Method Between January and August 1986, patients older than 12 years complaining of fish
bone ingestion were prospectively studied. Clinical histories were carefully doc-umented. …

Clinical, endoscopic, and laboratory data were collected prospectively in 701 patients with
bleeding peptic ulcer. The overall rebleeding rate was 16.1% and increased the risk of a fatal …

Background. The occurrence of multiple primary cancers in the aerodigestive tract is a well-known
phenomenon. This study aims to elucidate the incidence and the therapeutic and …

Objective This study aims to evaluate the risk of esophagectomy in the elderly compared with
younger patients and to determine whether results of esophagectomy in the elderly have …

There were 12 hospital deaths in 433 patients (2.8%, 1.6% at 30 days) presenting with
bleeding duodenal ulcer. Excluding patients who underwent immediate operation or early …

Background: Laparoscopy has been practiced in the management of emergencies resulting
from inflammatory conditions, lumenal obstruction, perforation, vascular occlusion, and …

Objective To evaluate quality-of-life (QOL) parameters in patients undergoing esophagectomy,
curative or palliative, for carcinoma. Design Nonconsecutive case series. Patients Eighty-…

Background: Foreign body ingestion is a common clinical problem in Hong Kong. Some
recent reports have proposed the use of flexible nasoendoscopy for foreign body retrieval. The …

Background Camel-related injuries have been less well studied than other animal-related
injuries. We aimed to study prospectively the incidence, mechanism, distribution of injury, and …

Experience gained during 2 1/2 years' work as chief government surgeon for Nyanza Province,
Kenya, is outlined. The wide variety of surgical conditions encountered and the problems …