This article describes the use of gastric bypass surgery for severe gastroparesis in two lung transplant recipients. In addition to feeding intolerance, both our patients suffered from severe erosive esophagitis, transfusion-dependent upper GI hemorrhage, and recurrent aspiration pneumonia. They responded poorly to promotility agents and were eventually treated with Roux-en-Y esophagojejunostom...

Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting utilising an anterior mini-thoracotomy has traditionally been limited to surgical revascularisation for single or double vessel coronary disease. The widespread use of percutaneous coronary intervention has further limited the use of this technique. Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting offers the advantage of avoidin...

OBJECTIVE This report documents that the gastric bypass operation provides long-term control for obesity and diabetes. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA Obesity and diabetes, both notoriously resistant to medical therapy, continue to be two of our most common and serious diseases. METHODS Over the last 14 years, 608 morbidly obese patients underwent gastric bypass, an operation that restricts caloric...

Gastric infarction is an extremely rare occurrence owing to the stomach's extensive vascular supply. We report an unusual case of gastric infarction following gastric bypass surgery. We describe the imaging findings and discuss possible causes of this condition.

Gastric adenocarcinoma after gastric bypass for morbid obesity is rare but has been described. The diet restriction, weight loss, and difficult assessment of the bypassed stomach, after this procedure, hinder and delay its diagnosis. We present a 52-year-old man who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass 2 years ago and whose previous upper digestive endoscopy was considered normal. He presented wi...

Primary benign gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumours are rare neoplasms [1,2]. The non-exhaustive list includes GIST, leiomyoma, desmoids tumour, inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour, inflammatory fibroid polyp, Schwannoma, lymphoma, mesenchymal polyps and glomus tumour. These tumours frequently show similar and overlapping morphology. However the cell of origin is different in different entities...