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Surg Case Rep
November 2024
Department of Surgery, Kinki Central Hospital, 3-1 Kurumazuka, Itami, Hyogo, 664-8533, Japan.
Background: We report the exceedingly rare case of diaphragmatic hernia after esophageal surgery resulting in obstructive shock and cardiac arrest.
Case Presentation: An 82-year-old man, who had undergone a robotic-assisted thoracoscopic esophagectomy and gastric tube reconstruction via a subcutaneously route with three-field lymphadenectomy for esophagogastric junction cancer at another hospital 3 months prior, complaining of persistent epigastric pain and nausea. Computed tomography revealed that the proximal jejunum had herniated through the esophageal hiatus into the left thoracic cavity, with dilation of the subcutaneous gastric tube and duodenum.
Clin Case Rep
July 2024
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Dental School Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
Future Sci OA
May 2024
Department of Genetics & Cytology, National Research Centre, Dokki, 12622, Egypt.
The fundamental pathophysiology of ischemic-hypoxia is oxygen depletion. Fischer's ratio is essential for monitoring hypoxia intensity. the current study highlighted the prophylactic role of sophoretin (QRC) and/or melatonin (MLN) versus sodium nitrite (SN) brain hypoxia.
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April 2024
College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Al-Hofuf, SAU.
Symmetrical peripheral gangrene (SPG) is a rare yet severe condition characterized by peripheral ischemic lesions without significant vascular occlusion. Its clinical presentation includes peripheral cyanosis, mottling, and symmetrical ischemia of distal limbs, often progressing to gangrene. Recent years have seen a rise in SPG cases, with mortality rates ranging from 40% to 90%.
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November 2023
Institute of Microvascular Medicine, Medical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Provincial Qianfoshan Hospital, Jinan, China.
Symmetrical peripheral gangrene is a rare condition that is characterized by ischemic damage and tissue death (gangrene) in the extremities. Recent reports have shed light on SPG in patients with severe COVID-19. This condition presents with symmetrical cyanosis of the extremities and common COVID-19 symptoms and what the most frightening is within a few days, cutaneous necrosis occurred and patients died.
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