Yoo Shin Choi, MD, Beom Gyu Kim, MD, Hyun Kang, MD Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (Drs. Choi and Kim). Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (Dr. Kang). ABSTRACT Duplication of the alimentary tract is an uncommon occurrence (1 of 4500 births) in […]
Brian K. P. Goh, MBBS, MMed, MSc, FRCS, Pierce K. H. Chow, MBBS, MMed, PhD, FRCS Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary and Transplant Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore (all authors). Duke–NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore (all authors). ABSTRACT Laparoscopic liver resection has increasingly been used as a therapeutic modality in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). However, its use in
Alexis D. Greene, MD, Andrzej K. Breborowicz, MD, PhD, Anne Hardart, MD Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA (all authors). ABSTRACTIntroduction: Case reports of parasitic teratomas exist; however, most viable ovarian dermoids reimplant into the omentum. It is rare to report a viable ovary containing a dermoid
Pyeong Hoo Park, MD, Daelim Jee, MD Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, South Korea (both authors). ABSTRACTIntroduction: Rhabdomyolysis is very rare in laparoscopic partial resection surgery of the liver. The muscles of the buttock, shoulder girdles, or back are usually injured with the patient in the supine position.
Mihir M. Shah, MD, Assar A. Rather, MD, Farrukh A. Khan, MD General Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA (Dr. Shah). General Surgery, Bayhealth General Surgery, Dover, DE, USA (Dr. Rather). General Surgery, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Dr. Khan). ABSTRACT Introduction: We report a case of intestinal obstruction secondary to intramural
Minal Joshi, MD, Krystyna Kabata, PA-C, Srikanth Earhiraju, MD, Michael Baek, MD, Piotr J. Gorecki, MD Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) has a potential for long-term complications. We report a case of LAGB slippage with extensive gastric necrosis managed with emergent
Gurdeep S. Matharoo, MD, Samir R. Shah, MD, Steven J. Binenbaum, MD, Frank J. Borao, MD Department of Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is popular bariatric procedure for patients with morbid obesity. The procedure is appealing to patients and surgeons because of its customizable
Achilles Ploumidis, MD, BSc, MSc, PhD, FEBU, Prodromos Philippou, MD, MA, FEBU, Andreas Skolarikos, MD, PhD, FEBU, Assos. Prof., Grigoris Athanasiadis, MD, FEBU, Shailesh Raina, MD, MBBS, MS, D. Urol(Ion), Antonios Ploumidis, MD, PhD, FEBU Department of Urology, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece (Drs. Ac. Ploumidis, An. Ploumidis). Department of Urology, Apollonion Private Hospital, Nicosia,
Lauren Schiff, MD Women’s Health Services, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA ABSTRACT Introduction: Uterine perforation at the time of intrauterine device (IUD) insertion is estimated to occur at a rate of 1 per 1000 insertions. Most published cases describing transmigration into abdominal viscera are in the setting of
Andrea Rossetti, MD, Michel Adamina, PD, Franziska Naef, MD, M. Zadnikar, Sascha A. Mueller, PD Klinik fur Chirurgie, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, Switzerland (all authors).ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopy has proven to be safe for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes in patients with suspected acute appendicitis.Case Description: We report a case of a rare occurrence of small-bowel volvulus after
