Iraq: A recent study has revealed that the addition of lateral internal sphincterotomy to standard open haemorrhoidectomy ...

Anal fissures are incredibly painful and can be tricky to heal, but there are dietary changes, medical interventions, and sexual techniques that can help you heal up and prevent t ...

Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Correspondence to: Dr M Sugiyama Department of Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, 6-20-2 Shinkawa, Mitaka, Tokyo ...

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– We do not know if endoscopic sphincterotomy compared with sham operation or dual endoscopic sphincterotomy benefits adults with biliary sphincter of Oddi dysfunction, or changes serious or ...

SAN DIEGO -- Minor papilla endoscopic sphincterotomy did not reduce the risk of acute pancreatitis in patients with acute recurrent pancreatitis and pancreas divisum, a sham-controlled randomized ...

Both endoscopic ultrasound–guided rendezvous (EUS-RV) and precut sphincterotomy are equally effective salvage techniques for patients with benign biliary obstruction and difficult bile duct ...

THE management of the patient with recurrent pancreatitis is controversial. It will probably continue to be so until there is a better understanding of the underlying causative mechanisms. Of the ...

IT is now generally accepted that there are two types of acute pancreatitis: acute pancreatic edema, and acute pancreatic necrosis. Repeated attacks of acute pancreatitis are classified as chronic ...