Fig. 22.1 A 50-year-old female presenting with biopsy-proven recurrent epitheliod hemangioendothelioma 6 years post living-related liver transplantation measuring 3.8 × 2.9 cm (a) underwent an uneventful nonanatomic wedge resection of the lesion…
Authors Publication year Surgical approach N Leak rate(%) Cervical anastomosis Heitmiller et al. [17] 1999 a 262 0.8 Swanson et al. [42] 2001 Three field 342 8 Walther et al. [12] 2003 Three…
Fig. 23.1 Hepaticojejunostomy stenosis following early repair of a bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a 27-year-old women. This patient was successfully managed using repeated sessions of percutaneous dilatation….
Fig. 32.1 Postoperative diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm. PCD percutaneous drainage Type I: Generalized Peritonitis Approximately 40–45 % of all anastomotic leaks present in this fashion. Patients complain of severe abdominal…
Fig. 12.1 Enlarged hyperemic folds in gastric remnant, after Billroth II reconstruction. (Image courtesy of Gregory Ginsberg, MD) Fig. 12.2 Erosive alkaline reflux esophagitis. (Image courtesy of Gregory Ginsberg, MD)…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Timothy M. Pawlik, Shishir K. Maithel and Nipun B. Merchant (eds.)Gastrointestinal Surgery10.1007/978-1-4939-2223-9_30 30. Preventing Pancreatic Fistula Following Distal Pancreatectomy Bharath D. Nath1 and Mark P. Callery1 (1) Department of Surgery, Beth Israel…
Fig. 14.1 Afferent loop obstruction in a 62-year-old man after Roux-en-Y gastroenterotomy. a Axial plane of MDCT shows a dilated fluid-filled afferent loop ( arrow) located at the mid-abdomen and…
Component Concentration Calories 200 kcal/L Lipids 5–30 g/L Protein 20–30 g/L Lymphocytes 400–6800/mm (28) Sodium 104–108 mmol/L Potassium 3.8–5.0 mmol/L Chloride 85–130 mmol/L Calcium 3.4–6.0 mmol Phosphate 0.8–4.2 mmol/L In addition to the general role of lymphatics for…
Author (reference) Country Incidence Percentage Iannettoni [6] USA 1/856 0.12 Bartels [7] Germany 4/501 0.80 Buskens [5] Netherlands 1/383 0.26 Maruyama [8] Japan 2/305 0.66 Yasuda [9] Japan 9/603 1.49…
Fig. 11.1 Benign pneumatosis intestinalis around a jejunostomy tube. a and b Abdominal CT scan (soft tissue and lung windows); arrow points to loop of jejunum with pneumatosis (jejunostomy tube…
