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Bilateral femoral hernia is extremely rare in children. The diagnosis is challenging, and it often requires multiple surgeries before the correct treatment can be provided. In this case report, a five-year-old boy had two surgeries on suspicion of a right-sided inguinal hernia, but no hernia was found.

Flying endoscopists in the Arctic: initiatives for quality assurance of endoscopies in Greenland.

Background: Surgical coastal expeditions (SCEs) have been organized in Greenland for many years. They aim to provide small coastal hospitals with specialist services, such as endoscopies (SCEEs), by deploying specialist personnel, surgeons, and the necessary equipment to the hospital temporarily. The purpose of this program is to increase accessibility for patients, while simultaneously reducing the costs associated with patient transport to the central hospital.

The results of pancreatic surgery in Inuit patients from Greenland 1999-2022.

The study evaluates the outcome after surgery for pancreatic and periampullary tumors in Greenlandic Inuit with overall survival (OS) of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) as secondary outcome. Results were compared with Danish patients with an identical tumor stage and age operated at the same hospital during the same period from 31. January 1999 to 31.

Mutation of KRAS in colorectal adenocarcinoma in Greenland.

KRAS mutation is one of the most frequent driver mutations in colorectal cancer (CRC) and is also a prognostic biomarker. The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of KRAS mutations over time in the Greenlandic population diagnosed with CRC. In total, 578 patients with the diagnosis of adenocarcinoma between 1988 and 2017 were identified.

[Bouveret's syndrome - a rare complication in connection with cholecystolithiasis and a variant of gallstone ileus].

Bouveret's syndrome is a very rare complication to cholecystolithiasis resulting in gallstone ileus. It is caused by ectopic gallstones in the duodenum due to a bilioenteric fistula. Symptoms may include vomiting and upper abdominal pains.