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A 50-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of severe diarrhea, irritableness, and severe pitting edema of the legs. The patient had been well until 5 years before admission, when a tremor and tachycardia developed and a diagnosis of Graves' disease was made. Treatment with methimazole
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the efficacy and safety of octreotide treatment of persistent chylothorax in pediatric patients following cardiothoracic surgery.
METHODS
Retrospective chart review of patients admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit of a tertiary care center over a 10-year period
Background: Chylothorax is a rare disease, defined as an abnormal accumulation of chylous lymphatic effusion in thoracic cavity, with a high mortality rate in pediatric patients. At present, there are few studies on the treatment of
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this prospective study was to report early results of videothoracoscopic truncal vagotomy in non-complicated chronic duodenal ulcers.
METHODS
From 1995 to 1998, 250 patients suffering from chronic duodenal ulcer without pyloric stenosis were operated on in the main hospital of
OBJECTIVE
We report our experience with the use of octreotide as primary or adjunctive therapy in children with various gastrointestinal disorders.
METHODS
A pharmacy database identified patients who received octreotide for gastrointestinal diseases. Indications for octreotide use, dosing,
Octreotide is an octapeptide that mimics natural somatostatin pharmacologically. It is a potent inhibitor of growth hormone, glucagon and insulin, which is used for treatment of acromegaly, symptomatic treatment of carsinoid tumours, and vasoactive intestinal peptide secreting tumors. It is also
BACKGROUND
Intestinal lymphangiectasia (IL) is a rare enteropathy involving the expansion and rupture of intestinal lymphatic channels. Although several reports have studied cases of primary IL (PIL), this condition is very rare, and is even less commonly encountered in infants. This study aimed to
BACKGROUND
Esophageal resection is a complex operation often associated with morbidity. Hiatal hernia after esophagectomy is an unusual complication. We reviewed our experience with this complication.
METHODS
From February 1988 through February 2009 we performed 2,182 esophagectomies. Fifteen