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A 59-year-old obese Japanese man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus presented with severe heartburn for 3 days after inguinal cellulitis and exacerbated glycemic control, without any signs of upper gastrointestinal bleeding. The patient had a high plasma glucose level (34.0 mmol/L) and
OBJECTIVE
The specific contribution of the herniation of an abdominal antireflux fundoplication into the chest to symptomatic and therefore surgical failure remains unclear.
METHODS
The study was conducted in 189 consecutive fundoplication patients, categorized as patients reoperated on for chest
Nocardia seriolae, a Gram-positive bacterium, is the main pathogen of fish nocardiosis. Protein NlpC/P60 is a cell-wall peptidase and a potential virulence factor of N. seriolae. Subcellular localization research revealed that both NlpC/P60-GFP and NlpC/P60Δsig-GFP fusion proteins were evenly
OBJECTIVE
Proton Pump inhibitors and laparoscopic techniques have had a dramatic impact on the therapy of gastroesophageal reflux disease. These techniques have introduced new complications associated with the treatment. This study compares the results of a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication with
The retrospective cohort study described in this article examined 150 Iowa private well users' (aged 1-60 years) drinking water below the 10 parts per million nitrate-nitrogen (nitrate-N) maximum contaminant level and analyzed health history data and blood samples including hemoglobin fractions and
This prospective, randomized controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the effect of tube decompression of the stomach after surgical procedure on the digestive tract. One hundred and nine patients were randomly allocated to postoperative treatment with (57 patients) or without (52 patients)
The esophagus is lined by a moist stratified squamous epithelium. In humans, this epithelium, as evidenced by the Bernstein test, has considerable capacity to resist damage even upon direct contact of high concentrations of luminal acid. This intrinsic property of the epithelium to defend itself
A fatal case of acute pancreatitis is reported. On account of difficulty in eating caused by persistent dysphagia and heartburn, the clinical condition of a 39-year-old man who had been a heavy drinker deteriorated rapidly. He was taken to a hospital in an ambulance in an unconscious state. Based on
In the Department of Surgery, University of Turku, 310 patients underwent parietal cell vagotomy for duodenal (268 patients) or pyloric-prepyloric ulcer (42 patients) in the years 1973-82. The male/female ratio was 4/1 and mean age 43 years. There was no mortality. Splenic injury led to splenectomy
Surgery is indicated when gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is resistant to medical treatment. Manometry, upper GI series, pH-metry, gastric emptying studies and gastric acid sampling are performed in order to demonstrate that GORD is caused by a deficient gastro-oesophageal valve mechanism,
BACKGROUND
Paraesophageal hernias (PEHs) have protean clinical manifestations, and a variety of surgical approaches may be appropriate. We report both surgical and quality-of-life (QoL) outcomes for PEH repairs.
METHODS
All patients undergoing elective repair of PEHs were evaluated preoperatively
The pathophysiology of reflux esophagitis involves contact of the esophageal epithelium with acid-pepsin in the refluxate. For this contact to occur with sufficient duration, there must either be a combination of defects in antireflux and luminal clearance mechanisms for acid-pepsin to overwhelm a
Between May 1991 and November 1992, 80 consecutive patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease underwent laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication. The technique used was exactly the same as for the conventional open approach. There were no deaths but there were four peroperative complications: one
One hundred and sixty two laparoscopic fundoplications were performed between may 1991 and december 1993 by the first author. No perioperative death was observed. There were 4 intraoperative complications (3%): 1 gastric perforation, 2 pleural perforations and 1 liver laceration. There were 3
BACKGROUND
Complicated esophageal diverticulum is an extremely rare disease. The most widespread surgical tactic in such cases is drainage of the mediastinum and the position of a feeding gastrostomy or enterostomy. Our objective was to demonstrate the possibility of performing a one-step operation