Month: November 2021

Self-Expandable Metal Stents for the Management of Gastric Outlet Obstruction: Experience from A Tertiary-Care Facility in Pakistan

1. Abstract 1.1. Aim Gastric outlet obstruction is commonly considered as advanced malignancies of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, hepatobiliary, and ampullary regions. Surgical bypass and chemotherapy are the common treatment modalities for gastric obstruction. This study was done to determine the outcomes of self-expandable metal stents in patients with gastric outlet obstruction. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.47829/JJGH.2021.7903

Intestinal Ischemia Following Cardiac Surgery: An Unusual Clinical Presentation

1. Abstract Mesenteric ischemia is a dreadful complication with a high mortality rate. Early diagnosis and management is mandatory to improve prognosis. We report a 72-year-old woman who has undergone a bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement. She presented an abdominal pain associated to an occlusive syndrome. Angio-CT scan has found initially a functional bowel obstruction without …

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Endoscopic Radiofrequency Ablation of Fiatula in Ano (VAAFT-Fistura) In The Era of Surgical Innovation. A Serial Prospective Evaluation of 10 Patients

1. Abstract 1.1. Background: Fistula in-ano is an abnormal chronic infected tunnel ( tract ) between the rectum or the anal canal and perianal skin usually ,with granulation tissue which connecting a primary orifice ( internal ) to a secondary one ( external) .This morbid antity represents a dilemma for both ,patients and surgeon-proctologists because …

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Enhancing A Radiomics-Based Pathological Response Prediction for Locally Advanced Rectum Cancer

1. Abstract 1.1. Aims: This study aims to further enhance a validated radiomics-based model for predicting pathologic complete response (pCR) after chemo‑radiotherapy (CRT) in LARCs for use in the clinical practice. 1.2. Methods: A generalized linear model (GLM) to predict pCR in LARC patients previously trained in Europe and validated with external inter-continental cohort (59 …

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Atypical Initial Presentation of Crohn’s Disease: Inflammatory Ampullary Pseudotumor Causing Obstruction of the Common Bile Duct – A Case Report and Review of the Literature of Pseudotumors Linked to Crohn’s Disease

1. Introduction Crohn’s disease extraintestinal manifestations have been well described in the literature and in many cases may precede the diagnosis of the disease. However, the findings of an inflammatory pseudotumor, at different organs of the body, is rare especially those presenting in the peripancreatic (such as ampulla of Vater) and pancreatic area, and obstructing …

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