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
Antonio Sommariva, MD, Sandro Pasquali, MD, Roberto Stramare, MD, Maria Cristina Montesco, MD, Saveria Tropea, MD, Carlo Riccardo Rossi, MD Melanoma and Sarcomas Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV—IRCCS, Padova, Italy (Drs. Sommariva, Tropea, Rossi). Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy (Dr. Pasquali). Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences and Special
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
Charleen Sze-yan Cheung, MBBS, Vincent Y.T. Cheung, MBBSDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (both authors). ABSTRACTBroad ligament ectopic pregnancy is a rare form of ectopic pregnancy. A 30-year-old nulliparous woman with a history of right salpingectomy for tubal pregnancy presented with vaginal spotting at 6
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
Giulia Giannotti, MD, Giovanni Boroni, MD, Luca Giacomo Tonegatti, MD, Susanna Milianti, MD, Fabio Torri, MD, Marco Schiavo Lena, MD, Daniele Alberti, MDDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, University of Brescia, Italy (Drs. Giannotti, Boroni, Tonegatti, Milianti, Torri, Lena, Alberti). Department of Pathological Anatomy, University of Brescia, Italy (Dr. Marco). ABSTRACT Giant cystic lymphangioma (GCL) is a
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.
