Pancreaticojejunostomy after pancreaticoduodenectomy: results of a new technique.

Background/aims: Pancreaticoduodenectomy is the standard treatment for periampullary tumors. One of the major causes of morbidity after pancreaticoduodenectomy is the failure of the healing at the pancreaticoenteric anastomosis. The aim of this study is to summarize the results of a new technique which is designed to decrease the panreticoje-junostomy anastomotic leakage.

Alveolar echinococcosis of liver presenting with neurological symptoms due to brain metastases with simultaneous lung metastasis: a case report.

Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic and serious, even lethal, parasitic infection caused by the helminth Echinococcus multilocularis (EM). AE is an endemic disease in Turkey and it is particularly common in people living in the eastern Anatolia Region. In addition to various clinical presentations, symptoms which lead to diagnosis, however, are usually associated with the metastatic lesions.

Visceral leishmaniasis as a rare cause of granulomatosis hepatitis: a case report.

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the parasitic infections causing different pathogeneses of various systems including intraabdominal solid organs. L. donovani and L.

Appendicitis in incarcerated femoral hernia.

Background: Femoral hernia can rarely present with the content of appendicitis. We report on an elderly female who was admitted to our emergency department with a painful groin mass.

Methods: An 85-year-old woman presented with a 7-day history of right groin pain and swelling.

Validation of MPI and PIA II in two different groups of patients with secondary peritonitis.

Background/aims: There are several scoring systems designed to predict mortality in patients with peritonitis, which need validation in different patient populations. Our aim was to evaluate Mannheim Peritonitis Index (MPI) and Peritonitis Index of Altona (PIA II) in patients with postoperative peritonitis and other causes of secondary peritonitis.

Methodology: The records of patients operated for intraabdominal infection between 1987-1996 in Hacettepe University Department of General Surgery, were reviewed retrospectively.