abstract autoimmune pancreatitis (aip) is a rare disorder that may be present as common bile duct stricture. the patient was a seventy-year-old man with presentations as recurrent abdominal pain and jaundice, elevated billirobin (bil) and elevated alkaline phosphatase (alkp) in association with the presence of hetrogenesity of the pancreatic head and dilated intra and extra hepatic bile ducts i...

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is finding an ever-increasing role in the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of thoracic disorders that previously required sternotomy or open thoracotomy. The potential advantages of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery include less postoperative pain, fewer operative complications, shortened hospital stay and reduced costs. The following review examin...

We describe a method of single-port thoracoscopic rib resection using a Gigli saw. Rib resection is typically performed with a large skin incision and soft tissue dissection. Some authors have described a thoracoscopic approach for rib resection from the inner side of the chest wall instead of the outside to decrease pain and improve quality of life. A 41-year-old Chinese male received single-p...

pancreatic tuberculosis is a rare condition but as a result of increasing migration, tuberculosis is expanding internationally. we present a case of pancreatic tuberculosis in a 25 years old woman who presented with fever, and epigastric mass with pain. ct scan finding was compatible with pancreatic abscess, laparoscopic finding showed caseous materials. granuloma was found in histology of panc...

Imaged thoracoscopic surgery is a technique utilized to operate on the intrathoracic organs without making a formal thoracotomy incision. Eleven patients underwent lung biopsy with this procedure and each had markedly reduced postoperative pain. Each patient resumed preoperative activity levels within one week of discharge from the hospital. Besides thoracotomy and thoracoscopy, imaged thoracos...

Chronic pancreatitis is a disease often characterized by recurrent episodes of abdominal pain accompanied by progressive pancreatic exocrine and endocrine insufficiency [1] and it sometimes requires multiple hospitalizations. Obstructive jaundice, duodenal stenosis, left-sided portal hypertension, pseudocyst and mass formation, and pancreatic carcinoma may occur as complications of chronic panc...

Between 70 and 90 percent of patients with pancreatic cancer will present with jaundice, and 90% will have pain at some stage of their illness. Resection for cure is possible in less than 5% of patients, thus a palliative approach is of necessity the appropriate management in 95% of patients. A palliative approach demands an attitude of mind which objectively defines relief of symptoms as the e...

Background: Whether challenging video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a minimal invasive remains controversial. This study aimed to analyze causes of conventional multiple-port VATS (CVATS) and conversion thoracotomy postoperative pain provide indications for VATS.