Ricardo J. Fraticelli-Rosado, MD, Maria R. Cochran-Perez, MD, Gilberto Ruiz-Deya, MD, Limael Rodriguez Vega, MD Department of Surgery, Hospital Episcopal San Lucas, Ponce, Puerto Rico, USA (Drs Fraticelli-Rosado, Ruiz-Deya, and Rodriguez Vega). Transitional Residency Program, Hospital Damas, Ponce, Puerto Rico, USA (Dr. Cochran-Perez). Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, Puerto Rico, USA (Dr. Ruiz-Deya). ABSTRACT Introduction: […]
Lauren McCormack, MD, Wilbur Bowne, MD Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (Drs McCormack and Bowne). ABSTRACT Introduction: Wandering spleen is a rare condition in which the spleen lacks or has extreme laxity of associated ligaments, enabling it to float freely throughout the abdomen. This condition most commonly presents as
Gustavo Lopes de Carvalho, MD, PhD, Diego Laurentino Lima, MD, Frederico Wagner Silva, MD, Gustavo Henrique Belarmino de Go Ìes Department of General Surgery, University of Pernambuco (UPE), Faculty of Medical Sciences, Recife, Brazil (Dr. Carvalho, and Mr. GÓES) and Clinica Cirurgica Videolaparoscopica, Recife, Brazil (Dr. Carvalho). State Servers Hospital, Recife, Brazil (Dr. Lima). Minimally
Simon Wabitsch, PD Dr. med. Timm Denecke, PD Dr. med. Dominik Geisel, Dr. med. Ann-Christin von Brünneck, Dr. med. Andreas Andreou, Prof. Dr. med. Matthias Biebl, Prof. Dr. med. Johann Pratschke, PD Dr. med. Moritz Schmelzle Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Spontaneous rupture of liver tumors, such as hepatocellular
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
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
Marilyn Wong, MBChB, Sandhya Pillai, MD Department of General Surgery, North Shore Hospital, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand (both authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Gallbladder torsion is uncommon and difficult to diagnose before surgery. Case Description: We present a case of gallbladder torsion and review the literature on etiology, clinical presentation, radiological diagnosis, and intraoperative
Gustavo Lopes de Carvalho, MD, PhD, Gilberto Fernandes Silva de Abreu, MD, MSc, Diego Laurentino Lima, MD, Gustavo Henrique Belarmino de Góes, Medical Student Faculty of Medical Sciences (all authors) and University of Pernambuco (UPE), Recife, Brazil (Dr. Carvalho). ABSTRACT Introduction: Mirizzi syndrome (MS) is an uncommon complication of long-term chronic cholecystitis, characterized by extrinsic
Ahmad S. Hussain, MD, Oliver L. Gunter, MD, Richard S. Miller, MD, Hugo J. R. Bonatti, MD Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: There is a lack of information in the literature regarding acute appendicitis in the setting of acute diverticulitis. As acute appendicitis and acute diverticulitis
