We present four cases of infected thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA), including abdominal branches that underwent surgical repair. The mean age of patients at the time of operation was 61+/-18 (range: 39-83) years. The extent of the aneurysm was Crawford type III in 1 case and type IV in the other 3. They all underwent an emergency or urgent operation, which consisted of a debridement of t...

Pancreatic cancer is a common cause of cancer-related mortality. Omental spread is frequent and usually represents an ominous event, leading to patient death. Omental metastasis has been studied in ovarian cancer, but data on its role in pancreatic cancer are relatively scarce and the molecular biology of this process has yet to be explored. We prepared tissue explants from human omental fat, a...

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between computed tomography (CT) images and the pathological observations of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patients with peritoneal, omental and mesenteric involvement. In total, 26 patients suffering from an NHL with peritoneal, omental or mesenteric involvement were reviewed retrospectively, and the observed CT scan characteristics wer...

BACKGROUND Conventional wisdom suggests that vascular interposition flaps are helpful in the treatment of all patients with vesicovaginal fistulas. Complicated fistulas are often treated with interposition omental flaps; however, failed omental flap repairs have not been described without the use of another interposition flap. CASE A 52-year-old woman with a history of cystotomy repair at the...

OBJECTIVE To report our experience with the laparoscopically harvested omental flap in the treatment of deep sternal wound infection, and to present a modification and introduce two supportive techniques in the perioperative management. METHODS Between June 2005 and September 2007, six patients with grade IV (El Oakley-Wright classification) deep sternal wound infection following a median ste...

Clinicopathological features and prognosis of omental GISTs are limited due to the extremely rare incidence. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the clinicopathological features and prognosis of omental GISTs. Omental GISTs cases were obtained from our center and from case reports and clinical studies extracted from MEDLINE. Clinicopathological features and survivals were...

INTRODUCTION Pancreas transplantation is the best treatment option in selected patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Here we report a patient with a nonmarginal duodenal perforation five years after a simultaneous pancreas-living donor kidney transplantation (SPLKT). PRESENTATION OF CASE A 31-year old male who underwent SPLKT five years previously presented with severe abdominal pain. He ha...

INTRODUCTION Omental hernias are rare and difficult to diagnose preoperatively due to a lack of specific symptoms. PRESENTATION OF CASE We report a case of adhesional omental hernia diagnosed at laparoscopy. A 38 year-old female patient with evidence of a previous caesarean section presented with an acute abdomen. We found there were omental bands stuck onto the anterior wall of the uterus, a...