Yusuke Tanaka, MD, Shinsuke Koyama, MD, PhD, Yasuhiko Shiki, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan (all authors). ABSTRACT Ovarian cyst torsion is a well-known cause of acute abdominal pain in female patients. However, torsion of a normal ovary is extremely rare and predominantly occurs in premenarchal female patients. The objective of […]
Brian K. P. Goh, MBBS, MMed, MSc, FRCS, Lip-Seng Lee, MBBS, MRCS, Pierce K. H. Chow, MBBS, MMed, PhD, FRCS Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore (Drs. Goh, Lee, Chow). Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore (Drs. Goh, Chow). ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopic liver resection has increasingly been used as a therapeutic modality in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Mustafa Albayrak, MD, Ahmet Karatas, MD, Ismail Biyik, MD, Fatih Keskin, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duzce University School of Medicine, Duzce, Turkey (Drs Albayrak, Keskin). Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey (Dr Karatas). Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karacabey State Hospital, Karacabey, Bursa, Turkey (Dr Biyik). ABSTRACT Unexpected pregnancy with
Mena Boules, MD, Ricard Corcelles, MD, PhD, Esam Batayyah, MD, John Rodriguez, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD Department of General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus, Cleveland, Ohio (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Adult idiopathic hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (AIHPS) is a rare entity. The most common clinical symptom is abdominal distention relieved by vomiting. There are several treatment modalities for
Jennifer Schmitt, DO, Bradford Fenton, MD, PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dr. Schmitt). Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUMMA Health Systems, Akron, Ohio (both authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Hysterectomies are the second most common major surgical procedure among women in their reproductive years. Ureteral injury is a known complication of this surgery. Intraoperative
Areiyu Zhang, MD, Faten F. Abdelhafez, MD, James Liu, MD, Mohamed A. Bedaiwy, MD, PhD Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (Drs. Zang, Bedaiwy). Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (Drs. Abdelhafez, Bedaiwy, Liu). ABSTRACT Introduction: Müllerian anomalies can be challenging
Andrew W. Michael, MD, Peter F. Rovito, MD, Peter V. Rovito, BS Department of Surgery, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA, USA (Dr. Michael). Department of Surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA, USA (Drs. Rovito and Rovito). ABSTRACT Introduction: Renovascular hypertension is a rare but treatable cause of refractory hypertension and is usually the result of fibromuscular
Ariel K. Dubin, MD, Eve F. Zaritsky, MD, Miya P. Yamamoto, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California (Dr Dubin); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente Oakland, Oakland, California (Dr Zaritsky); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente San Leandro, San Leandro, California (Dr Yamamoto). ABSTRACT Introduction: Interstitial pregnancies account
David B. Staab, MD, John D. Welander, MD Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs Central Iowa Health Care System, Des Moines, IA, USA (Dr. Staab). Surgery Residency Program of the Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, USA (Dr. Welander). ABSTRACT Minimally invasive surgical technology is changing the management of spigelian hernias. In addition to open repairs, laparoscopic
Ioannis Nikolopoulos, MRCS, Janakan Ghananandan, MRCS, Rajab Kerwat, FRCS Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London, United Kingdom (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Hem-o-lok ligation clips are widely used for the hemostatic control of major mesenteric vessels during laparoscopic colorectal resection. We report 2 rare cases of bowel obstruction and perforation requiring urgent surgical intervention after the application of Hem-o-lok clips
