Digestive surgery

AIM: To study the characteristics and surgical treatment of inguinal endometriosis (IEM), which can occur in women of reproductive age. METHODS: Patients who underwent groin surgery at the Hiroshima City Funairi Citizens Hospital between 20…

INTRODUCTION: Intestinal involvement is reported in up to 12% of women with endometriosis. Complete large bowel obstruction is a rare complication of intestinal endometriosis. It is estimated to occur in less than 1% of the cases. OBJECTIVE…

BACKGROUND: Although there are many advantages of a posterior approach to rectal disease, these procedures are not widely accepted because many surgeons fear the postoperative complications. METHODS: The medical records were reviewed of 57 …

BACKGROUND: The abdominal wall is the commonest site of extrapelvic endometriosis, which usually develops in association with a prior surgical scar. CASE: A 28-year-old woman with two endometriomas in the recti abdominis, which developed i…

AIMS: To describe the extremely rare case of an adenomyoma of the papilla of Vater. CASE REPORT: A 42-year-old woman was hospitalized for epigastralgia and high fever. The clinical presentation and endoscopic, biochemical, and radiologic f…