BACKGROUND Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroenterostomy(EUS-GE)has recently emerged as an alternative treatment for gastric outlet obstruction(GOO)in selected patients.AIM To report the initial experience of EUS-GE ...
BACKGROUND The management of tongue carcinoma is excision and radical neck dissection followed with reconstruction.This is a case report of a patient with tongue squamous cell carcinoma(SCC)who underwent the procedure...
BACKGROUND The majority of published reports on foreign bodies(FBs)involve the rectum and applied a transanal retrieval.Usually,patients with FB above the rectum are subjected to laparotomy for removal.Here,we illustr...
BACKGROUND Mesh utilization for ventral hernia repair is associated with potential complications such as mesh infections,adhesions,seromas,fistula formation and significant postoperative pain.The modified rectus muscl...
BACKGROUND Endoscopic submucosal dissection is considered curative for patients with early rectal cancer when level of submucosal invasion is<1000 microns with favourable histopathological features.Recent data suggest...
BACKGROUND Simple lateral elbow dislocation(SLED)is a rare type of elbow dislocation;however,its treatment may be complicated by accompanying soft tissue or neurovascular damage.Herein,we report a rare case of SLED ma...
BACKGROUND Ossifying fibroma is a type of benign fibro-osseous lesion.Most lesions affect the mandible region,particularly the molar and pre-molar areas.It predominantly affects females between the second to fourth de...
BACKGROUND Superior mesenteric artery syndrome(SMAS)is a rare condition,characterized by duodenal obstruction caused by compression of its third part by the superior mesenteric artery(SMA).Most cases of SMAS are assoc...
BACKGROUND Laparoscopic colorectal surgery is still developing in the Anglophone Caribbean,having been first performed in the region in the year 2011.We report the initial outcomes using a robot camera holder to assis...
BACKGROUND Thyroid storm is an uncommon condition manifesting in severe thyrotoxicosis with a high mortality rate.The concurrence of peptic ulcer disease and hyperthyroidism is rare due to concurrent activation of bot...