BACKGROUND Gastric venous congestion and bleeding in association with total pancreatectomy (TP) were evaluated. METHODS Thirty-eight patients of TP were retrospectively analyzed. TP was classified as TP with distal gastrectomy (TPDG), pylorus-preserving TP (PPTP), subtotal stomach-preserving TP (SSPTP), and TP with segmental duodenectomy (TPSD). RESULTS Portal vein or superior mesenteric ve...

Although rare, major congenital defects of the hepatic veins are detectable at autopsy, advanced, noninvasive imaging techniques such as Doppler ultrasonography and multislice computed tomography can accurately define these anomalies. One of these anomalies is congenital absence of the main right hepatic vein. We present a 21-year-old woman living-liver donor candidate with congenital absence o...

Background: Stenosis of a biliodigestive anastomosis is a rare complication of midand long-term survival after hepatobiliary surgery. First line therapy is endoscopic intervention. Only if this option is not successful or not possible a surgical approach is indicated. Case Report: A 40 year old male patient presented with recurrent episodes of cholangitis after hepaticojejunostomy due to neuroe...

The detailed surgical procedure of the transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary abscess has scarcely been described previously because it is a very rare clinical entity. The authors reported two cases of primary pituitary abscess. In case 1, the anterior wall of the sella turcica was reconstructed with the vomer bone after irrigating the abscess cavity, but the sella was not packed by fat for fear...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to test effects of negative pressure on tendon-bone healing after reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in rabbits. METHODS Hind legs of 24 New Zealand White rabbits were randomly selected as negative pressure group and the contralateral hind legs as control. Reconstruction of the ACL was done. Joints of the negative pressure side were pla...

A 57-year-old man, who had undergone subtotal esophagectomy and bowel reconstruction with a stomach roll located in the retrosternal space 4 years before, developed pneumopericardium (Fig. 1) due to ulcer perforation (Fig. 2). He is alive and well 8 years after partial gastrectomy and pericardial drainage followed by pericardiectomy for secondary constrictive pericarditis. European Journal of C...

BACKGROUND The acellular dermal matrix (ADM)-assisted breast reconstruction technique is widely known, but discouraging results due to early postoperative complications have been reported. As the literature identifies seroma as the most common issue after breast surgery without identifying its pathogenesis, we aimed to report the trend of postoperative daily serum collection after ADM-assisted ...

BACKGROUND To date, various types of acellular dermal matrix (ADM) have been developed for clinical use. AlloDerm is the most familiar type of ADM to most surgeons in breast reconstruction. It is prepared by freeze-drying. CG CryoDerm is the first form of ADM that requires no drying process. Therefore, theoretically, it has a higher degree of preservation of the dermal structures than AlloDerm....

Obstructive megaureter affects 1 in 10000 children with a male preponderance and increased affection of the left renal unit than the right renal unit. Bilateral affection is reported in 10-20% cases. It results from structural alteration in the muscular layers of the distal ureter, the most common changes being diminished or absent longitudinal muscle fibers, hypertrophic or hyperplastic circul...