Small-Bowel Bleeding With Laparoscopic Resection Guided by Microcoil Placement

Small-Bowel Bleeding With Laparoscopic Resection Guided by Microcoil Placement

Introduction: Small-bowel massive bleeding presents a complex diagnostic and therapeutic problem. Angiography can be used for localization and embolization of the overt gastrointestinal bleeding site. Because of the complex anastomotic network of blood vessels supplying the small intestine, precise identification is complicated and surgical resection of the bleeding site is difficult. We descri...

Minimally invasive enteroscopically guided small bowel resection.

Localisation of small bowel pathology is often difficult, especially intramural small bowel lesions. Even with the use of laparoscopy, visualisation of small bowel lesion is not always possible. The most accurate method to identify such a lesion is by laparotomy with direct visualisation and palpation of the lesion. However, the recent trend in surgical development aims for minimally invasive p...

Laparoscopic Resection of a Small Bowel Lipoma with Incidental Intussusception

BACKGROUND Small bowel tumors are rare entities that often present with nonspecific symptoms. The diagnosis is more likely in patients with occult gastrointestinal bleeding of unknown origin or in adults with small bowel intussusception. Even with exhaustive diagnostic testing, small bowel tumors are often not diagnosed preoperatively. Because 60% to 70% of small bowel tumors are malignant, sur...

Practical Lessons from the Small Bowel Bleeding Lesions: A Case Report on Small Bowel Cavernous Hemangioma

Laparoscopic-assisted small bowel resection for treatment of adult small bowel intussusception: a case report

BACKGROUND Intussuception is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in adults. Diagnosis is often difficult due to the variable and sometimes episodic nature of symptoms. Surgery is the recommended treatment option in adults if the diagnosis is proven. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a 33 year old Caucasian female admitted with a small bowel obstruction and no history of previous abdom...