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Am J Gastroenterol
October 2024
Department of Radiology, The Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.
Cureus
April 2024
Department of Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, SAU.
Nasogastric tube decompression is a common technique used after abdominal surgery as it is widely accepted to play a role in the management of postoperative ileus and possibly reduce anastomotic leaks after gastrointestinal surgery. However, the routine practice of nasogastric/nasoenteric tube decompression in elective abdominal surgeries has been challenged due to the increased incidence of pulmonary complications and the argued lack of expected benefit. Here, we present a rare complication of nasogastric tube drainage following a routine total gastrectomy for signet-ring cell adenocarcinoma of the cardia in a 43-year-old female.
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December 2023
Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW, 2139, Australia.
Background: Repair of giant paraesophageal hernia (PEH) is associated with a considerable hernia recurrence rate by objective measures. This study analyzed a large series of laparoscopic giant PEH repair to determine factors associated with anatomical recurrence.
Method: Data was extracted from a single-surgeon prospective database of laparoscopic repair of giant PEH from 1991 to 2021.
Ann Surg
July 2022
Monash University Department of Surgery, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Objective: To describe expected endoscopic and histological changes at gastro-esophageal junction (GEJ) and define diagnostic paradigms for Barrett esophagus (BE) postsleeve gastrectomy (SG).
Summary Background Data: De novo incidence of BE post SG was reported as high as 18.8%.
Rev Esp Enferm Dig
September 2022
Gastroenterology , Centro Hospitalar de Vila Nova de Gaia/Espinho.
The authors describe a case of a rectal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in a 78-year-old female patient, manifested as rectal bleeding. Despite being commonly diagnosed in the localized form, this patient had supradiaphragmatic involvement on disease staging. Immunochemotherapy was proposed due to the disseminated involvement and poorer prognosis.
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