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 …

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 …

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 …

PATIENTS--Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication was undertaken in 200 patients between
1991 and 1994. METHODS--Pre-operative assessment included symptom score …

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

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: 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 …

Twenty three children with coexistent duodenal ulcer and Helicobacter pylori infection were
treated with either two weeks of amoxycillin (25 mg/kg/day) in addition to six weeks of …

Gastro-oesophageal reflux has been assessed in 10 symptomatic patients and 10
asymptomatic normal subjects during a study period of 24 hours at work and in the home …