Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Sequential Intragastric Balloon (IGB) Treatment for Super Obesity: A Single Centre Retrospective Analysis.

Purpose: We aimed to assess outcomes in patients undergoing sequential intragastric balloon (IGB) treatment for obesity.

Materials And Methods: Consecutive patients who underwent treatment between May 2014 and February 2023 were identified. We recorded outcomes including: weight at 3-monthly intervals, progression to definitive bariatric procedure and morbidity.

Open Versus Laparoscopic Repair of Perforated Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Propensity-matched Study of the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit.

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare open surgery (OS) with laparoscopic surgery (LS) for perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) disease using a National dataset.

Background: PPU disease is typically treated surgically with an omental patch. This can be performed through OS or a LS.

A case of small bowel mesenteric pneumatosis: A multidisciplinary approach to clinical interpretation and intervention.

Introduction: Pneumatosis of the small bowel mesentery is rare and the preserve of case reports. This case report describes the importance of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) approach to rare pathologies.

Case Report: A 78-year-old man presented to our unit with a two-day history of upper abdominal pain associated with nausea and intermittent vomiting.

Ogilvie's syndrome with caecal perforation after Caesarean section: a case report.

Introduction: Ogilvie's syndrome describes the phenomenon of an acute colonic pseudo-obstruction without a mechanical cause. It is rare but has been reported to occur after Caesarean section. It can lead to bowel perforation or ischaemia.

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery for esophageal adenocarcinoma: prognostic value of circumferential resection margin and stratification of N1 category.

Background: In the UK, it is standard practice to treat esophageal adenocarcinoma with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (no radiation) and surgery. We examined the prognostic value of the status of the circumferential resection margin (CRM) and stratification of the N1 category into 1-4 nodes or > or = 5 nodes.

Methods: Between 2000 and 2006, 105 patients with radiologically staged T3, T4 or N1 esophageal adenocarcinoma had preoperative chemotherapy.

Comparison of oncological outcomes after laparoscopic transhiatal and open esophagectomy for T1 esophageal adenocarcinoma.

Introduction: This study compared pathological characteristics and patterns of disease recurrence for patients with pT1 esophageal adenocarcinoma treated with either laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy or open esophagectomy.

Methods: From January 2000-December 2006, 44 patients had pT1 esophageal adenocarcinoma after esophagectomy. No patients had neoadjuvant treatment.

Acute subarachnoid haemorrhage as a precipitant for takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a case report and discussion.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently recognised acute cardiac entity. It involves transient left ventricular apical ballooning, which is usually preceded by an episode of physiological or emotional stress. Its presentation may mimic acute myocardial infarction but there is no evidence of obstructive disease at coronary angiography.

Atypical presentation of Boerhaave's syndrome as Enterococcal bacterial pericardial effusion.

Boerhaave's perforation is a serious condition describing spontaneous transmural perforation of the oesophagus. The classical presentation of this condition is vomiting, lower thoracic pain and subcutaneous emphysema. However, the condition often presents atypically and it is important to reach the correct diagnosis quickly.