplantation indicate that this procedure is reasonable to ameliorate the problem of organ shortage. The most crucial point is to establish a widely accepted standardized scoring for the donors leading to single, dual, or refusal of transplantation.

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