BACKGROUND The jejunal pouch interposition between the gastric body and the duodenum after the gastrectomy, although not frequent in the surgical practice today, has been successfully employed for the prevention and treatment of the postgastrectomy syndromes. In the latter, it is included the dumping syndrome, which affects 13-58% of the patients who undergo gastrectomy. AIM Retrospective ass...

This study presents the impacts of dredge spoil dumping in pelagic habitat during a 27-month monitoring survey eastern Mediterranean coastal waters (Saronikos Gulf, Aegean Sea), with focus on changes trophic status and eutrophication levels, phytoplankton diversity bloom dynamics. A number environmental parameters metrics were significantly influenced by operations, specifically indices (number...