Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding is a popular method in bariatric surgery. A silicone ring is adjusted in the gastric fundus to create a smaller proximal compartment [1]. Intragastric migration of a gastric band is a common complication that might require surgical treatment. A 36 year-old woman who underwent adjustable gastric band placement 7 years before was referred to our center due ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy and predictive validity of pH, bilirubin, and CO2 in identifying gastric tube placement errors in children. DESIGN AND METHODS After the tube was inserted into 276 children, the CO2 monitor reading was obtained. Fluid was then aspirated to test pH and bilirubin. RESULTS Lack of ability to obtain tube aspirate was the best predict...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE While evaluating the effectiveness of drugs used for the prophylaxis of acid aspiration of gastric contents, the impact of duodeno-gastric reflux on gastric contents has not been studied earlier. This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of preanaesthetic oral administration of sodium rabeprazole on pH and volume of gastric contents in adult patients undergoing el...

Swallowed foreign bodies are common in the pediatric age group, but fortunately, the majority of them pass spontaneously without any adverse effects. Tube gastrostomy is an excellent method to provide prolonged enteral feeding. It is, however, associated with complications, namely, intraperitoneal leak and distal migration of the gastrostomy tube causing gastric outlet obstruction. This paper d...

Gastric volvulus is a rare but potentially life-threatening clinical entity due to possible gastric necrosis. A wandering spleen may also be associated with gastric volvulus. Patients presenting with the triad epigastralgia, vomiting followed by retching, and difficulty or inability to pass a nasogastric tube into the stomach are likely to have gastric volvulus. The operating surgeon should inc...

Enteral tubes are frequently used in critically ill patients for feeding and gastric decompression. Many of the nursing guidelines to facilitate the care of patients with enteral tubes have not been based on current research, but on ritual and opinion. Using a computerised literature search and an evidence-based classification system as described by the Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Base...

OBJECTIVES To compare the insertion time, ease of device insertion, ease of gastric tube insertion, airway leakage pressure, and complications between the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) ProSeal (P-LMA) and I-gel (I-gel) groups. METHODS Eighty patients with age range 18-65 years who underwent elective surgery were included in the study. The study took place in the operation rooms of Haydarpaşa Nu...

A 51-year-old man with a 5 days history of mild dysphagia was referred to our hospital. Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen showed a bulge tumor of the lower third esophageal wall and a malignant lesion in the antrum in the distal part of the stomach. The patient underwent a left anterolateral thoracotomy through the sixth intercostal space via a ventral midline incision, with a two-fi...

Accumulating evidence suggests that a unique set of receptor tyrosine kinases, known as discoidin domain receptors (DDRs), plays a role in cancer progression by interacting with the surrounding collagen matrix. In this study, we investigated the expression and role of DDR1 in human gastric cancer metastasis. Proliferation, migration, invasion, and tube formation assays were conducted in DDR1-ex...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS  Performing a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients can be challenging because of the presence of trismus, pharyngeal obstruction by tumor, and pharyngoesophageal strictures or fistula. Pharyngocutaneous fistula (PCF) is a major postoperative concern in patients submitted to total laryngectomy (TL). In the medical literature t...