Foramen of Winslow hernia: a case report of a rare life-threatening situation.

Internal hernias through the foramen of Winslow are considered as rare events. A 66-year-old female patient presented to our emergency department with epigastric and right upper quadrant pain associated with abdominal distention, nausea and vomiting and signs of shock. A computed tomography scan showed bowel strangulation with distended loops identified within the lesser sac.

Correction to: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis induced by the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor complicated from sigmoid volvulus in a diabetic patient.

The name and the email information of one of the author on the original published version of this article were presented incorrectly. The author name "Hamdi Brham" with email information Hamdi.brham@ch-simoneveil.

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis induced by the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor complicated from sigmoid volvulus in a diabetic patient.

Introduction: We present the case of a diabetic patient on treatment with acarbose who had presented a sigmoid volvulus with localized cystic pneumatosis of the sigmoid colon.

Case Report: A 72-year-old patient with a medical history of atrial fibrillation, DNID in treatment since 10 years by acarbose. The patient was admitted to the emergency for abdominal pain and occlusive syndrome since 48 h without fever or nausea or vomiting.

The efficacy of surgical shunts to treat severe portal hypertension after a Kasai procedure for biliary atresia.

Background: To assess the outcome of patients with biliary atresia (BA) who underwent a surgical shunt (SS) for severe portal hypertension (PH) following a Kasai procedure.

Methods: We collected and analyzed the data and outcomes of patients with BA who underwent SS for severe PH following a Kasai procedure between 1974 and 2014, focusing on complications related to the procedure, overall survival (OS), and transplant-free survival (TFS).

Results: SS was performed at a median age of 5.

Complicated colorectal cancer in nonagenarian patients: is it better not to perform anastomosis in emergency?

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is predominantly a disease of elderly people. Cancer in nonagenarian patients presents an ethical dilemma for surgeons and oncologists, and management of this group of patients in emergency for complicated CRC is debated. Presently described is retrospective study reporting experience of 6 departments of emergency surgery with management of nonagenarian patients sent to emergency surgery for CRC complications.

Total vascular exclusion of the liver enhances the efficacy of retroviral-mediated associated thymidine kinase and interleukin-2 genes transfer against multiple hepatic tumors in rats.

Background: Recent advances in gene transfer technology render gene therapy an attractive treatment of disseminated liver metastases for which other treatments remain disappointing. In this setting, total vascular exclusion of the liver could improve gene transfer to cancer cells and prevent extrahepatic vector spreading during portal infusion of therapeutic genes. We evaluate the efficiency of combined herpes simplex virus type-1 thymidine kinase (HSV1-TK) and interleukin-2 retrovirus-mediated gene transfer through the portal vein, under total vascular exclusion of the liver, in a model of macroscopic multiple liver metastases in rats.