Publications by authors named "Adina Hanes"
Background: This study aimed to compare the outcomes of endoscopic treatment (ET) and surgical treatment (ST) for common bile duct (CBD) stricture in patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP).
Methods: From 2004 to 2009, 39 patients (35 men and 4 women; median age, 52 years; range, 38-66 years) were referred for CBD stricture in CP. Of these 39 patients, 33 (85 %) underwent primary ET, and 6 underwent primary ST.
Stapled marsupialisation of chronic low rectal anastomotic sinuses.
Int J Colorectal Dis
October 2009
Purpose: This report describes a technique for the treatment of patients with chronic pelvic anastomotic sinuses (AS) after low anastomosis for rectal cancer in which transanal stapled marsupialisation is performed.
Methods: We reviewed the clinical history of a 62-year-old patient who had a symptomatic chronic pelvic AS more than 6 months after stapled low colorectal side-to-end anastomosis with loop ileostomy for a stage II cancer of the mid rectum without preoperative radiochemotherapy. Pelvic abscess was recurrent three times after percutaneous drainage, operative transanal drainage, and treatment with fibrin glue and ileostomy closure.
Article Synopsis
- This study evaluated the effectiveness of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) compared to standard assessment techniques for detecting liver lesions in patients undergoing right hepatectomy for colorectal liver metastasis.* -
- It involved 24 patients and compared results from EUS, computed tomography, and intraoperative ultrasonography (IOUS), finding that EUS identified fewer lesions than IOUS and had mixed sensitivity and specificity.* -
- Ultimately, while EUS offered some benefits in specificity and positive predictive value for certain liver segments, it was not reliable enough for routine use, reaffirming IOUS as the most accurate method for assessing the left liver.*