Syed Ali A. Rizvi, MB BS, Jeannine McManus, MB BS, Gary Foo, MB BS, Phil Lockie, FRCSI, FRACS Department of General Surgery, Ipswich General Hospital, Queensland, Australia (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Iliopsoas abscess is a rare condition that carries a risk of mortality when not treated appropriately. There is a paucity of high-level evidence concerning the management […]
Daniel Swartz, MD Central California Institute of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Fresno, CA, USA. ABSTRACT Introduction: This case report describes a procedure-related mortality due to abdominal compartment syndrome following endoscopic stomal reduction as a revisional procedure for Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. This procedure is increasing in popularity due in part to the well-documented safety profile. Case Description: The patient
Naruhiko Ikoma, MD, Osamu Itano, MD, PhD, Go Oshima, MD, Shinil K. Shah, MD, Shinichi Fukuhara, MD, Yuko Kitagawa, MD, PhD, FACS Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA (Drs. Ikoma and Shah); Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Drs. Ikoma, Itano, Oshima, and Kitagawa); Department of Surgery, Eiju General Hospital,
Tara Iorio, PA-C, David Blumberg, MD University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Bandaid Surgery, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (both authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Endoscopic therapy is a potentially valuable tool for treating colorectal anastomotic leaks and avoids the complications associated with reoperation. Case Description: This brief report concerns the endoscopic application of an extracellular matrix graft for
Min Li, MM, Shuodong Wu, MD, Yu Tian, MD, Yongnan Li, MM, Hong Yu, MD, Yongsheng Chen, MM Department of Biliary and Vascular Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Our aim was to report a case regarding combined resection of a hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatic cyst, gallbladder, and appendix. Case Description: The
Aideen Campbell, MBBS, and Gary K. Atkin, MD Department of Surgery, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, Barnet, UK (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: An intersigmoid hernia is a type of internal hernia and is a rare cause of small-bowel obstruction. It occurs because of a congenital peritoneal defect at the root of the sigmoid mesocolon
Satoshi Yokoyama, MD, Daisuke Ito, Akinori Sekioka, Nao Kawaguchi, Harumi Yamada, Michio Kuwahara, Hirofumi Utsunomiya, Shiro Uyama Department of Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Society, Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Portomesenteric venous thrombosis (PMVT) is a rare and often fatal disease that is difficult to diagnose. The symptoms are nonspecific, and diagnosis and initial
Christian Hernandez Murcia, MD, Pedro Garcia Quintero, MD, Jorge Rabaza, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Anthony Gonzalez, MD, FACS, FASMBS Department of General and Bariatric Surgery, Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Gastric volvulus occurs primarily when the stomach suffers torsion on itself due to laxity, elongation, or agenesis of the stomach ligamentous attachments
Anuradha R. Bhama, MD, Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, Hui Sen Chong, MD Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Operative intervention for retroperitoneal hematomas is rarely indicated, and treatment is usually conservative, including observation, transfusion, correction of coagulopathy, and coil embolization. Case and Technique Description: A 75-year-old man
Mohammed A. Bawahab, MD, FRCS (Canada), FASMBS Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid, University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. ABSTRACT Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) is a well-established bariatric surgical procedure. LAGB surgery is associated long term with a significant chance for reoperation within 10 years of band placement; 2 causes of reoperation are band migration and
