We reviewed the histories of four children (2 boys and 2 girls, aged 6 mo to 10 yr) with surgically proven bezoars, treated from 1991 to 1998. Two had gastric bezoars and two had intestinal bezoars. All four patients presented with gastrointestinal symptoms and none had undergone previous surgery. Three had a history of abnormal ingestion, including one who ate a pickled fruit from the Boragina...

Ectopic pancreas is a rare entity and is usually an incidental finding in clinical practice. Most patients with an ectopic pancreas are asymptomatic, and if present, symptoms are non-specific according to the site of the lesion and different complications encountered. The most-common site is the stomach, accounting for 25%-38.2% of all patients. An asymptomatic ectopic pancreas is usually of no...

Acid ingestion in children is a common problem developing countries. Immediate complications of acid are oesophageal perforation, laryngeal trauma, bleeding and fistula formation but stricture delayed complication. Gastric outlet obstruction known complication acids surgery the mainstay treatment. Heineke-Mikulicz pyloroplasty was done five cases without outcomes were satisfactory.

INTRODUCTION Gastric outlet obstruction usually presents with non-bilious vomiting, colicky epigastric pain, loss of appetite and occasionally, upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Causes can be classified as benign or malignant, or as extra- or intraluminal. Gastrojejunostomy is a well-recognised surgical procedure performed to bypass gastric outlet obstruction. A bezoar occurs most commonly in pa...

BACKGROUND Either palliative distal gastrectomy or gastrojejunostomy are the initial treatment options for locally advanced gastric cancer with outlet obstruction when curative-intent resection is not feasible. Since chemotherapy is the mainstay for unresectable gastric cancer, the clinical value of palliative distal gastrectomy is controversial. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the clinic...

Endoscopic balloon dilatation (EBD) and surgical intervention are two most common and effective treatments for gastric outlet obstruction. Correction of gastric outlet obstruction without the need for surgery is an issue that has been tried to be resolved in these decades; this management has developed with EBD, advanced treatments like local steroid injection, electrocauterization, and stent h...

Annular pancreas (AP) is a rare congenital abnormality in which the ventral portion of fails to rotate with duodenum during embryological development, thus causing remain partially or fully enveloped around duodenum. The actual incidence AP unknown, as many cases are asymptomatic and undiagnosed. Adults may present variety symptoms suggestive gastric outlet obstruction, gastrointestinal bleedin...

Gastro-gastric fistula is a communication between the gastric remnant and gastric pouch. It is a rare complication of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. It is caused by anastomotic leak, marginal ulcers, distal obstruction or erosion from foreign body. In this case report, we are presenting a successful laparoscopic repair of gastro-gastric fistula in a patient who presented with weight gain after initi...

We read with interest the paper, “Stents and surgical interventions in the palliation of gastric outlet obstruction: a systematic review” by Minata MK et al, which appeared in Endoscopy International Open (2016; 4: E1158–1170) [1]. The Authors should be congratulated for an extensive and careful review. In recent studies, we prospectively analyzed the clinical outcomes of 72 patients [2, 3] and...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a well-recognized procedure for providing enteral feeding and long-term enteral nutritional support. Although it is mostly well tolerated, complications, sometimes mechanical in nature, do occur. Rare, and often initially unrecognized, late complications of PEG tube placement are gastric outlet obstruction and duodenal obstruction. Simple adjustment ...