Objective There is emerging evidence that the pancreas may be a target organ of SARS-
CoV-2 infection. This aim of this study was to investigate the outcome of patients with acute …

Objective: To identify the most prevalent symptoms and those with greatest impact upon
health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among esophageal cancer survivors. Background …

* HR for mortality, and OR for DM and PEI, 95% CIs, and p value from adjusted logistic
regression models.† Mortality adjusted for premorbid ECOG performance status and revised …

Endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an evolving technology
which continues to be practiced in more and more centres worldwide in an effort to avoid …

Introduction Postoperative complications following major surgery have been shown to be
associated with reduced health-related quality of life (HRQL), and severe complications may …

Boerhaave syndrome is a spontaneous perforation of the oesophagus secondary to forceful
emesis. Surgery has been advocated in delayed presentations of Boerhaave's syndrome …

The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of common bile duct (CBD) calculi
patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) without routine intraoperative …

Background There are a variety of surgical and endoscopic interventions available to treat
gastroesophageal reflux disease. There is, however, no consensus on which approach is …

Severe respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been at the center of
global attention recently, ever since its initial appearance in Wuhan, China, in December of …

INTRODUCTION: Transhiatal oesophagectomy is a widely accepted technique for resection
of tumours of the lower oesophagus. We present a life-threatening complication associated …