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Introduction Postoperative delirium (POD) is a common and serious postoperative complication, with an incidence of approximately 30% among older adults undergoing gastrointestinal surgery. Serotonin has been implicated i...

Abstract Background Surgical site infections (SSIs) continue to exert a substantial burden on healthcare systems, particularly in resource-limited settings where they contribute to prolonged hospitalizations, escalated c...

Background Healthy cows consume large amounts of potassium and a sudden loss in appetite can lead to hypokalemia. The routine method to evaluate potassium homeostasis is the measurement of the extracellular potassium in ...

ObjectiveThe present investigation is designed to assess the synergistic impact of endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS)paired with endoscopic therapy in addressing upper gastrointestinal (GI) lesions that protrude.MethodsOur...

Abstract Objectives Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms (GI-NENs) exhibit heterogeneity in biological behavior, making it difficult to predict prognosis. We established the P Grade based on 68Ga-DOTANOC and 18F-FDG...

The majority of patients with cholecystolithiasis are asymptomatic. Hemobilia is a rare complication of cholecystolithiasis. It is also an uncommon cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage, where the source of bleeding...

Background. Cholelithiasis is one of the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorders worldwide, affecting approximately 10–20% of the adult population in developed countries. Although laparoscopic cholecystectomy rema...

Objectives: To evaluate the post-operative outcomes in patients with cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancers in Dr. Hasan Sadikin General Hospital in 2015−2016. Method: We retrospectively evaluated cross-sectiona...

Objective: Brain metastases (BMs) are the most common intracranial tumors in adults and represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic malignancies. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical...

ABSTRACT A six-month-old female cat suffered aspiration of an abundant amount of barium sulfate during a radiographic procedure for the diagnosis of megaesophagus. Latero-lateral contrast radiography revealed severe dila...

Background & aims Proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use has been associated with metabolic dysfunction associated with steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in multiple studies. While the association is confounded by various risk fa...

Introduction: Gallstone disease is a prevalent gastrointestinal disorder, often managed surgically via Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC), which is considered the current gold standard. However, Gallbladder Wall Thickness...

Malignant solid tumors of the gastrointestinal tract are clinically rare in children, with malignant solid tumors of the esophagus being particularly uncommon. Clinical reports on esophageal cancer in children are extrem...

Actinomyces odontolyticus is an uncommon cause of soft tissue infection and is usually regarded as a commensal microorganism of the oropharyngeal and gastrointestinal microbiota. This article reports the first documented...

Gastric metastases are rare, accounting for only 0.2%–0.7% of gastric malignancies. Gastric metastasis from primary popliteal fossa leiomyosarcoma (LMS) has not been previously reported. We report a 60-year-old female ...

Dear Editor, We read with great interest the article titled “The Importance of Surgical Timing in Acute Cholecystitis and Postoperative Intravenous Tramadol Consumption” by Aydın et al. published on pages 1-6 of is...

Background: Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is considered a low prevalence disease. In Argentina, no registries are available on chronic intestinal failure (CIF) and SBS. This project was designed as the first national regist...

Abstract Objective Describe presenting signs, diagnostic findings, and magnet‐assisted endoscopic removal method of ferromagnetic gastric foreign bodies (FBs) in dogs. Clinical Presentation Four dogs presented with ing...

Background: Perforation peritonitis is a common surgical emergency. Perforation peritonitis results from the perforation of a diseased viscus, abdominal trauma, ingestion of a foreign body, and iatrogenic perforation. Th...

Abstract Intubation-related pneumonia negatively affects patient outcomes. Aspiration pneumonia occurring after extubation due to swallowing dysfunction, conceptualized as postextubation pneumonia (PEP), remains underrec...

Abstract Background There is no standardized methodology to measure antibiotic drug use (AU) in small animal veterinary hospitals. Objectives To estimate AU prevalence in a small animal veterinary teaching hospital and c...

Rongzhi Huang,1,* Zexu Zhan,1,* Shulin Huang,1 Wenlong Cao,1 Jiehua Li,1 Min Mao2 1Department of Gastrointestinal and Gland Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, T...