Publications by authors named "J C Garbers"
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- The study describes the first 13 laparoscopic surgeries for common bile duct cysts at Pequeno Príncipe Hospital in Brazil, highlighting patient demographics and techniques used.
- Most patients were young females with abdominal pain, and the hepaticoduodenal anastomosis technique was commonly used with no major complications or need for conversion to open surgery.
- Follow-up showed that all patients remained asymptomatic and did not experience further complications, reinforcing the safety of laparoscopic methods for these cases.
Although adrenocortical carcinoma is seen infrequently in children in most countries, it is occurs with significant frequency in Southern Brazil. This has enabled a study of the pattern of this disease in the pediatric age group. Of 78 patients with adrenocortical carcinoma seen at two hospitals in Curitiba, Brazil, 55 were adequately documented, with minimum of 2 years' follow-up, and formed the basis of this paper.
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