Systemic chemotherapy in the setting of unresectable appendiceal epithelial neoplasms (AEN). Background: Chemotherapy-induced splenomegaly is a relatively known treatment complication, where the ...

Is watchful waiting safe for patients with high-grade splenic injuries? Scarborough and colleagues used data from 2746 patients in the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program ...

Researchers report that in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding in whom endoscopy failed to control the bleeding, transarterial embolization is a safe procedure which reduces the need for surgery ...

Background A 49-year-old white female with a history of acute pancreatitis that was complicated by pseudocysts presented with severe acute-onset abdominal pain of a few hours duration with associated ...

Splenic injuries constitute the most common injuries accompanying blunt abdominal traumas. Non-operative treatment is currently the standard for treating hemodynamically stable patients with blunt ...

A liver transplant was performed in a woman, aged 41 years, with advanced primary biliary cirrhosis. Prior to surgery, her investigations included a contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scan of ...

PPH should be suspected in CP patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding, especially in individuals with isolated gastric varices and normal hepatic functions. Early endoscopy is a gold standard ...

Background. A 49-year-old woman with hepatitis C and peptic ulcer disease presented to the emergency department after an onset of sudden massive hematemesis. She had a history of alcohol abuse, but ...

THE recognition of aneurysms of the splenic artery is important since death from spontaneous hemorrhage ultimately occurs in the majority of cases and since these aneurysms may be completely excised ...

(A) Compression. Pancreatic cysts compress the splenic vein, increasing venous flow in the gastric veins and forming varices. Other causes of compression include pancreatic NET, lymphoma, SAA, ...

The patient underwent aneurysmectomy with splenectomy, distal pancreatectomy and sleeve gastrectomy because of the erosion of the stomach wall from the aneurysm. Histopathology confirmed a true ...

1. Which doctor does splenectomy? The splenectomy surgery is usually done by a general surgeon who is familiar with the procedure. 2. How can you live without a spleen? Though the spleen is important, ...