Gastrointestinal arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) are a rare disease. Sigmoid-anorectal AVM has only been reported in a few cases. The condition is usually detected when patients have gastrointestinal bleeding complications.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Lateral pelvic lymph node dissection (LPLD) in rectal cancer has been carried out in several major centers. However, there are still many controversial issues regarding this method such as feasibility, safety, and oncological outcome.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term outcomes, safety, and feasibility of LPLD.
Colon lipoma is a rare benign disease in the gastrointestinal tract with an incidence rate of approximately 0.035%-4.4%.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Esophageal cancer is the fourth-most-common cancerous disease of the gastrointestinal tract, with increasing incidence rates.
Aim: The present study aimed to assess the outcomes of right thoracoscopic esophagectomy combined with laparotomy for esophageal cancer treatment in Vietnamese patients.
Methods: A cross-sectional study of 71 patients was conducted at 108 Military Central Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam, from January 2010 to December 2017.
Int Med Case Rep J
January 2021
An internal hernia is the protrusion of visceral contents through a congenital or acquired defect in the peritoneum or mesentery within the abdominal cavity. In approximately 0.6-5.
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