Controlling Beech Root and Stump Sprouts Using the Cut-Stump Treatment

Treatment of the pancreatic stump after DCP.

OBJECTIVE With improvement in methods, mortality after duodeno-cefalo pancreatectomy (DCP) has decreased to 5% even if complication rate is still high (30-50%). The pancreatic fistula still occurs in 25-50% of cases. Various methods of treating pancreatic stump have been proposed aimed to improve this rate. PATIENTS AND METHODS The AA, surgeons of suburban hospital, have performed in five yea...

Vertebral Artery Stump Syndrome

Carotid stump syndrome is a well-documented embolic source for ischemic stroke. However, few cases have been reported of a similar condition - termed vertebral artery stump syndrome - which affects the posterior circulation after vertebral artery origin occlusion. We herein report a case of infarction of the right superior cerebellar artery and left posterior inferior cerebellar artery territor...

'Stump appendicitis': postappendectomy appendicitis.

To cite: Zachariah SK. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2014208544 DESCRIPTION A 58-year-old woman presented with acute abdominal pain and vomiting of 3 days duration. She had undergone laparotomy for appendicular perforation 25 years earlier. She had recurrent episodes of abdominal pain for the past 5 years and was being treated as a case of adhesi...

Carotid Stump Syndrome

Objectives. To highlight the case of a patient with multiple transient ischemic attacks and visual disturbances diagnosed with carotid stump syndrome and managed with endovascular approach. Case Presentation. We present the case of a carotid stump syndrome in an elderly patient found to have moderate left internal carotid artery stenosis in response to an advertisement for carotid screening. Af...

Stump appendicitis. Underrated reality?