Giuseppe S. Sica, MD, PhD, Marco D’Eletto, MD, Cristina Fiorani, MD, Andrea Divizia, MD, Paolo Gentileschi, MD, Domenico Benavoli, MD, Manfredi Tesauro, MD, PhD, Achille L. Gaspari, MD Department of General Surgery, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Rome, Italy (all authors). ABSTRACT Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) is a safe and effective bariatric surgery procedure. Leaks […]
Turgut Anuk, MD, Kahraman Ülker, MD, Barlas Sülü, MD, Ürfettin Hüseyı̇noğlu, MDDepartment of General Surgery, Kafkas University School of Medicine, Kars, Turkey (Drs. Anuk and Sülü).Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kafkas University School of Medicine, Kars, Turkey (Dr. Ülker).Department of Anesthesia and Reanimation, Kafkas University School of Medicine, Kars, Turkey (Dr. Hüseyı̇noğlu). ABSTRACT Introduction: During
Arkadiusz Peter Wysocki, FRACS, Jennifer Allen, BSc(Hons), Therese Rey-Conde, MPH, John B. North, FRACS Department of Surgery, Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Queensland, Australia (Dr. Wysocki). Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Drs. Allen, Rey-Conde, and North). ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: The mortality rate of patients with acute cholecystitis
Ajit Pai, MCh, Jan P. Kaminski, MD, John J. Park, MD, Slawomir J. Marecik, MD, Leela M. Prasad, MD Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL, USA (Drs. Pai, Park, Marecik, and Prasad). Department of General Surgery, UIC Metropolitan Group Hospitals Residency Program, Chicago, IL, USA (Dr. Kaminski). ABSTRACT
Federico Sista, MD, Malek Tabbara, MD, Christophe Barrat, MD, PhD, Sergio Carandina, MD Service de Chirurgie Digestive et Métabolique–Hôpital Jean Verdier Bondy France, Université Paris XIII, Paris, France (all authors). Università degli Studi di L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy (Dr. Sista). ABSTRACT Background: The term gossypiboma denotes a mass of cotton that is accidentally retained in the
Ashanti L. Franklin, MD, Carmen D. Coles, MD, Navin Changoor, MD, Tanya Gonzalez, MPH, Edward E. Cornwell III, MD, Rhonda Burch-Smith, MD, Terrence M. Fullum, MD Department of Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA (Drs. Franklin, Changoor, Gonzalez, Cornwell, Fullum). Department of Pathology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA (Drs.
Juan Pekolj, MD, PhD, Fernando A. Alvarez, MD, Victoria Ardiles, MD, Pablo Huespe, MD, Virginia Cano Busnelli, MD, Eduardo de Santibañes, MD, PhD Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery Section and Liver Transplant Unit, General Surgery Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Juan D. Perón 4190, C1181ACH, Buenos Aires, Argentina (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Associating liver partition and portal
Tammy L. Kindel, MD, PhD, Caitlin A. MacGregor, BA, Rajesh N. Keswani, MD, David M. Mahvi, MDDepartment of Surgery (Drs. Kindel, MacGregor, Mahvi) and Department of Medicine (Dr. Keswani), Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. ABSTRACTIntroduction: Bouveret syndrome is a rare presentation of gallstone ileus characterized by passage of a gallstone through
Joon Han Jeon, MD, Dae Young Cheung, MD, Kwang Yeol Paik, MD, Seong Jin Lee, MD, Hyun Jin Kim, MD, Hye Kang Kim, MD, Hyung Jun Cho, MD, Wook Kim, MD Department of Gastroenterology, the Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (Drs. Jeon, Cheung, Lee, H. J. Kim, H. K. Kim,
Annabelle Teng, MD, Barbara Wexelman, MD, Gary S. Schwartz, MD, Farr Nezhat, MD, Gabriel Sara, MD, Scott Belsley, MD, Faiz Bhora, MD, Cliff Connery, MD Department of Surgery, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA (Drs. Teng, Wexelman, Schwartz, Belsley). Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA (Dr.
