Hauters, Philippe van Vyve, Etienne Stefanescu, Iulia Gielen, Charles-Edouard Nachtergaele, Sylvie Mahaudens, Manon
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Acta chirurgica Belgica
The aim of that study was to compare outcomes after Toupet-Sleeve (T-Sleeve) and sleeve gastrectomy (SG) as primary bariatric procedures in obese patients presenting with preoperative gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD). The outcomes of 19 consecutive patients operated between 2017 and 2019 by T-Sleeve were compared to the outcomes of 38 patien...
Moraitis, Sotirios D Agrafiotis, Apostolos C Strempelas, Panagiotis Kagialaris, Georgios Tsipas, Pantelis
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Acta chirurgica Belgica
Double coronary artery is a rare anomaly with just a few cases reported in the literature. This anomaly started being reported recently with the wide use of coronary angiography. Before the advent of advanced imaging and catheterization facilities most of the available data came from the work of anatomists. Two patients were recently operated in ou...
Jottard, Katleen Bonnet, Pierre Thill, Viviane Ploteau, Stephane de Wachter, Stefan
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Acta chirurgica Belgica
Pudendal and inferior cluneal nerve entrapment can cause a neuropathic pain syndrome in the sensitive areas innervated by these nerves. Diagnosis is challenging and patients often suffer several years before diagnosis is made. The purpose of the review was to inform healthcare workers about this disease and to provide a basis of anatomy and physiop...
Gaessler, Jan Anderhuber, Friedrich Kuchling, Sabine Pilsl, Ulrike
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Acta chirurgica Belgica
Urogenital dysfunction caused by iatrogenic injury to the autonomic nerves persists as a common complication of rectal cancer surgery. This study aims to investigate the relationship between autonomic nerves and the 'holy plane' with the intention of identifying hazardous sites at which urogenital dysfunction may occur. Dissection of the 'holy plan...
Mekann Bouv-Hez, Margaux Charissoux, Aurélie Bouvier, Stephane Mathonnet, Muriel Christou, Niki
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Sclerosing Encapsulating peritonitis (SEP) is a rare chronic fibro-inflammatory disease of the peritoneum. The aetiology can be either primary or secondary. The knowledge around this topic is poor. Based on the report of a 64-year-old man suffering from intestinal obstruction and its management with a final diagnosis of primary SEP, herein we revie...
Camps, Virginie Maertens, Vicky Michiels, Maarten Plasschaert, Herbert Ceulemans, Robrecht
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Acta chirurgica Belgica
A 52-year-old woman, who is a carrier of MLH-1 mutation (HNPCC-type Lynch syndrome) with a history of colon adenocarcinoma, was diagnosed with a 26 mm lobulated contrast-capturing mass located caudally of the pancreas tail, anteromedial of the spleen and medial of the splenic colon angle. She underwent an exploratory laparotomy with resection of th...
Vandeputte, M Lesaffer, J
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Acta chirurgica Belgica
Tracheobronchial injury is rare and often has a fatal course. The incidence is estimated from 0.8% to 5% in the scenario of blunt or penetrating chest trauma. A 54-year-old male was brought to the emergency department after falling off his bicycle, with impact on head and right shoulder. At pre-hospital assessment, the patient had a free airway, ga...
Bademci, Refik Temidayo Talabi, Michael Olusegun Salas, Pedro Blanco, Manuel Rodríguez Riart, Gemma Cerdán Bollo, Jesus Raventós, Vicente Artigas
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Acta chirurgica Belgica
There is still a lack of clarity about the benefits of preoperative biliary drainage (PBD), which was introduced to improve the perioperative outcome in patients with obstructive jaundice caused by a periampullary tumour. The aim of this study was to determine whether operative and postoperative complications increase in patients undergoing PBD dur...
Verhulst, Evelyne Bafort, Celine Tomassetti, Carla Wolthuis, Albert Bielen, Didier Coolen, Johan Weynand, Birgit Platteeuw, Lieven Meuleman, Christel Van Raemdonck, Dirk
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Acta chirurgica Belgica
We report a rare case of an endometriotic lung cyst in a 47-year woman with recurrent catamenial hemoptysis. Chest computed tomography (CT) obtained outside the menstruation in October 2019 revealed a cystic lesion (2.5 cm) located in the right inferior lobe near the distal esophagus and the inferior pulmonary vein. Compared to CT abdomen in May 20...
Buzincu, Iulian Tănase, Sebastian Puf, Cătălina Ristescu, Irina Rusu, Daniel-Mihai Pătrășcanu, Emilia Gavril, Laura Grigoraș, Ioana
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Acta chirurgica Belgica
Surgical APGAR Score (SAS) is based only on intraoperative data and has the advantage of being easy to calculate. Low SAS was associated with an increased risk for postoperative complications, but its utility for specific outcomes prediction, such as postoperative cardiovascular, renal, or metabolic dysfunction is less investigated. Our study aimed...
