BACKGROUND A retrospective study concerning patients presenting with patella instability, treated using a Roux-Elmslie-Trillat reconstruction operation and followed up for 10 years following surgery, is presented. METHODS Pre-operative and follow-up radiographic evaluation included the weight-bearing anteroposterior and merchant views. Evaluation was carried out using the Insall-Salvati index...

Conventional laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) is a gold standard for bariatric surgery, but the procedure requires five to seven incisions for placement of multiple trocars and thus may produce less-than-ideal cosmetic results. We have developed a new approach, single-incision transumbilical LRYGB (SITU-LRYGB) to treat morbid obesity. We compared the surgical results and patient sa...

INTRODUCTION Bariatric surgery has become increasingly more recommended for the treatment of morbidly obese individuals for whom it is possible to identify co-morbidities other than alterations in pulmonary function. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of conventional chest physiotherapy (CCP) and of conventional physiotherapy associated with transcutaneous electrical diaphr...

CONTEXT Hypertension is a common disorder in general practice and has a widely known association with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Low adhesion to clinical treatment may lead to poor results. Obesity surgery can bring early and relevant resolution rates of both morbidities. OBJECTIVE To describe hypertension evolution after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. ME...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether clinical outcomes after proximal gastrectomy are better than those after total gastrectomy with Roux-en Y reconstruction. METHODS We studied 10 consecutive patients with early gastric cancer who underwent esophagogastrostomy after proximal gastrectomy (PG group). Nutritional variables in these patients were compared with those in 10 consecutive patients who unde...

Background: To assess Biliary Enteric Anastomosis in Benign Disorders.Materials & methods: A total of 100 patients were evaluated. Only those included which affected by BBDundergoing biliary enteric anastomosis enrolled. The procedures used choledochoduodenostomy (CDD),choledochojejunostomy (CDJ), and Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy (HJ). All the pre-informed about entire studyprotocol. Compl...

during ERCP using a single-balloon enteroscope in a patient with a Roux-en-Y gastrectomy Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in patients with altered small-bowel anatomy is challenging, often needing device-assisted enteroscopy [1]. We report on a complicated ERCP procedure using a single-balloon enteroscope (SIF Q180, Olympus) in a 90-year-old patient who had undergone Roux-e...

BACKGROUND To assess the feasibility and safety of a pancreas preserving operative technique in the management of isolated complete pancreatic neck transection following blunt abdominal trauma. METHODS Two patients with isolated blunt fracture of the pancreatic neck underwent pancreas preserving procedure comprising of oversewing of the proximal pancreas and Roux-en-Y pancreatico jejunostomy ...