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J Med Life
January 2022
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
Omphalocele (exomphalos) represents one of the most frequent congenital abdominal wall defects. It presents as a defect of inconstant size and is located on the midline, at the base of the umbilical cord, the skin, fascia, and abdominal muscles being absent at this level. Omphaloceles are classified as liver-containing or non-liver-containing, the latter containing primarily bowel loops.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurgery
October 2002
Cook County Hospital, Rush University, and the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA.
Background: When esophagocardiomyotomy (ECM) is performed for achalasia, a complementary antireflux procedure of the surgeon's choice is usually performed to minimize postoperative gastroesophageal reflux. This retrospective analysis describes patients after laparoscopic ECM, most of whom had a modified Dor fundoplication.
Methods: Between 1994 and 2001, 81 patients with achalasia of the esophagus had laparoscopic ECM.
Prenat Diagn
June 2002
Laboratoire de Cytogénétique, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France.
The first prenatal diagnosis of Pallister-Killian syndrome (PKS) was reported by Gilgenkrantz et al. in1985. Since this report, about 60 prenatal cases have been reported but both sonographic and cytogenetic diagnoses remain difficult.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ R Coll Surg Edinb
August 1996
Department of Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Merseyside, UK.
A personal series of 19 patients (8 males), mean age 62.4 years (range 21-83 years) with a spigelian hernia [right-sided in eight patients (42.1%)] is presented.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Thorac Imaging
September 1996
Department of Radiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA.
Lung hernia is defined as a protrusion of lung parenchyma beyond the confines of the musculoskeletal thorax. Lung hernias can be classified according to location (i.e.
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