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Am Surg 2019 Mar;85(3):e182-e184

Br J Nurs 2019 Mar;28(5):S24-S31

Stoma Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, St Mark's Hospital, London North West NHS Trust.

Enterocutaneous fistula is an abnormal connection between the gastrointestinal tract and skin. Management includes early recognition and treatment of sepsis, reducing fluid and electrolyte homeostasis, nutrition support, wound management and a carefully timed surgical procedure. A multidisciplinary approach is required for successful management of these patients with one of the most challenging and resource-demanding aspects being local control of the effluent, requiring the skill and support of the specialist stoma care nurse. Read More

Diagn Pathol 2019 Mar 13;14(1):22. Epub 2019 Mar 13.

Department of Radiology, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, 5415 Boulevard de L'Assomption, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Background: Malakoplakia is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by tissue infiltrates of large granular macrophages containing distinctive intracytoplasmic inclusions termed Michaelis-Gutmann (MG) bodies. The genitourinary system is the most commonly involved site, followed by the gastrointestinal tract. Malakoplakia may occur as a complication of primary or secondary immunosuppression and, therefore, renal transplant recipients are at risk. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2019 Mar;98(10):e14653

Department of General Surgery, Jinling Clinical College of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.

Rationale: Currently, fistucolysis helps to establish intestinal nutrition and succus entericus reinfusion in the case of controllable mature high-output enterocutaneous fistula. However, if the tube cannot reach the distal limb of a fistula, fistuloclysis is not achieved. We proposed a strategy to establish succus entericus reinfusion for intractable intestinal fistula through percutaneous enterostomy. Read More

Chin J Traumatol 2019 Feb 14;22(1):1-11. Epub 2019 Feb 14.

The First Affiliated Hospital of Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.

Vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) is frequently used in abdominal surgeries. However, relevant guidelines are rare. Chinese Trauma Surgeon Association organized a committee composed of 28 experts across China in July 2017, aiming to provide an evidence-based recommendation for the application of VSD in abdominal surgeries. Read More

J Med Case Rep 2019 Mar 7;13(1):80. Epub 2019 Mar 7.

Department of Surgery, St Elizabeth Catholic General Hospital, Shisong, P.O Box 8, Kumbo - Nso, Bui Division, Northwestern Region, Cameroon.

Background: A case is reported of innocuous intestinal obstruction requiring surgical intervention that was confirmed to be Crohn's disease histopathologically in a resource-constrained rural mission hospital in Cameroon.

Case Presentation: A 70-year man of Kumbo origin from Northwest region of Cameroon with a history of crampy right lower-quadrant abdominal pain, non-bloody, non-mucoid diarrhea alternating with constipation presented to my institution. Abdominal examination of the patient revealed an ill-defined mass in the right iliac fossa and visible peristalsis. Read More

Am Surg 2018 Aug;84(8):e312-e313

BMJ Case Rep 2019 Feb 22;12(2). Epub 2019 Feb 22.

Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark.

Bouveret's syndrome is a rare form of small bowel obstruction caused by a large biliary stone entering the lumen of the duodenum or the stomach through a bilioenteric fistula. Treatment options include various surgical techniques. However, recent advances in endoscopy also allow non-surgical endoscopic treatment options. Read More

Med Sci Monit 2019 Feb 20;25:1350-1354. Epub 2019 Feb 20.

Department of General Surgery, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China (mainland).

BACKGROUND The ligation of the inter-sphincteric fistula tract plus bioprosthetic anal fistula plug (LIFT-plug) is a new procedure in the treatment of trans-sphincteric perianal fistulas. The aim of this study was to evaluate its long-term outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS Clinical data of 78 patients with trans-sphincteric perianal fistula who were managed by the LIFT-plug technique between March 2014 to October 2016 were analyzed retrospectively. Read More

Am Surg 2019 Jan;85(1):e55-e57

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 2019 Jan;25(1):80-82

Department of General Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Okmeydanı Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul-Turkey.

We aimed to present our method called as new isolation technique with stopper (NITS) to manage enteroatmospheric fistula (EAF) in an open abdomen (OA). The patient was a 71-year-old male with Hartmann colostomy and incisional hernia. A dual mesh was used for incisional hernia repair after colorectal anastomosis. Read More

JSLS 2019 Jan-Mar;23(1)

Department of General Surgery and Oncological Surgery-Surgery C, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.

Background And Objective: Entero vesical fistulas (EVFs) are an uncommon complication mainly of diverticular disease (70%) and less commonly of Crohn's disease (10%). Only about 10% are caused by malignancies. At this time, it is unclear whether the laparoscopic approach can be routinely proposed as a safe procedure for patients with EVF. Read More

Int J Gynecol Cancer 2019 Feb 4;29(2):444-445. Epub 2019 Feb 4.

UOC di Ginecologia Oncologica, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italia.

This video article demonstrates an inguino-abdominal combined approach for laterally extended pelvic resection, a major surgical procedure for locally advanced primary or recurrent gynecological cancer infiltrating the pelvic sidewall, for which palliative therapy is the only alternative.1 After local institutional review board approval (protocol No CICOG 02/03/62), we made a step by step surgical video of an inguino-abdominal combined approach for laterally extended pelvic resection , defined as an en bloc resection of a pelvic tumor with pelvic sidewall structures, including the iliopsoas and/or obturator internus muscles.2 3 The patient, a 48-year-old woman, diagnosed with single pelvic platinum resistant recurrence after five lines of chemotherapy for serous ovarian cancer G3, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage IIIC, BRCA wild type. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2019 Jan 29;12(1). Epub 2019 Jan 29.

Department of General Surgery, Ministry of Health, Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.

Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection that may affect the gastrointestinal tract. It is caused by and less than 80 cases have been reported in the literature. The incidence seems to be higher in the Middle East and in particular Saudi Arabia where most cases are diagnosed in the south-western region. Read More

N Engl J Med 2019 Jan;380(5):473-485

From the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (H.M.S.), the Departments of Medicine (F.J.S., K.L.A.), Radiology (T.T.P.), Surgery (M.F.C., M.G.R.), and Orthopedic Surgery (S.D.M.), Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Departments of Medicine (H.M.S., F.J.S., K.L.A.), Radiology (T.T.P.), Surgery (M.F.C., M.G.R.), and Orthopedic Surgery (S.D.M.), Harvard Medical School - all in Boston.

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2018 Dec;45(13):2461-2463

Dept. of Surgery, Tsuyama Chuo Hospital.

A 71-year-old man visited our hospital because ofepigastralgia and anorexia. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed type 1 gastric cancer. Contrast-enhanced abdominal CT revealed gastric wall thickening in the midgastric region and direct invasion ofthe transverse colon. Read More

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2018 Dec;45(13):1848-1850

Dept. of Surgery, Sumitomo Hospital.

A 40-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the chief complaint of miction pain. MRI showed fundal wall thickening of the bladder in contact with the appendix. Under cystoscopy, redness of the mucous membrane was found in the posterior wall of the bladder. Read More

Inflamm Bowel Dis 2019 Jan 18. Epub 2019 Jan 18.

Division ofPediatric Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota, USA.

Background: Restorative proctocolectomy and ileal pouch anal anastomosis (IPAA) has become the procedures of choice for restoration of intestinal continuity in ulcerative colitis or familial adenomatous polyposis. This systematic review aims to assess short-term postoperative and long-term functional outcomes in pediatric patients undergoing IPAA.

Methods: A literature search was performed for all publications of pediatric IPAA in which short- and long-term outcomes were reported. Read More

JSLS 2018 Oct-Dec;22(4)

Western New York Urology Associates, Cheektowaga, New York, USA.

Introduction And Hypothesis: In the United States, vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) most often results from gynecologic surgery causing significant morbidity and distress to both the patient and surgeon. The use of tissue interposition at time of primary repair has been advocated to decrease the risk of recurrence. The aim of this study is to describe our experience with interposition of sigmoid epiploica during robotic extravesical repair of supratrigonal VVF. Read More

Ann Plast Surg 2019 Feb;82(2):213-217

From the Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kurume University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.

Abdominal surgical wound dehiscence with bowel exposure and infection carries a risk of intestinal fistula, making it extremely difficult to treat. The objective at this time is to heal such wounds safely and absolutely with using intrawound continuous negative pressure and irrigation treatment and artificial dermis. The subjects were 18 patients with abdominal wall dehiscence wounds with bowel exposure. Read More

Pediatr Transplant 2019 03 30;23(2):e13341. Epub 2018 Dec 30.

Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In this single-center retrospective study, we analyzed kidney transplant outcomes in nine pediatric patients with VACTERL [vertebral defects, anal atresia, cardiac defects, tracheoesophageal fistula, renal anomalies, limb abnormalities] association-making this the largest study of its kind. Of 743 pediatric kidney transplant recipients at our center (1980-2017), nine had documented diagnoses of VACTERL association. All nine had congenital anorectal malformations and renal anomalies, five had vertebral defects, and one had a bifid thumb and tracheoesophageal fistula. Read More

Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018 Dec;21(12):1337-1346

Surgeon Committee of Gastrointestinal Fistula of Chinese College of Surgeons, Email:

Crohn disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disease involving the entire digestive tract and non-perianal fistula is the most serious surgical complication of CD. The goal of treatment is to cure intestinal fistula and intra-abdominal infection, restore the continuity of digestive tract, reduce postoperative recurrence, and improve the quality of life. Evaluation of nutritional status, especially during perioperative period, is important and nutrition support for malnutritional CD patients is necessary. Read More

Klin Onkol 2018 ;31(5):376-379

Introduction: Benign cystic tumors represent only 2% of all pancreatic tumors (pancreatic cancer - PC). In contrast to malignant cystic tumors, these tumors occur typically in young women. A solid pseudopapillary tumor is a relatively rare affliction representing less than 4% of cystic PC. Read More

Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi 2018 Nov;21(11):1212-1217

Tongji Hospital Cancer Center, Tongji Medical College Affiliated, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430030, China. Email:

Malignant acute abdomen is a emergency with abrupt onset, rapid progress and often a complex etiology, presenting difficulties for treatment and high mortality. Therefore, multidisciplinary team (MDT) treatment modality is required. Compared with single-discipline diagnosis and treatment modality, diagnosis made from MDT discussion is more accurate, where specialists can improve efficiency and quality of the treatment through better communication. Read More

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) 2018 Dec;59(6):844-845

Department of Vascular Surgery, Imelda Hospital, Bonheiden, Belgium -

Tech Coloproctol 2018 10 21;22(10):805-807. Epub 2018 Nov 21.

Department of Colorectal Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Am J Case Rep 2018 Nov 22;19:1386-1392. Epub 2018 Nov 22.

Third Department of Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.

BACKGROUND Although diverticular disease is well described and treated in daily clinical practice, there are cases that attract great interest because of their complexity and difficulty in management. Herein, we describe a rare case of colo-colonic fistula-complicated diverticulitis that necessitated urgent surgical intervention. CASE REPORT A 76-year-old female patient with a known history of diverticular disease of the sigmoid colon presented in the Emergency Department for evaluation of left lower quadrant abdominal pain. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Nov;97(47):e13328

Department of Gastroenterology, Ji'nan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China.

Rationale: Radiation enteritis (RE) is one of the serious complications caused by the radiotherapy and it can occur in any segment of the intestine, including small intestine, colon, and rectum. It can cause a number of serious problems of the intestine, such as chronic ulcers, bleeding, intestinal stenosis, intestinal fistula, and perforation. At present, there is no standard treatment guideline for the RE. Read More

Gastroenterology 2019 03 16;156(4):1027-1040.e3. Epub 2018 Nov 16.

Center for Interventional Endoscopy, Florida Hospital, Orlando, Florida. Electronic address:

Background & Aims: Infected necrotizing pancreatitis is a highly morbid disease with poor outcomes. Intervention strategies have progressed from open necrosectomy to minimally invasive approaches. We compared outcomes of minimally invasive surgery vs endoscopic approaches for patients with infected necrotizing pancreatitis. Read More

Am J Case Rep 2018 Nov 17;19:1370-1372. Epub 2018 Nov 17.

Department of Gastroenterology, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (mainland).

BACKGROUND Due to the absence of specific symptoms and signs, cholecystocolic fistula is easy to miss as a diagnosis or misdiagnose. CASE REPORT We report a case of an older male patient who had cholecystocolic fistula which was misdiagnosed as colon cancer. The cholecystocolic fistula was incidentally discovered during surgery and was appropriately treated. Read More

Gastroenterology 2019 03 13;156(4):1041-1051.e4. Epub 2018 Nov 13.

Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Electronic address:

Background & Aims: Bile diversion to the ileum (GB-IL) has strikingly similar metabolic and satiating effects to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) in rodent obesity models. The metabolic benefits of these procedures are thought to be mediated by increased bile acids, although parallel changes in body weight and other confounding variables limit this interpretation.

Methods: Global G protein-coupled bile acid receptor-1 null (Tgr5) and intestinal-specific farnesoid X receptor null (Fxr) mice on high-fat diet as well as wild-type C57BL/6 and glucagon-like polypeptide 1 receptor deficient (Glp-1r) mice on chow diet were characterized following GB-IL. Read More

World J Surg Oncol 2018 Nov 10;16(1):220. Epub 2018 Nov 10.

Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cancer Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning Cancer Hospital and Institute, No 44 Xiaoheyan Road, Dadong District, Shenyang, 110042, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.

Objectives: To explore whether single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has the better short-term clinical and pathological outcomes than conventional multiport laparoscopic surgery (CLS) for sigmoid colon and rectal cancer.

Methods: A literature investigation of MEDLINE, PubMed, Ovid, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Chinese Biological Medicine (CBM), and Wanfang databases for relevant researches was performed. Fixed effects and random effects models were used to calculate the corresponding outcomes. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Nov;97(45):e12822

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P. R. of China.

Rationale: Vertebral defect, anal atresia, cardiac defect, tracheoesophageal fistula/esophageal atresia, renal defect, and limb defect (VACTERL) association and Müllerian duct anomalies are rare conditions. We present a rare condition with the co-occurrence of the VACTERL association and Müllerian duct hypoplasia to characterize patients' clinical presentations, outcomes, and treatment.

Patient Concerns: An 11-year-old girl presented to our hospital with severe lower abdominal pain, lower vaginal atresia with enlargement of the upper vagina and a bicornuate uterus with a Y-shaped uterine cavity filled with hematometra on pelvic magnetic resonance imaging. Read More

World J Stem Cells 2018 Oct;10(10):134-137

Bone Marrow Transplant Department, Associação Portuguesa de Beneficência, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090 470, Brazil.

Crohn's disease (CD) is an inflammatory bowel disease that can affect any site of the digestive system. It occurs due to an immunological imbalance and is responsible for intestinal mucosal lesions and complications such as fistulas and stenoses. Treatment aims to stabilize the disease, reducing the symptoms and healing intestinal lesions. Read More

Gynecol Obstet Fertil Senol 2018 12 29;46(12):913-921. Epub 2018 Oct 29.

Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpitaux de Nantes, CHU Hôtel-Dieu, 38, boulevard Jean-Monnet, 44000 Nantes, France; Université de Nantes, 1, rue Gaston-Veil, 44000 Nantes, France.

Objectives: The aim of this review was to agree on a definition of the obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS), to determine the prevalence and risk factors.

Methods: A comprehensive review of the literature on the obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS), establishment of levels of evidence (NP), and grades of recommendation according to the methodology of the recommendations for clinical practice.

Results: To classify obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS), we have used the WHO-RCOG classification, which lists 4 degrees of severity. Read More

Sichuan Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban 2018 Jul;49(4):640-644

Department of Urology, Institute of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Objective: To evaluate the risk factors for wound healing of infective surgical incision in patients of muscle invasive bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy.

Methods: This study retrospectively collected clinical data of the patients who received radical cystectomy and experienced incisional infection after operation between January 2009 and December 2016. The patients were divided into early healing group and delayed healing group (the healing time is less or more than 14 d after operation). Read More

Pediatr Surg Int 2019 Jan 30;35(1):77-85. Epub 2018 Oct 30.

Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Purpose: Females with recto-vestibular fistula (RVF) can be managed either by one-stage sagittal anorectoplasty (SARP) or by conventional multi-stage approach with colostomy followed by SARP. Our aim was to define which approach, one-stage or multi-stage, is safer and more beneficial.

Methods: Using a defined search strategy, two investigators identified all comparative studies on the mentioned procedures. Read More

Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2019 Feb 24;101(2):e59-e61. Epub 2018 Oct 24.

Department of General Surgery, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital , Glasgow , UK.

An 84-year-old woman presented with acute worsening of diarrhoea for a few weeks, with a background of chronic diarrhoea over the past 12 months accompanied by weight loss. Computed tomography during this admission revealed air in the biliary tree and resolution of gallstones in keeping with a cholecystocolonic fistula. Owing to her comorbidities, surgical management was deemed not to be the best option. Read More

Int J Surg 2018 Dec 19;60:9-14. Epub 2018 Oct 19.

Department of Coloproctology, Yang Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Background: Ligation of the intersphincteric fistula tract (LIFT) is a sphincter-preserving operation for anal fistulas. Although it has advantages in preserving continence after surgery, it is difficult to perform owing to the narrow field of view. We performed a modified surgical procedure based on the LIFT to overcome these drawbacks. Read More

Trop Med Int Health 2019 Jan 8;24(1):81-90. Epub 2018 Nov 8.

Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

Objectives: Intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) remains prevalent and a big health hazard in China. The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyse its clinico-pathological features.

Methods: Retrospective study of 85 consecutive ITB patients in two tertiary hospitals in East China. Read More

Vasc Endovascular Surg 2019 Feb 18;53(2):165-169. Epub 2018 Oct 18.

3 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Wilhelminen hospital, Vienna, Austria.

Purpose:: To increase awareness of the clinical presentation, diagnostic workup, and treatment options for endograft infections.

Case Report:: A 75-year-old male patient was admitted with suspected endograft infection 4 years after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). Although preoperative diagnostics showed no definitive signs of endograft infection, eventual surgical exposure of the endograft revealed signs of advanced inflammation, including the unexpected finding of an aortoduodenal fistula. Read More

Int Urogynecol J 2019 Apr 16;30(4):537-544. Epub 2018 Oct 16.

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Introduction And Hypothesis: Vaginal apical suspension is essential for the surgical treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP). We aim to evaluate whether the method of apical repair is associated with different re-operation rates for POP recurrence or surgical complications.

Methods: Population-based, retrospective cohort study of all Ontario women receiving primary apical POP repairs from 2003 to 2015. Read More

BMJ Case Rep 2018 Oct 12;2018. Epub 2018 Oct 12.

General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Sep;97(39):e12411

Department of Pediatrics.

Rationale: The clinical manifestations of VACTERL association include vertebral anomalies, anal atresia, congenital heart diseases, tracheoesophageal fistula, renal dysplasia, and limb abnormalities. The association of intrahepatic anomalies and VACTERL syndrome is a rare coincidence. VACTER syndrome and intrahepatic bile drainage anomalies might be genetically related. Read More

Onco Targets Ther 2018 19;11:5527-5533. Epub 2018 Sep 19.

Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China,

Purpose: Although definitive chemoradiotherapy is considered as a standard of care for FIGO stage IIB cervical cancer in many countries, the role of surgery remains controversial. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility and outcomes of patients with FIGO stage IIB cervical cancer who received radical surgery in China.

Patients And Methods: A total of 74 women with FIGO stage IIB cervical cancer were treated with radical hysterectomy, with or without adjuvant radio/chemoradiotherapy, at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University between 2004 and 2015. Read More

Injury 2019 Jan 24;50(1):160-166. Epub 2018 Sep 24.

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Introduction: No definitive data describing associations between cases of Open Abdomen (OA) and Entero-atmospheric fistulae (EAF) exist. The World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and the Panamerican Trauma Society (PTS) thus analyzed the International Register of Open Abdomen (IROA) to assess this question.

Material And Methods: A prospective analysis of adult patients enrolled in the IROA. Read More

Diagn Interv Radiol 2018 Nov;24(6):321-327

Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

Purpose: Anal fistula is an abnormal tract or cavity between the anal canal and perianal skin. Surgical treatment of anal fistulas requires the identification of the course of the primary and secondary tracts and their relation with the sphincter musculature in order to appropriately manage them and drain any abscess. Physical examination alone is not as accurate as imaging modalities in detecting these features of the fistula, and recurrences are usually due to missed or inadequately managed infective components. Read More

World J Gastroenterol 2018 Sep;24(35):4014-4020

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 28204, United States.

Endoscopy plays a fundamental role in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and esophagogastroduodenoscopy have long been used in the care of patients with IBD. As endoscopic technologies have progressed, tools such as endoscopic ultrasound, capsule endoscopy, and balloon-assisted enteroscopy have expanded the role of endoscopy in IBD. Read More

Turk J Gastroenterol 2018 07;29(4):406-410

Department of General Surgery, Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey.

Background/aims: Most of the patients with Crohn's disease (CD) may require at least one surgical procedure over their lifetime. However, these patients tend to have a high incidence of postoperative complications. The aim of this retrospective study was to investigate the predictive parameters of postoperative complications in CD. Read More

J Clin Ultrasound 2018 Nov 19;46(9):591-597. Epub 2018 Sep 19.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

A 26-years-old woman, underwent an ultrasound examination at 13.4 weeks. A cystic structure was identified in the right lower abdomen. Read More