Endoscopic Evaluation of Biliary Strictures: Current and Emerging Techniques.

The diagnosis of biliary strictures in clinical practice can be challenging. Discriminating between benign and malignant biliary strictures is important to prevent the morbidity and mortality associated with incorrect diagnoses. Missing a malignant biliary stricture may delay surgery, resulting in poor prognostic outcomes.

The missing spleen - A diagnosis of medical identity fraud in surgery: Case report.

Introduction And Importance: Medical identity fraud is a growing concern in surgery and can adversely affect patient care. Fraudulent medical information can result in misdiagnoses or inadequate preoperative workup of surgical patients.

Case Presentation: A 63-year-old female presented to hospital with a fishbone-related oesophageal perforation.

An Unusual Case of Stercoral Perforation in a Patient with 86 cm of Small Bowel.

A 77-year-old male who previously had extensive enterectomy due to ischaemic gut with loss of all but 86 cm of jejunum in addition to a right hemicolectomy presented to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain and constipation of 12-day duration. Abdominal imaging with X-ray and CT revealed pneumoperitoneum in addition to a grossly redundant and faecally loaded colon. At laparotomy, rectal perforation was found.