Treatment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in the Biliopancreatic Limb with Embolization in a Patient with Duodenal Switch Anatomy

Introduction: Biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch (BPD/DS) is an uncommon type of bariatric surgery that can rarely lead to bleeding in the biliopancreatic limb.The altered anatomy poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.Case Presentation: We present an unusual case of a woman status post-BPD/DS Wooden Train Set nearly a

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Progress towards lightning control using lasers

Lightning research needs on-demand lightning strikes, because of the random character of natural lightning.Lasers have been proposed as alternatives to the current Custom Mug technique using rocket-pulled wires, because they would expectedly provide more flexibility.However, high-energy, nanosecond lasers cannot provide long connected plasma channe

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