Clinical research in surgical oncology: an analysis of ClinicalTrials.gov.

Background: The objective of this study was to provide a descriptive analysis of registered clinical trials in surgical oncology at ClinicalTrials.gov.

Methods: Data was extracted from ClinicalTrials.

"Gastric bascule": an unusual form of gastric volvulus.

Gastric volvulus can occur along the organoaxial axis or the mesenteroaxial axis. We present a patient with a gastric bascule: a gastric volvulus due to two lead points. A 17-year-old boy with dextrogastria, asplenia, and left diaphragmatic eventration presented with acute onset of nonbilious emesis, jaundice, and diffuse abdominal tenderness.