Gene transfer into the peritoneal cavity by nonviral methods may provide an effective therapeutic approach for peritoneal diseases. Herein, we investigated the feasibility and the effectiveness of ...

The organs of the abdominal cavity (stomach, intestine, pancreas, liver, kidney, gallbladder, etc.) are surrounded and supported [held in place] by a 2-layer membrane called the peritoneum. The ...

Multiple clinical conditions such as trauma, surgery, liver cirrhosis, peritoneal dialysis catheters or disruption of the gastrointestinal tract can cause peritonitis. Subsequent systemic spread of ...

According to the manufacturer, this is the first-in-human clinical trial of Allocetra combined with chemotherapy in patients with peritoneal metastases arising from solid cancers. The first patient ...

Peritoneal cancers may be primary or secondary. Symptoms and signs of the cancer are vague and the diagnosis is usually late with poor treatment outcome. Peritoneal cancers may be primary when they ...

IN the case herewith reported a living infant was obtained by operation from the mother's abdominal cavity at term, and there is good evidence that fertilization was accomplished by transperitoneal ...