A method of gastric resection for duodenal ulcer that was found to be applicable to 98.5 per cent of a series of cases selected for operation is presented.

Endoscopic mucosal resection of gastric neoplasms is a curative technique that avoids surgery and its potential complications. Infrequently performed in the West, the limitations, pitfalls and ...

Researchers at Seoul National University Hospital applied 'Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)' to gastric cancer surgery patients using laparoscopy or robots, and found that the quality of ...

Laparoscopic wedge resection is recommended for GISTs larger than 4 cm due to higher complete resection rates. Endoscopic resection offers faster recovery and fewer postoperative symptoms, despite ...

Middle segmental gastrectomy is a small-circumferential gastric resection that preserves the cardia and pylorus, but lymph node station 6 does not need to be dissected, which should be done in ...

Two months ago, a 36-year-old man had his stomach removed for diffuse adenocarcinoma of the lesser curvature. There was invasion of the lymphatics and 7 positive lymph nodes within 3 cm of the tumor.

An otherwise healthy 59-year-old man with radiographically resectable adenocarcinoma of the stomach was found to have minimal peritoneal implants on laparoscopy.

Case 1. A 58-year-old man (U.H. [Columbus, Ohio] 343616x) required small-bowel and colon resection from a point 37.5 cm. (15 inches) distal to the ligament of Treitz to the splenic flexure of the ...

In Western countries, surgery is the standard treatment modality of early cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. Early gastrointestinal cancers, such as Barrett's esophagus (BE) with high-grade ...