Understanding Objections to One Anastomosis (Mini) Gastric Bypass: A Survey of 417 Surgeons Not Performing this Procedure.

Background: Despite published experience with thousands of patients, the uptake of One Anastomosis/Mini Gastric Bypass (OAGB/MGB) has been less than enthusiastic and many surgeons still harbour objections to this procedure. The purpose of this study was to understand these objections scientifically.

Methods: Bariatric surgeons from around the world were invited to participate in a questionnaire-based survey on SurveyMonkey®.

Necrotising soft tissue infection of the lower limb due to a perforated caecal carcinoma: a case report.

Introduction: We report the first case to our knowledge where an ascending colorectal tumour presented as a necrotising lower leg infection.

Case Presentation: We describe the unusual presentation of a previously unknown caecal carcinoma in a 69-year-old Caucasian man, which presented as a rapidly spreading limb infection due to a perforated caecal adenocarcinoma. This case presented a diagnostic dilemma and we document the investigation and management in our patient and compare this to the current published literature.

Computed tomography overestimation of esophageal tumor length: Implications for radiotherapy planning.

Aim: To assess the relationship between preoperative computed tomography (CT) and postoperative pathological measurements of esophageal tumor length and the prognostic significance of CT tumor length data.

Methods: A retrospective study was carried out in 56 patients who underwent curative esophagogastrectomy. Tumor lengths were measured on the immediate preoperative CT and on the post-operative resection specimens.

Tumour budding and a low host inflammatory response are associated with a poor prognosis in oesophageal and gastro-oesophageal junction cancers.

Aims: Tumour budding and host inflammatory response are parameters easily assessed histologically that have prognostic significance in many cancers. There have been few studies examining these parameters in oesophageal or gastro-oesophageal cancers. This study aims to address that deficiency.

The degree of circumferential tumour involvement as a prognostic factor in oesophageal cancer.

Objective: Tumour length is an adverse prognostic factor in oesophageal cancer. However, the prognostic role of the degree of oesophageal circumference (DOC) involved by tumour with or without resection margin invasion is not clear. This work assessed the relationship between DOC involved by tumour, clinico-pathological variables and prognosis.