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Early and late complications of bariatric operation. [PDF]

, 2018
Weight loss surgery is one of the fastest growing segments of the surgical discipline. As with all medical procedures, postoperative complications will occur. Acute care surgeons need to be familiar with the common problems and their management. Although
Beekley, Alec, Davis, Kimberly A., Johnson, Dirk C., Lim, Robert   +3 more
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Status of Lymph Node Metastasis and Efficacy of Lymph Node Dissection Along the Superior Mesenteric Artery in Pancreatic Head Cancer: Clinicopathological Analysis of Patients Undergoing Pancreatoduodenectomy With Circumferential Lymph Nodes Dissection Along the Superior Mesenteric Artery

Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Between 2002 and 2013, we performed pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) with combined resection of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) (PD‐SMAR) to treat locally advanced pancreatic head cancer (PHC). Since 2011, we have performed PD with circumferential lymph node dissection along the SMA (PD‐CLDS), in which we dissected lymph nodes all ...
Isamu Makino, Hirohisa Kitagawa, Ryohei Takei, Kaichiro Kato, Satoshi Takada, Mitsuyoshi Okazaki, Yasuhito Iwao, Shinichi Nakanuma, Tetsuo Ohta, Shintaro Yagi   +9 more
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The Quality of Life of Chinese Middle-Aged Male Patients with Gastric Carcinoma After Total Gastrectomy and Nursing Intervention

Cancer Biology & Medicine, 2010
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) in Chinese middle-aged male patients with gastric carcinoma at er total gastrectomy, to investigate the factors affecting their QOL, and to Study the effectiveness of ...
Yan WANG, Hui-ying WANG, Guo-hong YIN, Hui-zi TIAN, Dan WANG
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Christian Albert Theodor Billroth, M.D., founding father of abdominal surgery (1829-1894). [PDF]

, 2012
In the 1800s, the field of surgery was in its infancy, somewhat primitive and embryonic. The technical nature of surgery was the basis for the dividing line between the disciplines of surgery and internal medicine. Sterilization was not a common practice.
Cowan, MD, Scott W., Fong, B.S., Zhi Ven, Lavu, MD, Harish, Rosato, MD, Ernest L., Yeo, MD, Charles J.   +4 more
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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [PDF]

, 2013
A 61-year-old gentleman who lives with his wife and 20-year-old son, presented to the polyclinic with a four week history of pruritus. On examination he was found to be jaundiced and his LFTs were high.
Bezzina, Sarah, Debattista, Daniel
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Gastric signet‐ring cell carcinoma in a child: A clinical case study

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Gastric signet‐ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) is a rare form of gastric cancer characterized by mucus‐rich tumor cells forming a distinctive ring‐like appearance and is exceedingly rare in children, accounting for less than 1% of all childhood malignancies.
Jiaxian Wang, Yang Yang, Jiangnan Wei, Jiayin Chen, Kezhou Yang, Chao Hui He, Ning Liu   +6 more
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Nyctalopia during pregnancy due to vitamin A deficiency after bariatric sleeve gastrectomy: A case report

Clinical Case Reports
Key Clinical Message Herein, we report a rare case of nyctalopia diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy due to vitamin A deficiency as a result of a bariatric gastrectomy.
Eleftherios Anastasakis, Anastasios Anastasakis, Athina A. Samara, Antonios Koutras, Zacharias Fasoulakis, Athanasios Zikopoulos, Chara Skentou, Sotirios Sotiriou   +7 more
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The effect of the visceral fat area on the predictive accuracy of C‐reactive protein for infectious complications after laparoscopy‐assisted gastrectomy

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, 2020
Aim To investigate the influence of visceral fat area on postoperative C‐reactive protein levels and whether it affects its ability to diagnose infectious complications after laparoscopy‐assisted gastrectomy.
Michihisa Iida, Shigeru Takeda, Yuki Nakagami, Shinsuke Kanekiyo, Chiyo Nakashima, Mitsuo Nishiyama, Shin Yoshida, Nobuaki Suzuki, Shigefumi Yoshino, Hiroaki Nagano   +9 more
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Menetrier's: A pediatric chronic state of disease with a possible heritable form

JPGN Reports, EarlyView.
Abstract Menetrier's disease (MD) is a rare, typically transient, hypertrophic gastropathy with under 1000 adult cases and 50 pediatric cases known worldwide. Pediatric cases most often present with an infectious etiology. We present a case of a teenage male expressing a chronic state of disease without infectious origin.
MariaElena Terzis, Anna Furr, Julia Fritz   +2 more
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Practical Recommendations of the Obesity Management Task Force of the European Association for the Study of Obesity for the Post-Bariatric Surgery Medical Management [PDF]

, 2017
Bariatric surgery is today the most effective long-term therapy for the management of patients with severe obesity, and its use is recommended by the relevant guidelines of the management of obesity in adults.
Azran, Carmil, Batterham, Rachel L, Busetto, Luca, Dicker, Dror, Farpour-Lambert, Nathalie, Fried, Martin, Hjelmes\ue6th, J\uf8ran, Kinzl, Johann, Leitner, Deborah R, Makaronidis, Janine M, Schindler, Karin, Toplak, Hermann, Yumuk, Volkan   +12 more
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