Laparoscopic repair of paraduodenal hernia presenting as small bowel obstruction
Savni Satoskar, MD, Manthan Makadia, MD, Abdul Badr, MD, Sarang Kashyap, MD, Avian Chang, MD, Monzur Haque, MD, Harjeet Kohli, MD. Easton HospitalINTRODUCTION: 300,000 surgeries are done annually in the US for small bowel obstruction, which is most commonly caused by intraabdominal adhesions, malignancy, and hernias. 0.2 to 5.8% of small bowel obstructions are due… Continue Reading
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Case Presentation: Achalasia and Large Epiphrenic Esophageal Diverticulum
Joshua Smith, MD, Kern Brittany, MD, Amie Hop, MD, Amy Banks-Venegoni, MD. Spectrum HealthCase Report: 60 year-old female with no significant past medical history presents with a 10-year history of nocturnal cough that had worsened over the past 3 months and had associated regurgitation. She underwent esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) that showed a tortuous esophagus and tight… Continue Reading
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Ruptured Hepatic Aneurysm As First Presenting Symptom of Polyarteritis Nodosa
Shinban Liu, DO, Vadim Meytes, DO, Maria Roberto, DO. NYU Langone Hospital - BrooklynIntroduction: Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) is a systemic transmural inflammatory vasculitis that affects medium-sized arteries. Inflammation of the vessel wall and intimal proliferation creates luminal narrowing which can lead to stenosis and insufficiency. The same inflammatory process causes disruption of the elastic lamina… Continue Reading
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Adenocarcinoma in Gastric Remnant After Gastric Roux-en-Y Bypass Surgery for Morbid Obesity: A Case Report
Alejandro Garza, MD, Robert Alleyn, MD, Jose Almeda, MD, Ricardo Martinez, MD. UTRGVObesity is an epidemic condition worldwide carrying significant morbidity and mortality. Surgical therapy is the only proven effective method to sustain weight loss. Among the different surgical procedures gastric bypass is the most effective. During this surgery, most of the stomach is excluded… Continue Reading
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Progressively increasing CA19-9 sounded the alarm of an intra-hepatic cholangiocarcinoma
Dandan Hu1, Yilei Mao2. 1Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, 2Peking Union Medical College HospitalPotential good prognosis of preclinical cholangiocarcinoma underwent laparoscopic liver segmentectomy. A 76 years old male presented to gastroenterology department on January 4, 2016, with progressively increasing carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (Ca19-9) level. Clinical manifestations only include a blood stool with less than 10ml/d,… Continue Reading
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Remnant Stomach Perforation: A Unique Presentation of Obstructed Internal Hernia after Gastric Bypass
Katherine H Yancey, MD1, Andrew M O'Neill, MD2. 1Mission Health, 2MAHECIntroduction: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is a frequently performed bariatric procedure, of which internal hernia (IH) is a known complication. We discuss a rare finding of occult gastric remnant perforation as a result of an obstructed IH in a post bypass patient. Methods: We present… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Resection of a Hypoglycemia- Inducing Retroperitoneal Fibrosarcoma
Hany G Fahmy, FRCS, FACS, Mohamed A Abdelwahab, Alaa Taha. Royal Commission Medical Center, Yanbu Industrial, K.S.AINTRODUCTION: Retroperitoneal sarcoma represents approximately 12-15% of all sarcomas and less than 0.5% of all neoplasia. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy still do not represent valid therapeutic alternatives; therefore complete surgical resection is the only potential curative treatment modality for retroperitoneal… Continue Reading
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LATE OBLITERATION OF GASTROJEJUNAL ANASTOMOSIS WITH A GASTROGASTRIC FISTULA AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC ROUX-EN Y GASTRIC BYPASS
Piotr Gorecki, MD, Victor Gazivoda, BS, Gabriel Rivera, MD, Mukul Arya, MD. New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist HospitalIntroduction: Roux en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is one of the initial and most studied weight reduction procedures and remains the gold standard for comparison in bariatric surgery clinical outcomes. Although RYGB is an effective procedure for weight loss,… Continue Reading
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THORACOSCOPIC THYMECTOMY – A CASE REPORT
Raj Gajbhiye, MS, Arati Kirange, MS, Ram Khare, MS, Vikrant Akulwar, MS, Lajpat Agrawal, MS, Sanjay Pal, MS. Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, IndiaINTRODUCTION: Thymoma is one of the rare tumor entity benign or malignant arsisng from the epithelial cells of thymus gland, frequently associated with neuromuscular disorder Myasthenia Gravis. So, we are presenting this… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer in a patient with situs inversus totalis
Kazuma Sato, Shunji Kinuta, Koichi Takiguchi, Naoyuki Hanari, Naoki Koshiishi. Takeda General HospitalBackground: Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a rare congenital condition in which the abdominal and thoracic organs are located opposite to their normal positions. Few cases of laparoscopic surgery for gastric cancer with SIT have been reported. We report a case of laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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Rhabdomyosarcoma of the sternum in 2 years old child Challenges in the management
Mohammad Al-Onazi, MD, MME, Mohammed Babiker, MD. Prince Sultan Military Medical CitySternum or chest wall resection is performed for a variety of conditions such as primary and secondary tumors of the chest wall or the sternum. Sternum reconstruction has been a complex problem in the past due to intraoperative technical difficulties, surgical complications, and respiratory… Continue Reading
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A Clinicopathological Study of Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Gastrointestinal Tract – A Case Series
Veena Bheeman, MBBS, MS, Pari M Rajappa, MBBS, MS, Vishwanath M Pai, MBBS, MS, DNB, Dip, MASFr, FRCSGlas, Sandhya Sundaram, MBBS, MD, Sushruthan M, MBBS, MD. Sri Ramachandra Medical CollegeIntroduction: Neuroendrocrine malignancies constitute 0.5% of all cancers. The gastrointestinal tract is the commonest site, followed by the lung. The last decade has seen a steady… Continue Reading
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DOUBLE GALLBLADDER – A RARE ANOMALY?
Rosemary O.C. Oche, MD1, Konstantina Foufa, MD2, Ada M Krzak, BA3, Jan M Krzak, MD1. 1Department of Surgery South Jutland Hospital, Aabenraa, Denmark, 2Department of Radiology South Jutland Hospital, Aabenraa, Denmark, 3University of Cambridge, UKIntroduction: When searching for "Double Gallbladder" in PubMed, 129 results are obtained, many dated within the last decade (1). Unfortunately there… Continue Reading
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REPAIR OF PERFORATED GASTRIC ULCER WITH FALCIFORM PEDICLE FLAP
Michael Jaroncyzk, MD, Courtney E Collins, MD, MS, Vladimir P Daoud, MD, MS, Ibrahim Daoud, MD. St. Francis Hospital; Hartford CTIntroduction: Several decades ago, surgical training was saturated with procedures to treated peptic ulcer disease. Since the introduction of histamine-2 blockers and proton pump inhibitors, these procedures have dwindled significantly. However, there are still instances… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic management of Boerhaave’s Syndrome after a late presentation: A case report and literature review
Tahir Yunus, Hager Aref, Obadah Alhallaq. IMCBackground: Boerhaave’s syndrome involves an abrupt elevation in the intraluminal pressure of the oesophagus, causing a transmural perforation. It is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Having a nonspecific presentation may contribute to a delay in diagnosis and results in poor outcomes. Treatment is challenging, yet early surgical intervention… Continue Reading
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