Caitlin R. Loseth, MD, Arianne Johnson, PhD, Rohit Sharma, MD Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, California, USA (Drs Loseth, Johnson, and Sharma) ABSTRACT Colonoscopy is a routine procedure to screen for colorectal cancer. Splenic injury is an extremely rare but potentially fatal complication. We present a case of a 74-year-old woman on edoxaban who […]
Mohammed A. Bawahab, MD, FRCS (Canada), FASMBS Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, King Khalid, University, Abha, Saudi Arabia. ABSTRACT Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) is a well-established bariatric surgical procedure. LAGB surgery is associated long term with a significant chance for reoperation within 10 years of band placement; 2 causes of reoperation are band migration and
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
Naohiro Sata, MD, PhD, Kazuhiro Endo, MD, Yasunaru Sakuma, MD, PhD, Alan Lefor, MD, MPH, Yoshikazu Yasuda, MD, PhD, Ken Koyama, MD, PhD, Hideki Abe, MD, PhD, Hideo Nagai, MD, PhD Department of Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji Shimotsuke Tochigi, Japan (Drs. Sata, Endo, Sakuma, Lefor, Yasuda). Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, Koibuchi Kasama Ibaraki, Japan
Quratulain Sabih, MD, Timothy Perez, MD, MPH, FACS Department of Surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Richter hernia results from herniation of the antimesenteric wall of the bowel without compromising its lumen. Insidious onset and misleading symptoms lead to delay in diagnosis and a high mortality.
René Scheer, MD, Pascal Steenvoorde, MD, PhD Department of Surgery, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands (all authors). ABSTRACT A patient who underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy presented 6 days postoperatively with chest pain on the right side. Further examination showed a hemothorax. This is a very rare complication of laparoscopic abdominal surgery. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
Dina Chamsy, MD, Deirdre Lum, MD, Suketu Mansuria, MD Center for Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Rectus sheath hematomas can result from shearing of rectus muscle fibers or injury to the inferior epigastric vessels, which is the most
