PATIENTS with cirrhosis and varices often die after esophageal hemorrhage. In a retrospective analysis of the records of 106 patients appearing in the years 1918–1938 only 30 per cent survived ...

Systemic antibiotics, anti-inflammatory drugs, and intravenous fluids were administered, and a right flank laparotomy and omentopexy according to Dirksen were performed after cutting the suture and ...

Whether this acts as a variant of the Talma–Morrison omentopexy or whether the apparent absorption is into lymphatic channels remains to be seen. The summation of these facts, which certainly ...

“This type of laparoscopic hydatid cystectomy with omentopexy in pediatric surgery was the first of its kind in the peripheral hospitals of Jammu and Kashmir,” Dr Ashfaq explained. Anaesthetist Dr ...

Department of Vascular Surgery, The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China Aorto-duodenal fistula (ADF) is a rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, ...

Introduction: The greater omentum is replete with angiogenic factors and macrophages. Cardio-omentopexy (COP), wherein the pedicled greater omentum is applied onto ischemic or pressure-overloaded ...

Four medical residents, three medical students and one postdoctoral associate earned honors for outstanding poster presentations at the Office of Graduate Medical Education’s third annual Celebration ...