Caitlin R. Loseth, MD, Arianne Johnson, PhD, Rohit Sharma, MD Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Drs Loseth, Johnson, and Sharma) ABSTRACT Colonoscopy is a routine procedure to screen for colorectal cancer. Splenic injury is an extremely rare but potentially fatal complication. We present a case of a 74-year-old woman on edoxaban who […]
Juan Eduardo Flores-MartÃn, MD, Armando Pereyra-Talamantes, MSc, Humberto Salvador López-Téllez, MD Department of Surgery, Hospital Central Militar, Mexico City, Mexico (Drs Flores-MartÃn, Pereyra-Talamantes, and López-Téllez). ABSTRACT Background: Intestinal obstruction is a common late complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery, most commonly due to internal herniation or anastomotic strictures. Bezoars are a rare cause of obstruction
Anar Gojayev, MD, Steven R. Inglis, MD, Amirah Abdullah, MD, Benny Yuen, MD, Olga Rodas, MD, Khaled Zeitoun, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica, New York, USA (All authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: A 30–year-old gravida 2 para 1 woman was referred to us for further evaluation of pelvic mass from another
Margaret L. Jackson, MD, Shinil K. Shah, DO, FACS, Amit K. Agarwal, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas (all authors). ABSTRACT Left-sided acute appendicitis is a rare condition that occurs most frequently in patients with congenital abnormalities. It can be a surgical emergency and a diagnostic challenge for
Anthony M. Villano, MD, Ariana Metchik, MD, Ravinder Bamba, MD, Parag Bhanot, MD Department of General Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA (Drs Villano, Metchik, Bamba, and Bhanot) ABSTRACT Introduction: Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement is generally a safe and effective method for establishing long-term enteral access in a minimally invasive fashion.
Matthew Wynn, MD, Benjamin Clapp, MD Department of Surgery, Texas Tech HSC Paul Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, TX, USA (Drs Wynn and Clapp) ABSTRACT Background: In the past, hormonal therapy was the primary treatment option for patients with gender dysphoria, but it has been supplemented in recent years by surgical treatments, termed sex
Mahim Koshariya, MS, Sameer Ahmed, MS, Kunal Vinayak Department of Surgery, Gandhi Medical College and Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal, India (Drs Koshariya, Ahmed, and Vinayak) ABSTRACT Introduction: Pancreatic pseudocyst is a well circumscribed fluid collection, enclosed by a wall of inflammatory and fibrous tissue, arising in or adjacent to the pancreas. Pancreatic pseudocysts may occur after
Khuram Khan, MD, Saqib Saeed, MD, Shantanu Razdan, MD, Farhana Iqbal, MD, Marina Landa, MD, Leaque Ahmed, MD, Paritosh Suman, MD Department of Surgery, Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (Drs Khan, Saeed, Razdan, Ahmed, and Suman). Department of Pathology, Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (Dr
Jihui Li, MD, FACS, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, Raul J. Rosenthal, MD, FACS Department of General Surgery, Horizon Health Paris Clinic, Paris, IL (Dr Li), Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, FL (Drs Lo Menzo, Szomstein, and Rosenthal) ABSTRACT Introduction: Gallbladder volvulus is rare, but delay in
Yoichi Matsui, MD, Satoshi Hirooka, MD, So Yamaki, MD, Sohei Satoi, MD, FACS Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Bile duct injury is a serious and life-threatening problem. This well-known, albeit rare, problem is an important complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Case Description: A 74-year-old woman was referred to our surgical department
