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Surgical correction of a chin-on-abdomen deformity due to ankylosing spinal deformity and obesity: illustrative case.
J Neurosurg Case Lessons
January 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
Background: Kyphotic spinal deformity is a complication of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). In rare cases, particularly in obese patients, the deformity might extend to the cervicothoracic spine, resulting in a severe "chin-on-abdomen" deformity. This condition severely impairs quality of life by affecting gaze, swallowing, and causing chronic pain.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFExternal auditory canal cholesteatoma: staging and treatment strategies.
Front Neurol
December 2024
Ningde Clinical Medical College, Fujian Medical University, Ningde, China.
Objective: To investigate clinical staging systems and appropriate treatment strategies for external auditory canal cholesteatoma (EACC).
Methods: We performed comparative analysis of the features of several staging schemes (Holt, Naim, Shin, Chang, Kaneda, Hn, and He) of EACC; retrospective analysis of the clinical data of 44 patients with primary EACC, and analyzed the prognosis.
Results: He's staging system (2019) was found to be particularly clear and practical.
Upper Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy Utilizing Prone-Position Thoracoscopy for Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancers.
J Clin Med
November 2024
Upper Gastrointestinal and General Surgery Unit, First Department of Surgery, National and Kapodistrian Universtity of Athens, Laiko General Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Esophagectomy is the mainstay of treatment in esophageal cancer. Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) remains a challenging procedure and has been associated with a high rate of complications and mortality. Routine lymphadenectomy includes two-field lymphadenectomy for distal-esophageal or gastroesophageal junction Siewert I-II tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA case report on multidisciplinary approach towards management of gastrojejunocolic fistula secondary to adenocarcinoma of the colon.
Int J Surg Case Rep
October 2024
Department of General Surgery, Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences, Dhulikhel, Nepal.
Introduction: Gastrojejunocolic fistula is an abnormal communication between a portion of the stomach, jejunum and the transverse colon. Gastrojejunocolic (GJC) fistula is an outcome resulting from the surgical procedures of gastrectomy and gastrojejunostomy used to address recurrent peptic ulcer disease and secondary to malignancy. Patients present with the typical symptoms of diarrhea, belching with fecal odor or fecal vomiting and weight loss.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRisk Factors Associated With Anastomotic Stricture in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Experience From a High-Volume Center.
Cureus
August 2024
Surgical Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Lahore, PAK.
Background: Esophageal cancer is a prevalent cancer, with a high incidence in low socioeconomic category countries. Minimally invasive esophagectomy is increasingly being used to treat this malignant condition. However, anastomotic stricture is a serious complication post esophagectomy.
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