Publications by authors named "Ph Hauters"

We report the case of a male African patient who presented at day 8 of life with recurrent episodes of proximal small intestine occlusion, which was treated conservatively, because of misdiagnosis. Physical and cognitive development was normal throughout with, however, some episodes of stagnation. At the age of 15 years the recurrence of symptoms, not responding to the current conservative treatment, resulted in severe weight loss with BMI at 11 kg/m(2).

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Aim: To compare surgical outcomes of patients presenting with uncomplicated cholelithiasis and operated by single incision (SILC) or by conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy (CLC).

Methods: The series concerned 58 consecutive patients operated between October 2008 and October 2009. There were 11 men and 47 women with a mean age of 47 years and a BMI of 29.

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The authors report a case of a 3 cm hepatocellular carcinoma at the junction of segments VI and VII with double bile duct tumoral thrombi (Types I and III). The type I thrombus was suspected during the pre-operative workup, but the type III bile duct tumoral thrombus (BDTT) was an intra-operative additional finding on cholangiography. The patient underwent a bisegmental posterolateral resection to remove the primary tumour and the first tumoral thrombus located in the posterolateral intrahepatic duct.

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Purpose: To describe the reasons for a shift in our technique of laparoscopic repair of parastomal hernias towards repair with a non-slit mesh. Our initial results with repair using meshes with a keyhole had high recurrence rates.

Methods: We performed a multi-centre retrospective study focusing on complications and recurrences.

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