Surgical management of idiopathic upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage.

Surgical aspects of gastro-intestinal haemorrhage.

Preliminary analysis of upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

Thirty two patients of upper gastro-intestinal haemorrhage were seen in two years. Clinical evaluation, barium studies and Oesophago-gastro-duodcnoscopy were done to find the cause of bleeding. In 50% of patients the cause was peptic ulceration while Oesophageal varices and gastric erosions were seen in 25% each with no specificity of particular age group. Clinical examination had limited value...

The Significance of Variceal Haemorrhage in Ghana: A Retrospective Review.

BACKGROUND This study describes the burden of bleeding oesophageal varices at the main tertiary referral centre in Accra. DESIGN Retrospective design to describe the endoscopic spectrum and review mortality data following acute upper gastro-intestinal bleeding at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Endoscopic data was reviewed in the Endoscopy Unit between 2007 and 2010. Mortality data was collat...

Varices of the descending duodenum explored during emergency gastro-duodenal resection for upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Case report.

Upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage is a major medical emergency and accounts for approximately 7,000 admissions to hospitals in Scotland each year. Over the last 10 years there has been a number of improvements in diagnosis and conservative management of the condition, which significantly reduced the ratio of life-threatening cases requiring an emergency surgery. Despite these achievements surg...

Upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to gastric stromal tumour: a case report

INTRODUCTION Gastro-intestinal stromal tumours are the most common mesenchymal tumours of the gastro-intestinal tract. This case report highlights the necessity of early surgical intervention in such cases to avoid mortality due to rebleeding and to raise the awareness of rare causes of upper gastrointestinal bleed and their management. CASE PRESENTATION A 61-year-old male presented to the ac...