BACKGROUND single-port laparoscopic surgery has gained popularity over the last decade. This technique is used for several surgical procedures. This paper documents a new and cheaper access method known as "surgical glove port" or "homemade single-port", and describes our initial experience with 25 cases. METHOD Eleven cholecystectomies, eight totally extraperitoneal inguinal hernia repairs, ...

Background and Objectives The self-expandable metal stent (SEMS) is an alternative for several possible surgical and palliative treatments of upper gastrointestinal obstructions that occur in several disease states. The present study was performed to describe a single-center experience with upper gastrointestinal stents. Methods All patients at a single center who had an SEMS placed for the t...

In recent years, novel flexible endoscopic approaches in the treatment of refractory intractable gastrointestinal diseases as well as established gastrointestinal diseases have evolved noticeably. The role of endoscopy is to diagnose and treat gastrointestinal diseases including cancer. However, recent developments and advances in flexible endoscopy enable the treatment of unresolved gastrointe...

Abstract
 Health problems which can be treated exclusively by surgical means are relatively uncommon in fish. Fish surgery feat is vital essential and inevitable for the at fish diseases treatment recovery. Consequently, only a limited number of procedures have been developed reported literature. Despite use analogous instruments techniques to those employed other animals, very diverse tax...

conclusions acute and chronic administration of ellagic acid had anxiolytic property. also, the most effective dose of ellagic acid was 30 mg/kg. pretreatment with flumazenil reversed the beneficial effect of ellagic acid and diazepam on anxiety. it is likely that the anxiolytic effect of ellagic acid is largely mediated by activation of gabaa receptor. results acute and chronic application of ...

From 1983 until 1987, 4177 outpatient urologic procedures were performed at Shahid Labbafi Nejad Medical Center. 34% of the cases were open surgical, while 66% were endourologic procedures. There was no surgical complication related to the outpatient aspect of the procedure. Rate of infection in open surgical cases was almost zero. The number of procedures was increased each succeeding yea...

We report a 74-year-old man with Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) whose only prior illness was peptic ulcer disease. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy demonstrated gastric ulcer scars accompanied by marked deformity, without pathologic evidence of malignancy. WE due to peptic ulcer disease in previous reports was substantially associated with thiamine deficiency due to recurrent vomiting or surgic...

Peritoneal dissemination can be prevented by the responsible surgeon at least in part by proper surgical technique used to resect the primary malignancy. What most people do not know is that cancer surgery can do great harm. It can convert a contained malignant condition into a disseminated disease that unnecessarily becomes a deadly process. Containment must be the number one priority of the g...

BACKGROUND The field of postgraduate minimally invasive surgery/gastrointestinal surgery (MIS/GIS) training has undergone substantial growth and change. To determine whether fellowships are meeting a strategic need in training, we conducted a survey to assess the current status and trends of change in MIS/GIS fellowships. METHODS A survey was distributed to fellows currently in MIS/GIS progra...

This paper describes a novel approach to capsular endoscopy that takes advantage of active magnetic locomotion in the gastrointestinal tract guided by an anthropomorphic robotic arm. Simulations were performed to select the design parameters allowing an effective and reliable magnetic link between the robot end-effector (endowed with a permanent magnet) and the capsular device (endowed with sma...