Publications by authors named "Rana Alhossaini"
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- Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are the most common type of mesenchymal tumors in the digestive system, frequently found in the stomach and less often in the jejunum, with jejunal GIST being rare and hard to diagnose, often discovered at an advanced stage.
- A case study details a 50-year-old woman with metastatic jejunal GIST treated with Imatinib, who subsequently faced acute abdominal issues leading to an emergency surgery for a perforated tumor and complications from TKI treatment.
- While tyrosine kinase inhibitors are the main therapy for advanced GIST, surgical intervention is necessary for jejunal cases due to their complexity, and medical professionals should be aware of the potential side effects of TKIs in
Purpose: The robotic system for surgery was introduced to gastric cancer surgery in the early 2000s to overcome the shortcomings of laparoscopic surgery. The more recently introduced da Vinci Xi system offers benefits allowing four-quadrant access, greater range of motion, and easier docking through an overhead boom rotation with laser targeting. We aimed to identify whether the Xi system provides actual advantages over the Si system in gastrectomy for gastric cancer by comparing the operative outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Completion total gastrectomy with radical lymphadenectomy for remnant gastric cancer is a technically demanding procedure. No previous studies have compared laparoscopic to robotic-assisted completion gastrectomy, whereas a few small case series have reported benefits of minimally invasive surgery over open surgery. The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of robotic-assisted compared with laparoscopic completion gastrectomy for the treatment of remnant gastric cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe robotic system has gained wide acceptance in specialties such as urological and gynecological surgery. It has also been applied in the field of upper gastrointestinal surgery. Since the first implementation of the robotic system for the treatment of gastric adenocarcinoma, the procedure has been found to be safe and feasible.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRobotic Assisted Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis: with Video.
J Gastrointest Surg
December 2017
Situs inversus totalis (SIT) is a relatively rare condition where the abdominal and/or thoracic organ is positioned as a "mirror image" of the normal position. We are presenting a video of robotic distal gastrectomy performed in a 52-year-old female known to have SIT. Preoperative investigations revealed the patient has an early gastric cancer at the antrum.
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