Hepatectomy is the only possible option for cure in any treatment strategy of colorectal liver metastases, and several studies have shown good results, with five-year survival rates ranging from 27 to 56%. Several clinical and pathological predictive factors for survival after liver resection have been studied and the metastatic involvement of the hepatic hilum lymph nodes indicates a poor long...

The laparoscopic Warshaw procedure (LWP) is a considered to carry risk of splenic infarction and perigastric varices formation. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical outcomes relationship between distribution hilum vessels in patients who underwent LWP from February 2007 2017. A total 19 LWP, median follow-up duration was 78 months. operative time blood loss were 295 min 200 gr. Six with par...

Imaging technology with its advancement in the field of urology is the boon for the patients who require minimally invasive approaches for various kidney disorders. These approaches require a precise knowledge of the normal and variant anatomy of vascular structures at the hilum of the kidney in terms of their pattern of arrangement and division. The present paper describes a bilateral anomalou...

BACKGROUND Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction is diagnosed at manometry and, after cholecystectomy, non-invasively at quantitative choledochoscintigraphy. Patients may benefit from endoscopic sphincterotomy. AIMS The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of choledochoscintigraphy compared with manometry in predicting outcome of sphincterotomy in post cholecystectomy patients with sphincte...

OBJECTIVE To review results of laparoscopic liver resections, particularly in those patients with hepatic malignancy and recurrent pyogenic cholangitis. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING Minimal access surgery training centre, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Patients with pathologies located at anterio-inferio-lateral segments (Couinaud segments 2, 3, 4b, 5, 6) for laparoscopic resection were re...

Primary pancreatic hydatid lesions are very rare with an incidence of less than 1% in the adult population. We report an observation of a 5-year-old girl who consulted for isolated abdominal pain occurring for 2 weeks without vomiting, transit disorders or jaundice and evolving in a context of conservation of the general condition and apyrexia. Clinical examination and preoperative imaging have...

It is known that upper gastrointestinal bleeding has many causes, esophageal and gastric lesions being the most frequent. Esophageal varices, the most common esophageal disease involved in the appearance of gastrointestinal bleeding, are due to portal hypertension, which is generated by different causes, including portal cavernoma [1,2]. It is also known that portal cavernoma can have many caus...

Castleman's disease is a benign lymphoproliferative disease characterised by hyperplasia of lymphoid follicles. It can affect any lymph nodes in the body. Here we describe a caucasian patient who presented with six months history of shortness of breath with CT scan confirming an 8 cm segment of consolidated lung in left hilum. PET scan revealed a mass measuring 68x80x55 mm extending from the le...

chronic liver disease, celiac disease, mastocytosis, and AIDS, and as an increased immune response in intravenous drug users [3]. Lymphadenopathy occurs as benign hyperplasia and proliferation in response to infection and/or antigenic stimulation. The features of lymph nodes on ultrasound or CT scan, such as size, number, or distribution, are important in the evaluation of abdominal lymphadenop...