Dina Podolsky, MD, Erin Moran-Atkin, MD, Jenny J. Choi, MD, Diego Camacho, MD Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Hyperplastic inflammatory polyp (HIP) is an overgrowth of gastric mucosa associated with underlying chronic inflammation. Usually located in the gastric corpus and antrum, it has also been known […]
Kevin L. Anderson, Jr, BS, Kristy L. Rialon, MD, Theodore N. Pappas, MD, Alexander Perez, MD School of Medicine (Mr Anderson) and Department of Surgery (Drs Pappas and Perez), Duke University Medical Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Dr. Rialon).
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
Amani Jambhekar, MD, Josue Chery, MD, Krystyna Kabata, PA, Piotr Gorecki, MD Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Port site metastases are known phenomena associated with laparoscopic resection of intra-abdominal malignancies, but have not been well documented for gastric cancer. We report a case of port
Mikhail Efanov, MD, PhD, Ruslanh Alikhanov, MD, PhD, Victor Cvirkun, MD, PhD, Ivan Kazakov, MD, PhD, Olga Melekhina, MD, PhD, Pavel Kim, MD, Andrey Vankovich, MD, Igor Khatkov, MD, PhD Department of Hepato-pancreato-biliary Surgery, Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia (Drs. Efanov, Alikhanov, Kazakov, Melekhina, Kim, and Vankovich and Prof. Cvirkun). Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia (Prof. Khatkov).
Yanira Perez, MD, MIS Fellow, John D. Webber, MD, FACS, David Edelman, MD, FACS Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Mesenteric fibromatosis poses a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. We report a case of giant cell mesenteric fibromatosis tumor arising from the mesentery of the small intestine in a patient two years after a
Ramon Vilallonga, MD, PhD, Jacques Himpens, MD Division of Bariatric Surgery, AZ St. Blasius, Dendermonde, Belgium (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Many different medical and surgical modalities have been described for the treatment of late strictures after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), including observation, endoscopic dilatations, seromyotomy (SM), and wedge resection of the sleeve stomach including the stricture. Strictures
Sergio Carandina, MD, Perrine Mathonet, MD, Guy Bernard Cadière, MD, PhD Department of Digestive and Metabolic Surgery, Jean Verdier Hospital, Paris XIII University-University Hospitals of Paris Seine Saint-Denis, Paris, France (Dr. Carandina). Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium (Drs. Mathonet, Cadière). ABSTRACT Background: Brunner’s gland hamartoma (BGH)
Kunal Kochar, MD, Ajit Pai, MD, Slawomir Marecik, MD, John Park, MD, Leela Prasad, MD Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: India ink is routinely used for preoperative marking of colonic lesions to facilitate identification during laparoscopic colon surgery. It is a relatively
Régis Souche, Jean-Michel Fabre Chirurgie Digestive A, Département de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Universitaire de St Eloi, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France (both authors). ABSTRACT Background: Esophageal submucosal gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are rare. Resection is indicated due to their malignant potential. Case Description: A 76-year-old woman complained of mild dysphagia. A submucosal tumor of the
