Ryuta Watanabe, MD, Akira Ozawa, MD, Tokuhiro Iseda, MD Department of Urology, Matsuyama Shimin Hospital, Ehime, Japan (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Paraganglioma of the kidney seldom occurs and is rarely malignant. Because of anatomical characteristics and concerns about catecholamine release, surgery for these tumors is often deemed inappropriate. We present the case of a man […]
Erika Simmerman, DO, Andrew Simmerman, BS, Randi Lassiter, MD, Asif Talukder, MD, Brian Lane, MD Department of Surgery, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: In the United States, sigmoid volvulus is frequently seen in the elderly and neurologically impaired, driving a search for less invasive but effective treatments that may obviate the
David Radvinsky, MD, Paul Chung, MD, Michael Kennedy, MD, Koby Herman, BS, Gainosuke Sugiyama, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate University Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Drs Radvinsky, Chung, Kennedy, and Sugiyama). SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY (Herman). ABSTRACT Introduction: The incidence of incisional hernias after hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) ranges
