Unusual Surgical Repair of Bronchoesophageal Fistula Following Esophagectomy.

Radical esophagectomy remains the only potentially curative option in the treatment of esophageal cancer. However, this procedure is burdened with high morbidity and mortality rates, even in high-volume centers. A tracheo- or bronchoesophageal fistula (TBF) is rare but is one of the most difficult life-threatening complications following an esophagectomy for cancer treatment.

Possibility of Using Conventional Computed Tomography Features and Histogram Texture Analysis Parameters as Imaging Biomarkers for Preoperative Prediction of High-Risk Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors of the Stomach.

Background: The objective of this study is to determine the morphological computed tomography features of the tumor and texture analysis parameters, which may be a useful diagnostic tool for the preoperative prediction of high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumors (HR GISTs).

Methods: This is a prospective cohort study that was carried out in the period from 2019 to 2022. The study included 79 patients who underwent CT examination, texture analysis, surgical resection of a lesion that was suspicious for GIST as well as pathohistological and immunohistochemical analysis.

Encapsulated Omental Necrosis as an Unexpected Postoperative Finding: A Case Report.

Postsurgical fat necrosis is a frequent finding in abdominal cross-sectional imaging. Epiploic appendagitis and omental infarction are a result of torsion or vascular occlusion. Surgery or pancreatitis are conditions that can have a traumatic and ischemic effect on fatty tissue.

SELF-REPORTED DRUG ALLERGIES IN SURGICAL POPULATION IN SERBIA.

History of drug allergy is of major concern during perioperative period. Medical records usually lack documents confirming the stated allergy. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of self-reported drug allergies and their characteristics in adult Serbian surgical population, and to analyze their influence on drug prescription during perioperative period.

Can different subsets of ineffective esophageal motility influence the outcome of nissen fundoplication?

Background: Ineffective esophageal motility (IEM) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease includes three different subsets that may affect symptom profiles. Our aim was to assess symptoms and functional outcome in patients with erosive esophagitis according to different subsets of IEM, before and after Nissen fundoplication (NF).

Methodology: A retrospective study with prospective follow-up of 72 patients with reflux esophagitis and IEM in whom open NF was performed.