Intraoperative intraluminal endoscopic assistance

Endoscopic intraluminal vacuum therapy of duodenal perforation.

Intraluminal duodenal diverticulum treated with an endoscopic procedure.

A 20-year-old woman was referred to our hospital for recurrent postprandial epigastric pain and vomiting. Physical examination revealed no abdominal mass, and laboratory datawere within normal limits except for slight elevation of serum amylase (301U/l). Esophagogastroduodenoscopy identified double duodenal lumens at the inferior duodenal flexure (●" Fig.1a). One lumen was discovered to lead in...

Intraluminal duodenal diverticulum causing recurrent pancreatitis: treatment by endoscopic incision.

Intraluminal duodenal diverticulum is a recognised but rare cause of acute pancreatitis. This patient had three attacks of pancreatitis, each requiring a stay in hospital, within a four month period. The apex of the diverticulum was incised endoscopically, whereupon peas and food debris gushed from the incision site. The patient has had no further symptoms in the 12 months since the endoscopic ...

[Intraluminal/endoscopic procedures in the treatment of obesity].

Few effective therapeutic tools are currently available to fight the increasing prevalence of obesity and its associated comorbidities. Bariatric surgery is the only treatment with proven long-term effectiveness, but is associated to a high surgical risk and significant economic costs because of its technical complexity and the characteristics of patients. This is leading to development of new ...

Intraoperative assessment of endoscopic third ventriculostomy success.

OBJECT The authors' aim in this study was to determine if standardizing the evaluation of intraoperative findings during endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) could predict patients with hydrocephalus in whom endoscopic treatment will fail and require ventriculoperitoneal shunt treatment. The creation of a uniform scale with predictive outcomes may reduce returns to the operating room for shun...