Vishal G. Shelat

ORCID: 0000-0003-3988-8142 · 6 papers in corpus
guideline 2023
World journal of emergency surgery : WJES ·doi:10.1186/s13017-023-00520-9

BACKGROUND: Laparoscopy is widely adopted across nearly all surgical subspecialties in the elective setting. Initially finding indication in minor abdominal emergencies, it has gradually become the standard approach in the majority of elect…

review 2023
World journal of gastrointestinal surgery ·doi:10.4240/wjgs.v15.i9.1841

Indocyanine green (ICG) is a water-soluble fluorescent dye that is minimally toxic and widely used in gastrointestinal surgery. ICG facilitates anatomical identification of structures (e.g., ureters), assessment of lymph nodes, biliary mapp…

review 2021
World journal of gastrointestinal surgery ·doi:10.4240/wjgs.v13.i11.1293

Being one of the most common causes of the acute abdomen, acute appendicitis (AA) forms the bread and butter of any general surgeon's practice. With the recent advancements in AA's management, much controversy in diagnostic algorithms, poss…

other 2021
GE Portuguese journal of gastroenterology ·doi:10.1159/000511822

INTRODUCTION: Diverticular disease of the vermiform appendix (DDA) has an incidence of 0.004 to 2.1% in appendicectomy specimens. DDA is variably associated with perforation and malignancy. We report a single-center experience of DDA. The p…

review 2020
World journal of gastrointestinal surgery ·doi:10.4240/wjgs.v12.i12.468

Carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) is a cell surface glycoprotein complex most commonly associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Koprowski first described it in 1979 using a mouse monoclonal antibody in a colorectal carcino…

case-report 2009
ANZ journal of surgery ·doi:10.1111/j.1445-2197.2009.04875.x