Clinical characteristics of lower bowel perforation with chronic renal failure.

Background/aims: This study was conducted to evaluate the clinical characteristics of lower bowel perforation (LBP) with chronic renal failure (CRF).

Methodology: In 58 patients with LBP, clinical variables, such as findings of clinical examinations, operative findings, and results of laboratory blood tests were examined as possible prognostic factors for in-hospital death, and compared between CRF and non-CRF groups.

Results: Of the 58 patients, 21 died during hospitalization (mortality rate, 36.

Risk factors associated with surgical site infection in upper and lower gastrointestinal surgery.

Purpose: To assess the risk factors of surgical site infection (SSI) in gastrointestinal surgery.

Methods: Surgical site infection surveillance was conducted in 27 hospitals.

Results: The incidence of SSI in the 941 patients studied was 15.

Intussusception of the appendix that reduced spontaneously during follow-up in a patient on hemodialysis therapy.

A 63-year-old man on long-term hemodialysis therapy was hospitalized due to right lower abdominal pain. CT scan demonstrated a multiple concentric structure in the ileocecal region. Colonoscopy showed a polyp-like tumor arising from the expected location of the appendix, with a dimple at the top.

[Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the omentum: report of a case].

A 69-year old man was found a mass becoming larger in abdominal computed tomography. The mass consisted of intermingling solid and cystic component was located below the liver. Abdominal angiography showed tumor staining supplied from right gastroepiploic artery.