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ABSTRACTPurposes: This study aimed to investigate the postoperative movement of an internal stentplaced at the anastomotic site of pancreaticojejunostomy during pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Methods: Of the 70 patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy using an internalstent at the anastomotic site of pancreaticojejunostomy between January 2014 andDecember 2019, 64 patients (91%) were included in this study. Stent fall from the anastomoticsite, stent excretion from the body, and stent migration into the pancreatic and bileduct, as well as stent-r....[
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Background: To evaluate our center experience of living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) in
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients regarding recipients’ mortality and morbidity and
study the various prognostic factor affecting tumor recurrence and its impact on patients’
survival.
Methods: This is a retrospective study including patients who underwent LDLT for HCC
complicating liver cirrhosis in period from 2004 to 2020.
Results: The study included 252 patients. The mean age was 52 ± 6 years. All patients had
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Background: We determined the feasibility of the ERAS protocol in laparoscopically operated
patients for early and advanced gastric cancer.
Methods: Fifty-eight patients were included in the study (19 in the ERAS and 39 in the CC
group). In both groups, only laparoscopic technique was used. Postoperative recovery
parameters and serum CRP levels were compared.
Results: The CC group had significantly more complications (0% in the ERAS vs. 25.6% in the
CC group; p=0.018). Patients in the ERAS group had a significantly ....[
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Background: Anal stenosis is a weighty complication after anal and rectal surgery. Moderateand severe cases mostly require surgery.
Patients and Methods: This study included 45 patients with post-hemorrhoidectomy analstenosis; 23 patients underwent diamond flap anoplasty (group I), and 22 had V-Y flapanoplasty (group II). Patients were monitored for post-operative complications and followedup at 1, 3 and 6 months postoperatively for symptomatic improvement, pain visual analoguescale (VAS) and Wexner score for continence level.
Results: 31 patients were male....[
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