2 Study Center of the German Society of Surgery, Heidelberg, Germany Introduction The only curative treatment for most gastric cancer is radical gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy (LAD). Minimally ...

Introduction: The obesity epidemic has led to an increased prevalence of related conditions, such as type 2 diabetes (T2D) and hypertension. While laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is the most common ...

How long a gastrectomy takes depends on the type of procedure. It typically takes between 2 and 6 hours. The surgeon or medical team can provide more accurate information about how long the ...

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As part of World Heart Day to be celebrated on Sunday, Billroth Hospital organised a full heart check-up for the legal fraternity on its premises jointly with the Madras Bar Association.

Type 2 diabetes remission was achieved by 75% of adults who had gastric bypass. Diabetes recurrence was more likely for adults who underwent sleeve gastrectomy. Perspective from Vance L.

During the 2 months after the evaluation in the ... After several discussions with the patient, a palliative distal gastrectomy with a retrocolic Billroth II gastrojejunostomy was performed.

Background: Choosing an optimal reconstruction method is pivotal for patients with gastric cancer undergoing distal gastrectomy. The uncut Roux-en-Y reconstruction, a variant of the conventional ...

Among them, 93 patients underwent Billroth II + Braun anastomosis ... using the Los Angeles classification. Table 2. Intraoperative and postoperative outcomes of patients who underwent laparoscopic ...

2) transthoracic instead of transabdominal approach, 3) combined resection such as splenectomy or colectomy, 4) remnant gastric cancer, 5) proximal gastrectomy, and 6) Billroth I reconstruction.