THE purpose of this report is to indicate the value of ACTH and cortisone in massive gastric bleeding due to capillary fragility associated with erosions of the gastric mucosa. This local capillary ...

No prospective study on the long-term effects of gastric resection on gastrointestinal hormonal changes in patients with normal body weight has been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...

MANY surgeons have come to consider subtotal gastrectomy the procedure of choice for duodenal ulcers demanding elective operative therapy. The results of this maneuver are gratifying in most cases.

A clinical research team from Taiwan reported a case of asymptomatic pancreatic divisum who underwent palliative subtotal gastrectomy for an advanced gastric cancer with liver metastasis. They ...

Switch Control Inhibition of KIT and PDGFRA in Patients With Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor: A Phase I Study of Ripretinib The ideas and opinions expressed in these Data Supplements do not ...

Bortezomib-Melphalan-Prednisone-Thalidomide Followed by Maintenance With Bortezomib-Thalidomide Compared With Bortezomib-Melphalan-Prednisone for Initial Treatment of Multiple Myeloma: Updated ...

Gastrectomy is a surgical procedure where a part of or the complete stomach is surgically removed. It may be done as an open surgical procedure or through laparoscopy. While living without a stomach ...

Gastrectomy is a type of major surgery to remove part or all of the stomach. Surgeons most commonly perform the procedure to treat stomach cancer. The amount or part of the stomach surgeons remove ...

The stomach is a muscular J-shaped sac-like structure, mainly acts as reservoir for the food, located in the upper and left part of abdomen and a crucial part of the digestive organ of ...

Gastrectomy is commonly performed for both benign and malignant lesions. Although the incidence of post-gastrectomy acute pancreatitis (PGAP) is low compared to other well-recognized post-operative ...