Introduction: Gastro Intestinal Tract (GIT) is an important site for wide variety of lesions which include congenital, inflammatory, neoplastic conditions. The invention of flexible fiber-optic endoscope is a very good achievement towards the diagnostic field. With the use of this facility direct vision of diseased mucosa and biopsy of mucosal lesions, therapeutic induction and photographic vis...

Epidemiology of gastro-intestinal parasites of water buffaloes was investigated in Kurigram district of Bangladesh between November 2007 and October 2008 through coprological examination. A total of 236 water buffaloes were examined, among them 144 (61.02%) buffaloes were found infected with one or more species of gastro-intestinal parasites. Nine species of gastro-intestinal parasites were ide...

Gastro-colic fistulas as a complication of benign gastric ulcers are relatively uncommon. The authors report a 59 year old caucasian female with a known hiatus hernia and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease presenting with diarrhoea and weight loss. Barium enema is the investigation of choice although it is important to exclude malignancy. Management is by en-bloc resection of the fistula with pr...

aloe buettneri a. berger is commonly used in traditional togolese medicine to treat inflammatory and gastric ulcers. the present study examined the gastro-protection effect of the hydro-alcoholic extract of a. buettneri on mucus production and gastric ph. a gastric ulcer is induced by ethanol 95° alone (1 ml/kg body weight), after pre-treatment with indomethacin (300 mg/kg) or by utilising l-na...

We have been accustomed to regard chronic dyspeptics as, like the poor, always with us. The enrichments of modern surgery, however, enable us to restore many of them to health, by establishing an alternative route for the gastric contents, providing free exit in stasis, physiological rest when necessary for healing, and early neutralisation in hyperacidity. In conjunction with various medical m...

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...

OBJECTIVES To ascertain the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease and its association with the disease. DESIGN Systematic review of studies reporting the prevalence of H pylori in patients with and without gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. DATA SOURCES Four electronic databases, searched to November 2001, experts, pharmaceutical companies, and...