OBJECTIVE Annular pancreas is an uncommon cause of duodenal obstruction in children. In this study, the clinical, radiological, and prognostic findings related to this disorder over a 12-year review period were analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of 22 patients with annular pancreas who were treated with surgical repair between April 1998 and February 2010 was performed at ...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES Significant controversy exists regarding the best surgical treatment for complex duodenal injuries. The aims of this study were to report on a series of eight cases of duodenal repairs using pyloric exclusion and to describe reported complications or improvements in clinical outcomes among patients with complex duodenal trauma. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-sectional study f...

DISINSERTION OF DUODENAL PAPILLA DURING DUODENAL SURGERY – 20 YEARS AFTER SURGICAL REPAIR (Abstract): The authors present the case of a 68 years old patient admitted for chronic calculous cholecistitis and symptomatic choledocolithiasis with obstructive jaundice and moderate biochemical cholestasis. The patient had a Reichel-Polya gastric resection for ulcer 20 years ago with disinsertion of du...

BACKGROUND Gastro-duodenal perforations are common and may complicate peptic ulcer disease. Management is often by surgical closure. OBJECTIVE To determine the patterns of presentation and mode of management of duodenal ulcer perforations. METHODS Retrospective review of patients with duodenal ulcer perforations seen at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital between June 2001 and ...

Duodenal ulcers are associated with gastric metaplasia in the duodenum, both at the ulcer margin and at more distant sites in the duodenal bulb. pS2 and human spasmolytic polypeptide (hSP) are secretory peptides expressed in gastric epithelial cells and in gastric metaplasia. As these peptides may be important in ulcer healing, this study investigated the possibility that the expression of pS2 ...

Objectives: Congenital duodenal obstruction (CDO) occurs in 1.2 per 10,000 live births and is frequently associated with other anomalies, most commonly cardiac. The aim of this study was to report important outcomes 1 year following surgical repair. Methods: This a prospective population-based using the British Association Paediatric Surgeons Anomaly Surveillance System. Cases were identified a...

background: coeliac disease (cd) is characterized by malabsorption resulting from inflammatory injury to the mucosa of the small intestine by an inappropriate immune response to dietary gluten proteins. the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of cd in our endoscopy unit by taking routine duodenal biopsies during upper gi endoscopy. materials andmethods: nine hundred and thirteen pati...