Brianne Wiemann, MD, Cyril Kamya, MD, Edward Auyang, MD Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, NM. ABSTRACT We report a case of a 21-year-old male who presented with adult-onset dysphagia after previous Nissen fundoplication initially created at age 10.5 months. The patient first presented one year ago to a different hospital, where […]
Alberto Gómez-Portilla, MD, PhD, Elena Merino, MD, Eduardo López de Heredia, MD, Alberto Gareta, Esther Diago ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: Less than 300 cases of a De Garengeot’s hernia have been published. This rare femoral hernia with the vermiform appendix included appears almost exclusively on the right side, mainly in females, and it gen- erally
Montserrat Guraieb-Trueba, MD, VÃctor Manuel Rivera-Méndez, MD, Juan Carlos Sánchez-Robles, MD Colorectal Surgery Department, Hospital Central Militar, México City, México (Dr. M. Gurieb-Trueba) Advanced Endoscopy Department, Hospital Central Militar, México City, México (Dr. V. M. Rivera-Méndez) Hospital San Ãngel Inn Chapultepec, México City, México (Dr. J. C. Sánchez-Robbles) ABSTRACT Colorectal cancer prevention relies on effective
Kelly Johnson, DO, Natalie Monroe, DO, Bogdan Protyniak, MD Geisinger Wyoming Valley General Surgery Residency Program, Wilkes-Barre, PA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: A parastomal hernia (PSH) is an abnormal herniation of an intra-abdominal organ or other tissue through an intentionally created fascial defect at an ostomy site. PSHs commonly involve reducible mobile segments of omentum,
Sung Ryul Lee, MD, PhD, FACS, Geon Young Byun, MD Department of Surgery, Damsoyu Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea. ABSTRACT Background and Objectives: In patients with inguinal hernias who have undergone radical prostatectomy, dissecting the medial preperitoneal space is difficult because of the presence of fibrotic scars. It is also difficult to guarantee sufficient space
Yi-Hsuan Lin, MD, Chih-Wen Lin, MD, Wen-Yao Yin, MD Department of Clinical Education, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu, Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei, Taiwan (Dr. Y-H Lin) Department of Radiology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi, Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan (Dr. C-W Lin) Department of Surgery, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi
Juping Zhao, MD, PhD, Parehe Alimu, MD, Jun Dai, MD, Jing Xie, MD, Danfeng Xu, MD, PhD, Fukang Sun, MD, PhD Department of Urology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: The occurrence of pregnancy with Cushing syndrome (CS) is rare but with high risks, posing a great
Sarah Olivier-Cabrera, MD, Virendra Tewari, MD, Lakshmi A. Gollapudi, MD, Gustavo Stringel, MD, MBA Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatobiliary Diseases, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York (Drs. Olivier-Cabrera, Tewari, Gollapudi). Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York (Dr.
Matheus Sarmento Militz, MD, Alessandro Bersch Osvaldt, PhD, Diego da Fonseca Mossmann, MsC, Guilherme Goncalves Pretto, MsC, Mariana Sarmento Militz, MD, Oly Campos Corleta, PhD, Leandro Totti Cavazzola, PhD Service of General Surgery, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Hospital de ClÃnicas de Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350
John S. Paek, DO, Chen Chen, MD, Nabil Tariq, MD Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Background: In this case report, a patient had complicated marginal ulcer perforation that led to gastrointestinal tract discontinuity with future plan for reversal. However in this novel case, the patient had spontaneous continuity, which prevented another major,
