Mohan M John, MD, Harish Nirujogi, MD, Visweshwar Haresh, MD, Vellore Parithivel, MD, Masooma Niazi, MD. Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY. Introduction: One half of lung cancer patients have metastatic disease at the time of presentation. The commonest sites of metastases are lymph nodes and the liver(1). Small bowel metastasis from lung cancer is […]
Martin D Avery, MD, Rana Pullatt, Md. Medical University of South Carolina. Introduction: Malrotation in morbidly obese patients is rare, but has been reported. Most of these are discovered incidentally during laparoscopic gastric bypass. Controversy exists whether the discovery of malrotation during laparoscopic gastric bypass necessitates performing the LADDs procedure at the time of surgery […]
Pornthep Prathanvanich, DO, Bipan Chand, DO. Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Background: A ventricular assist device (VAD) provides cardiac output in patients with severe cardiac dysfunction. This surgically implanted pump delivers blood from the left ventricle to the aorta and may also provide a bridge to cardiac transplantation. We report a case of […]
Mena Boules, MD, Hideharu Shimizu, MD, Andrea Zelisko, MD, Kevin El-Hayek, MD, Maged K Rizk, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Introduction: Gastroparesis is a chronic, common, and costly disorder for which medical therapy is often unsuccessful. Gastric electrical stimulation (GES) has been used to treat refractory cases however response is variable and difficult […]
Francois Julien, MD, FRCSC, Diana Losada, MD, FRCSC, Mireille Methot, MD, FRCSC, Amy Neville, MD, FRCSC, Jean Denis Yelle, MD, FRCSC, FACS. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Division General Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa. A 80-year-old male underwent an uncomplicated endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR). The routine follow up imagery showed a persistent […]