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
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:
Mario Alberto Almanza Reyes, MD, Yajaira RÃos Hernández, MD, José Román Chávez Méndez, MPH, MarÃa De Los Ãngeles Leal Ãvila, MD, PD, Alejandra Núñez-Sánchez, MS, Ahmed Ali Asadi González, PhD, Leslie Patrón Romero, MD, CG, Horacio Eusebio Almanza Reyes, PhD Department of Bariatric Surgery, Grand View Hospital, Tijuana Baja California, México (Dr Reyes). School of
Jane E. Harrell, BS, Jeffrey Friedman, MD College of Medicine (Dr Harrell) and Department of Surgery (Dr Friedman), University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. ABSTRACT Introduction: Gastric band erosion is a rare but serious complication after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band placement. With this complication, the band usually partially erodes into the stomach lumen, which necessitates
Christopher J. Kliethermes, MD, Karin A. Fox, MD, Kelly K. Blazek, MD, Shadi Rezai, MD, Zhenkun Guan, BS, Xiaoming Guan, MD, PhD Division of Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (Drs Kliethermes, Blazek, Rezai, and Dr Guan) and Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine (Dr Fox), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
Kaniz Zehra Abbas, MD, Diana El Neemany, DO, Nicole Pursell, DO, Xiu Sun, MD, Karim El Sahwi, MD Unit of Gynecologic Oncology (Drs Abbas, El Neemany, Pursell, and El Sahwi) and Department of Pathology (Dr Sun), Meridian Health, Neptune, New Jersey, USA. ABSTRACT Introduction: The incidence of STIC is increasing because of standardization of fallopian
Lee Stratton, MD, Justin Gerard, MD, Allison G. McNickle, MD, Steven R. Bonomo, MD Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Stratton), Department of Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Gerard), Department of Surgery, University of Nevada–Las Vegas School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada (Dr McNickle), Department of Surgery,
Khuram Khan, MD, Saqib Saeed, MD, Amrita Persaud, MS, RD, Sanjiv Gray, MD, Leaque Ahmed, MD Department of Surgery, Harlem Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Gastric bypass is a commonly performed surgery for morbid obesity. Duodenal ulcer perforation after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is a rare occurrence,
Yongnan Li, MD, Shuodong Wu, MD Department of Biliary Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, People’s Republic of China (both authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Symptomatic Meckel’s diverticulum during pregnancy and inverted Meckel’s (“ windsock ”) divertic- ulum are rare occurrences. Preoperative diagnosis is difficult, and inverted diverticulum can be misdiagnosed as lipoma. Case
