Stapled versus hand-sewn anastomoses after bowel resection in patients with crohn disease.

Background: Anastomosis configuration is an essential step in treatment to restore continuity of the gastrointestinal tract following bowel resection in patients with Crohn's disease (CD). However, the association between anastomotic type and surgical outcome remains controversial. This retrospective study aimed to compare early postoperative complications and surgical outcome between stapler and handsewn anastomosis after bowel resection in Crohn's disease.

Effect of immunosuppressive medication on postoperative complications following abdominal surgery in Crohn's disease patients.

Background: Immunosuppressants represent an effective pharmacological treatment for the remission and management of Crohn's disease (CD); however, it has not been well-defined if these medications are associated with an increased incidence of postoperative complications after intestinal surgery. This retrospective study evaluated the association between immunosuppressive treatment and complications following bowel resection in patients with CD.

Methods: A total of 426 patients with CD who underwent abdominal surgery between 2001 and 2018 were included in the study.

Role of biliary drainage before pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: a retrospective study.

Background: Utilization of preoperative biliary drainage prior to pancreatoduodenectomy for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and obstructive jaundice remains controversial.

Methods: All patients that underwent pancreatoduodenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma at the authors' institution were analyzed retrospectively to evaluate the effect of endoscopic biliary drainage on postoperative outcomes and long-term survival. Age, gender, ASA-Score, operative time, blood loss, intraoperative transfusion rate, and postoperative complications, including postoperative pancreatic fistula, delayed gastric emptying, bleeding, bile fistula, wound infections, sepsis, pulmonary and cardiac complications as well as the need for relaparotomy were analyzed.

Dyspnea due to an uncommon vascular tumor: leiomyosarcoma of the infrahepatic vena cava inferior.

Background: Leiomyosarcoma (LMS) of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare malignancy that originated from the smooth muscle tissue of the vascular wall. Diagnoses, as well as, treatment of the disease are still challenging and to date, a radical surgical resection of the tumor is the only curative approach.

Case Report: We report on the case of a 49-year old male patient who presented with suddenly experienced dyspnea.

[Early stage liver cancer : Hepatocellular carcinoma].

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ranks among the most common primary cancers of the liver. The major risk factor for the formation of HCC is liver cirrhosis. The grade of cirrhosis as well as the extent of the tumor itself, can play an important role in the treatment options and patient prognosis.