Background: Esophagectomy remains the primary curative treatment for esophagealcancer. Postoperatively, surgeons routinely drain the gastric conduit with a nasogastric tube(NGT). This tube is removed after the anastomosis is thought to have healed. Occasionally,patients require replacement of the NGT. Many surgeons are hesitant to place an …..
Background: Gallstone ileus is defined as a mechanical intestinal obstruction due to impaction of one or more gallstones within the gastrointestinal tract. It occurs most frequently in elderly patients, and accounts for 1%-4% of mechanical intestinal obstructions. The mainstay of treatment is surgical exploration. Methods: …..
Cholera is a scourge that has plagued humanity from early times; no era was exempt at different times in history, and the mere mention of cholera in past generations often caused panic among susceptible populations. Now with the recent 7.2 magnitude in Haiti, the question …..
This paper summarizes the pathobiology of the recently discovered SARS-CoV-2 virus found to be the infectious agent of the Covid-19 illness. Coronaviruses represent a family of genetically related RNA dependent RNA polymerase viruses of likely zoonotic origin that are known to cause both respiratory and …..
Liver fibrosis is featured by excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins in the injury liver of diseases, including alcoholic liver disease (ALD), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis, and hepatocellular cancer (HCC). However, there is no current therapy for preventing and …..
The aim of our study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of esophageal mucus barrier correction by complex treatment with sodium hyaluronate and sodium alginate (Hyalera/ Gastropiù Bustine) application in patients with gastroesophagic reflux disease (GERD). We conducted a multicenter, randomized, open, comparative study with …..