OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcomes of jejunal serosal patch and jejunal pedicled flap procedures for the repair of duodenal injuries. METHODS The experimental animal-model study was conducted at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran, in February 2013. Ten mixed-breed male dogs were selected and randomly divided into groups A and B. After general anaesthesia, a large duodenal defect was ...

BACKGROUND The number of IVC filter-related complications has increased with their growing utilization; however, IVC filter perforation of the duodenum is rare. It can manifest with nonspecific abdominal pain, gastrointestinal bleeding, cava-duodenal fistula, or small bowel obstruction. CASE REPORT A 67-year-old female presented with several years of right upper quadrant abdominal pain which ...

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Aortic graft-enteric fistula is a life-threatening complication of aortic reconstruction surgery. It is a rare condition but its frequency is rising because of an increase of patients who underwent to aortic aneurysm repairs with prosthetic implants. We report a case of a 72 years-old man with a secondary aorto-duodenal fistula. The man presented haematochezia and mild normocytic anaemia; the p...

A 54-year-old man visited our emergency department with severe upper abdominal pain. Physical examination revealed muscle guarding and rebound tenderness. Emergent sonography revealed marked thickening of the duodenal wall and a linear hyperechoic band involving the entire wall of the duodenal bulb (Figure 1, arrow). Small hyperechoic spots were found continuously moving from the band towards t...

Background The definition of an aneurysm is a dilation artery more than 1.5 to 2 times its normal diameter. Visceral (or splanchnic) aneurysms include those concerning the celiac truncus, superior mesenteric artery, inferior and their branches. This classification does not aortic renal aneurysms. It rare, but clinically significant pathology because high mortality risk. Despite this rarity, cas...

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a widely used method, and its decreased invasiveness compared to traditional surgical repair has brought about reduced rates of morbidity and mortality. Several vascular complications related to the procedure have been reported, but non-vascular complications have rarely occurred. We report herein the ca...