Does jaundice preclude resection in gallbladder cancer?

Does gallbladder cancer divide India?

Resistin is a secretory adipokine with proinflammatory properties in humans [1]. It has emerged during this decade as a promising inflammatory marker in various diseases [2]. This study aimed to investigate the role of serum resistin as a marker of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its correlation with clinical, endoscopic, histological and inflammatory parameters of IBD....

Does vocal cord fixation preclude nonsurgical management of laryngeal cancer?

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To determine whether vocal cord fixation precludes nonsurgical management of T3/T4 laryngeal carcinoma. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective chart review. METHODS Between 1989 and 2005 patient records with T3/T4 squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx with vocal cord fixation at presentation were reviewed. All were treated with a concomitant cisplatin-based chemoradiotherapy pro...

Does omentoplasty preclude cardiac retransplantation?

Endosonographically guided gallbladder drainage to treat neoplastic jaundice after Roux-en-Y gastric resection.

A 81-year-old man, who had undergone subtotal gastric resection with Roux-en-Y anastomosis for gastric adenocarcinoma 2 years earlier, was admitted to our hospital for obstructive jaundice. Abdominal computed tomography showed a solid mass (30×30mm) at the pancreatic head, involving the common bile duct and the duodenum and suspicious for portal vein and mesenteric axis invasion (▶Fig. 1). An e...

Endosonographically guided gallbladder drainage to treat neoplastic jaundice after Roux-en-Y gastric resection

A 81-year-old man, who had undergone subtotal gastric resection with Roux-en-Y anastomosis for gastric adenocarcinoma 2 years earlier, was admitted to our hospital for obstructive jaundice. Abdominal computed tomography showed a solid mass (30×30mm) at the pancreatic head, involving the common bile duct and the duodenum and suspicious for portal vein and mesenteric axis invasion (▶Fig. 1). An e...