Internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a correlation between radiological and operative findings.

Background: Even though internal hernia (IH) after a laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) is a well-known entity for bariatric surgeons and radiologists, accurate diagnosis remains difficult. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of ten different CT findings in patients with a proven internal hernia after a LRYGB.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of all LRYGB patients who underwent an explorative laparoscopy for abdominal pain has been performed.

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in the elderly: feasibility, short-term safety, and impact on comorbidity and weight in 250 cases.

Introduction: In the elderly obese population, frequently suffering from multiple comorbidities, laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) is considered a high-risk procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate short-term safety (30-day hospital morbidity and mortality) of this procedure and its impact on weight and associated comorbidities in the medium term (type-two diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, hypercholesterolemia, and joint pain).

Methods: This study represents a retrospective analysis of all our Belgian patients older than 60 years of age who underwent a LRYGB between October 2004 and October 2012.

Gastric outlet obstruction by a donor aortic tube after en bloc liver pancreas transplantation: a case report.

We present the case of a 30-year-old female suffering from a type five maturity onset diabetes of the young deficiency, resulting in type 1 diabetes and terminal renal insufficiency. She also had chronic and refractory pruritis due to primary sclerosing cholangitis-like fibrosis. She underwent combined en bloc liver and pancreas transplantation and kidney transplantation.

Indications, safety, and feasibility of conversion of failed bariatric surgery to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a retrospective comparative study with primary laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

Background: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is considered the "gold standard" revision procedure. The purpose of this study was to compare the surgical outcome of primary laparoscopic RYGB (pLRYGB) to revisional open or laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (rRYGB).

Methods: A retrospective analysis of all patients who underwent pLRYGB or rRYGB from January 2003 to December 2009 has been performed.

A tennis ball and music as a patients solution for pulsatile tinnitus.

We present the case of a 74-year-old man with a pulsatile somatosound causing insomnia and day-time irritation. Given the lack of salvation after medical therapy the patient went in search for a solution and found it in a tennis ball and radio. In this case, the somatosound was due to an extracranial arteriovenous malformation, but the differential diagnosis of pulsatile somatosounds is quit extended, ranging form vascular disorders to tumoral processes.