Long-term outcomes of patients undergoing emergency surgery for corrosive injury of the upper digestive tract.

Purpose: Emergency surgery can save patients' lives in cases of severe caustic injury. However, the long-term outcomes are not well understood.

Methods: Patients who underwent emergency organ resection for severe corrosive acid injury were included.

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Bariatric Surgery for Morbidly Obese with Diabetes Patients in Thailand.

Background: Bariatric surgery is a choice for treatment in morbidly obese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM type 2) who have inadequate diabetes control with only medical treatment. However, bariatric surgery requires highly sophisticated equipment, and thus the cost of surgery seems to be very high following the procedure compared with the cost of conventional diabetes care. This raises the question of whether bariatric surgery is cost-effective for morbidly obese people with diabetes in Thailand.

Outcome of endoscopic small-bore naso-jejunal tube stenting in early postoperative jejunal limb obstruction after gastrectomy.

Background: Early postoperative jejunal limb obstruction is a rare complication following gastric surgery with jejunal reconstruction. The condition is mainly attributed to kinking of the jejunal limbs, gastrojejunal or jejunojejunal anastomosis. There has been currently limited information regarding the safety and efficacy of endoscopic treatment in patients with early postoperative jejunal obstruction.

Outcome of dilatation and predictors of failed dilatation in patients with acid-induced corrosive esophageal strictures.

Outcome of endoscopic dilatation in acid-induced corrosive esophageal stricture is less known. This study aims to determine the outcome of dilatation and predictors of failed dilatation in patients with acid-induced corrosive esophageal stricture. Patients diagnosed of corrosive esophageal strictures were included.