Introduction: Acute scrotal edema is an infrequent but well-known complication in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), occurring in 4-10% of patients. It happens from peritoneal tears, leaks around the catheter or most commonly from an inguinal hernia or patent processus vaginalis. Due to the subclinical nature of these hernias, diagnosis is difficult. A […]
Background: Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a rare stromal neoplasm that accounts 5% of all soft tissue sarcomas. It is the most common mesenchymal neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract. Nearly one third of GISTs are asymptomatic, and even if symptomatic, symptoms are often vague and nonspecific. Case Presentation: We present a 60-year-old female patient who […]
Introduction:The prevention of major injury at cholecystectomy relies on the accurate dissection of the cystic duct and artery, and avoidance of major biliary and vascular structures.The advent of NOTES cholecystectomy has led to a new look and insights into biliary anatomy especially of the Calot’s triangle. Here we show the clinical case of a NOTES […]
BACKGROUND: In current therapeutic strategies, pyloric stenosis is managed by open or laparoscopic myotomy. Thanks to recent improvements in flexible endoscopic instrumentation and techniques, totally peroral endoscopic approaches could reduce the invasiveness of the procedure. The aim of this study is to establish the feasibility and efficacy of endoscopic submucosal pyloromyotomy in a nonsurvival porcine […]
Introduction: In order to improve the results of functional surgical procedures on the esophagus, the use of intraoperative esophageal manometry has been described to document the ablation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) high-pressure zone (HPZ) and to calibrate the pressure of the fundal wrap. An emerging physiology tool, the functional lumen imaging probe (Endoflip®, […]