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Background The enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol is currently considered the gold-standard clinical pathway for perioperative care (1). This protocol is a bundle of interventions derived from the best evidence-based perioperative treatments (1). The aim of the ERAS protocol is to

Introduction The demand for early diagnosis of bowel cancer In the United Kingdom, there are an estimated 41,700 new cases of bowel cancer diagnosed each year and it is the fourth most common cancer. Over 90% of patients that are diagnosed with the earliest stage of bowel cancer will survive at

This study is a single center, single-arm prospective cohort pilot study with a primary aim of determining the feasibility, safety, and cost associated with a preoperative VLED for obese rectal cancer patients. Efficacy of preoperative VLED in this study population will be assessed through measures

Inflammatory bowel diseases ("IBD") are a group of chronic immune-mediated diseases with typical onset during young adulthood and a lifelong course characterized by periods of remission and relapse. IBDs involving two main clinical forms- Crohn's disease ("CD") and ulcerative colitis (UC). CD can

This multicentered study will enroll participants into two cohorts of (study and control groups). The study group will undergo AspireAssist gastrostomy tube placement and the control group will undergo standard decompressive percutaneous gastrostomy tube placement. Individuals who present for

The Spanish EURopEan CanCer Audit (EURECCA) Esophagogastric Cancer Group is a surgical quality improvement project, linked to the EURECCA network in Europe. EURECCA's population-based registry prospectively collects clinical data from all public hospitals in the participating regions providing them

Purpose and design Aims: To determine if the PillCam™ Crohn's capsule (PCC) performs similarly to ileo-colonoscopy (IC) and magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) when assessing patients with an established diagnosis of Crohn's disease (CD). Objectives: Primary objective: To assess the number of

The hypothesis is that the histopathological study of two biopsies obtained from the gastric antrum for the determination of Helicobacter pylori infection has a similar diagnostic yield compared to the gold standard (Sydney protocol). This is a prospective uncontrolled cross-sectional clinical

Radiation therapy (RT) is a central treatment modality for 74% of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients where preservation of the form and function of localised organs and tissue is of prime importance. Radiation therapy offers the possibility of organ preservation by providing a non-surgical approach

three hundred morbidly obese patients candidate for sleeve gastrectomy will divided into equal two groups, group A : will operated by standard sleeve gastrectomy on bougie 36 without plication of stable line and group B: will operated by sleeve gastrectomy on bougie 42 with plication of stable line.

Following approval of the ethical committee patients who underwent LSG between January 2016 and June 2018 are retrospectively analyzed. Patients with BMI > 40 were included. Patients with a history of previous bariatric surgery and patients who did not attend regular follow-up visits (first, 6th and