Ali Uzunkoy, Prof Dr. Harran University School of Medicine Departyment of General Surgery Background: The patient’s nutritional status is one of the most important factors for postoperative complications. Morbidity and mortality is increased in the cases with poor nutritional status. Recently, there are some reports about the benefits of early enteral nutrition. However, there […]
Karan Bath, MD, Rena Moon, MD, Carolina Ampudia, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD FACS FASMBS, Raul Rosenthal, MD FACS FASMBS. Cleveland Clinic Florida Introduction: GIST tumors are being diagnosed with increasing frequency. The location of the tumor plays a crucial role in the approach used for resection and reconstruction. Materials and Methods: A 53yo F, […]
Adewale O Adisa, MBChB FWACS FMCSNig DMAS, Oladejo O Lawal, MBBS FMCSNig FWACS, Olukayode A Arowolo, MBBS FWACS, Olusegun I Alatise, MBChB FWACS. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Introduction: After several years of lagging behind due to several constraints, many general surgeons across Nigeria are now performing laparoscopic surgery. Many are however still concerned […]
Ivan Strachan, Bariatric Surgeon, Gianna Ramos, Bariatric Surgeon. CIPLA y Centro Médico Dominico Cubano Introduction: The sleeve gastrectomy has become one of the most used in the treatment of obesity. The risk of leak and difficult to manage is its most feared complication, also the high incidence of gastroesophageal reflux and hiatal hernia development […]
Wei Wei, MD, Archana Ramaswamy, MD, Roger De La Torre, MD, Brent W Miedema, MD. Division of General Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia INTRODUCTION The hypothesis was that a stent that is mainly silicone covered but has a portion uncovered may allow tissue ingrowth and decrease the migration rate seen with fully covered stents and […]