4 results match your criteria: "St Lukes Private Hospital[Affiliation]"
Surgical Excision of a Laimer's Diverticulum: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Maedica (Bucur)
March 2024
St Lukes Private Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
A pharyngoesophageal diverticulum (PED) is a rare clinical entity. This paper reports on a 79-year-old male patient with PED and symptoms of dysphagia, regurgitation and chronic cough. The diverticulum was located on the dorsal side of the cervical esophagus, midline, inferior to the cricopharyngeal muscle.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRefractory Bergmann type A bile leak: the need to strike a balance.
Endosc Int Open
February 2019
Digestive and Operative Endoscopy Unit, Niguarda-Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Endoscopic therapy for postoperative Bergmann type A bile leaks is based on biliary sphincterotomy ± stent insertion. However, recurrent or refractory bile leaks can occur. This was retrospective study including all consecutive patients who were referred to our center with a Bergmann type A bile leak refractory to previous conventional endoscopic treatments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPancreatic Leaks and Fistulae: An Endoscopy-Oriented Classification.
Dig Dis Sci
October 2017
Digestive and Interventional Endoscopy Unit, Ospedale Ca'Granda Niguarda, Piazza dell'Ospedale Maggiore, 3, 20162, Milan, Italy.
Background: Pancreatic leaks occur as a complication of upper gastrointestinal surgery, acute pancreatitis, or abdominal trauma. Pancreatic fistulas and leaks are primarily managed conservatively. Overall, conservative measures are successful in more than half of cases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEndotherapy for bile leaks from isolated ducts after hepatic resection: A long awaited challenge.
Dig Liver Dis
August 2017
Digestive and Operative Endoscopy Unit, Niguarda-Ca' Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Article Synopsis
- Bile leakage often happens after liver surgeries, and treating it can be tricky, especially when the leak comes from small, isolated ducts.
- Traditional methods like surgery can be complicated and risky, so doctors explored new techniques using endoscopy to treat these leaks.
- In a study of 13 patients, doctors used a special procedure to connect the bile flow directly from the isolated duct to the intestine, helping to fix the problem more effectively.