PURPOSE: Preanastomotic recurrence and stricturing after surgery for ileocolic Crohn's
disease is a frequent, unexplained phenomena that may lead to prompt reoperation. The aim of …

Hypothesis Major hepatectomy, bile duct resection, and regional lymphadenectomy for hilar
cholangiocarcinoma are associated with actual long-term (>5 years) survival. Design …

PURPOSE: Chronic nonspecific reservoir ileitis (pouchitis) occurs in 5 to 10 percent of patients
who undergo ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis. Specific infection of the …

Study Aim: Cutaneous melanoma accounts for approximately 4% of all skin cancers diagnosis
each year in the USA but is responsible for 75% of skin cancer deaths. Physicians need to …

Unregulated overproduction of parathyroid hormone (PTH) from an abnormal parathyroid
gland is the origin of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). Patients who have an elevated …

Introducción: Los tumores del estroma gastrointestinal (GIST) son tumores no epiteliales
poco frecuentes con incidencia de 10-20 casos por millón de habitantes; se presenta en …

La diverticulosis yeyunoileal es un trastorno adquirido poco común que cursa en la mayoría
de los casos en forma asintomática. A pesar de informes sobre esta entidad en pacientes …

Surgical management of necrotizing pancreatitis (NP) may result in significant intraabdominal
hemorrhage requiring intervention. To determine the incidence and management of …

Discussion Gangliocytic paragangliomas are rare tumours that were first described by Dahl
and associates in 1957. 6 These tumours occur most frequently in the second portion of the …

Nayeli Martínez-Consuegra, MD, Manuel Muñoz-Juárez, MD, FACS, and Carlos Ortiz-Hidalgo,
MD by clefted spaces. The mesothelial origin of the tumor was confirmed by …