Over the last decade, with the acceptance of the need for improvements in the outcome of
patients affected with rectal cancer, there has been a significant increase in the literature …

Pancreaticopleural fistula resulting in a chronic pleural effusion is a rare complication of
pancreatic duct disruption. We describe the presentation and management of 2 children with …

Objective To determine the intermediate and long-term survival of patients diagnosed with
colorectal cancer (CRC) and to determine factors that affect survival. Method Patients were …

Introduction Though uncommon, extramedullary plasmacytoma of the pancreas should be
considered in the differential diagnosis of obstructive jaundice and pancreatic neoplasms. …

AIM: To compare the short-term, including oncologic, outcomes of open vs laparoscopic
colectomy for cancer in a developing country. METHODS: The records of patients who …

Objective To determine the quality of surgical management offered to patients with colorectal
cancer (CRC) as measured by adequacy of nodal resections and compare variations …

The presence of a large bulky pancreatic tumour in a young female should raise suspicions
of the diagnosis of solid-pseduopapillary tumour of the pancreas. This rare tumour has the …

We present the case of a patient with the rare combination of chylous ascites and chylothorax
resulting from penetrating abdominal injury. This patient was successfully managed with …

Background We investigated the prevalence of Lynch syndrome as a hereditary cause of
colon cancer in the young Jamaican colorectal cancer (CRC) population. Methods We …

Discussion Gross and colleagues 1 first defined intestinal duplication as “spherical or tubular
structures that possess a well developed smooth muscle layer and are lined with a mucous …