Suprapubic bladder aspiration (SBA) has proved to be a useful and safe method in avoiding contamination when urine samples are taken from children. The following complications have been reported: suprapubic haematoma (Nelson and Peters, 1965), haematuria (Lanier and Daeschner, 1971), and suprapubic abscess (Polnay et al., 1975). A 4i-month-old boy developed a suprapubic abscess after an unsucce...

MANY renowned surgeons have directed attention to the subject of gastric carcinoma since Billroth performed the first successful partial gastrectonmy for this lesion in 1881 (Billroth, 1881) and Schlatter accomplished the first total gastrectomy in 1897. Although advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of gastric cancer since the work of these pioneers, I am sure we would all agr...

Gastric acid secretion plays an essential role in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease. These chronic recurring diseases affect approximately 20–40% of the adult population (1) and result in significant morbidity, lost work, and billions of health care dollars. Although peptic ulcer disease has decreased dramatically, gastroesophogeal reflux disease is in...

Ultrasound is a versatile imaging modality with the potential to provide much quantitative and qualitative information in both clinical and research settings. Ultrasound has the capacity to provide both anatomical and physiological information in real-time, and also offers images with high temporal and spatial resolution. Furthermore, ultrasound is relatively non-invasive and is not associated ...

measures best adapted for its relief. The condition may be produced either by an obstruction at the pylorus to the expulsion of the gastric contents, or by morbid changes in the muscular walls of the stomach without pyloric obstruction. Stenosis of the pylorus is most commonly due to cancer, but may also be produced by simple fibrous stricture, or by the cicatricial contraction resulting from t...

A patient with giardiasis in an inflamed gastric antral biopsy specimen is reported. Helicobacter pylori were not identified and no other cause of the gastritis was apparent. This condition may be more common than has been previously supposed and may be linked to bile reflux or hypochlorhydria.

inopelvic CT scan demonstrated a low-density, well-encapsulated massive gastric mass measuring 11 cm in diameter in its largest dimension ( fig. 1 ). Gastroduodenoscopy found an intrinsic foreign body in the stomach ( fig. 2 ). Endoscopic removal was attempted after chemical dissolution, but failed. After that, surgical removal by A 53-year-old man was admitted with epigastric pain, early satie...

Gastroenterostomy operation is P?r/0^^ usually by triple-bladed forceps, of which there are many varieties in use, such as: ( ) ^ 'tan's triple-bladed stomach clamp; if) ^o?se veldt's triple-bladed stomach clamp, ( ) A Robson's triple-bladed stomach clamp, others. T Having none of these in the dispensary, ordered for one from Bombay, as a cas huge dilated stomach of 18 years stancing, I to pylo...