Jun Levine, MD, David Lee, MD, Ronald Ross, MDBS, Koji Park, MD, Julio Teixeira, MD FACS. St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, NY 33 y/o woman s/p RYGB was found to have G-G fistula causing an ulcer which eroded anteriorly to the liver, posteriorly to pancreas and into the splenic artery causing massive UGI bleed. […]
Meagan Costedio, Erman Aytac, Emre Gorgun, Ravi P Kiran, Feza Remzi. Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA Introduction: Our institution first reported the feasibility and safety of single-incision (SILS) laparoscopic total proctocolectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis (TPC/IPAA). In order to improve efficiency while maintaining the cosmetic […]
Lee A Farber, DO, David B Earle, MD. Baystate Medical Center Objective:Gastroparesis is a motility disorder of the stomach characterized by delayed passage of liquid and/or food boluses without a widely accepted effective treatment thus far. Our aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of an implantable gastric electrical stimulator device (Enterra®; Medtronic; Minneapolis, MN) […]
Evan P Nadler, MD, Faisal G Qureshi, MD, Leah C Barefoot, MSN CPNP, Daniel Davidow, MD. Children’s National Medical Center, Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents Background: As the obesity epidemic continues to take its toll on both the patients who are stricken with the disease and our healthcare system debate continues regarding the […]
A Amin, Mr, Anil Reddy, Mr, Ahmed Hammad, Mr, M Jha, Mr, Prasad Kolanu, Dr. James Cook University Hospital Introduction: Over 60% of all neuroendocrine tumours are found in the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours are rare and constitute <2% of all gastrointestinal cancers. Most tumours are slow growing and asymptomatic, although metastatic lesion […]