ALLMedicine™ Gastric Outlet Obstruction Center

Mar 24th, 2023 - A Caucasian man in his late 80s was admitted with central abdominal pain, abdominal distension and continuous vomiting, on the background of a recent admission for acute cholecystitis. The patient was managed for subacute bowel obstruction and was...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Practice Essentials Pyloric stenosis involves narrowing and obstruction of the pyloric channel as a consequence of hypertrophy of the circular muscle of the pylorus. [1] It is the most common pediatric surgical disorder of infancy that necessitate...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Practice Essentials Pyloric stenosis involves narrowing and obstruction of the pyloric channel as a consequence of hypertrophy of the circular muscle of the pylorus. [1] It is the most common pediatric surgical disorder of infancy that necessitate...

Mar 23rd, 2023 - Practice Essentials Pyloric stenosis involves narrowing and obstruction of the pyloric channel as a consequence of hypertrophy of the circular muscle of the pylorus.[1] It is the most common pediatric surgical disorder of infancy that necessitates...

Mar 9th, 2023 - Background Choledochojejunostomy is a procedure for creating an anastomosis of the common bile duct (CBD) to the jejunum, performed to relieve symptoms of biliary obstruction and restore continuity to the biliary tract. [1] Biliary obstruction can...

Nov 11th, 2020 - This American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for the endoscopic management of gastric outlet obstruction (GOO). We applied the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evalua...

Feb 28th, 2023 - Primary objective is to investigate the safety and effectiveness of the AXIOS™ lumen-apposing Metal Stent used in the EUS-guided double-balloon-occluded gastrojejunostomy bypass (EPASS) for the management of symptoms associated with gastric outlet...

Feb 1st, 2023 - The prognosis for pancreatic cancer is dismal, with a five-year survival rate of 4.9%. Current treatment options include surgical resection, chemotherapy and radiation. Only 15% percent of pancreatic cancers are considered resectable at the time o...

Dec 21st, 2022 - After potential subjects are screened from the physicians' schedules, they will be assessed for further inclusion criteria. They will be presented with the informed consent form for their review. Once they have been given the opportunity to review...

Dec 14th, 2022 - In recent years, Enteral Stenting (ES) has commonly been used as the first line management of unresectable malignant gastric outlet obstruction. On the other hand, Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) is the most recently d...

Nov 4th, 2022 - Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is a relatively common disease manifestation amongst patients with various types of malignancy. Until now, laparoscopic gastrojejunostomy (L-GJ) has been regarded as the golden standard for these specific patients,...

Nov 22nd, 2022 - Key clinical point: Gastric transcatheter chemoembolization (GTC) is a safe and effective alternative treatment method for advanced gastric cancer with obstruction. Major finding: All patients achieved successful selection of tumor-feeding blood v.

Jan 23rd, 2022 - The safety and tolerability of TST001, a high affinity humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody to CLDN18.2, is under investigation as a potential treatment option for patients with gastric/gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer and other locally advanc...

Sep 1st, 2021 - Choledocopyloric fistula secondary to peptic ulcer disease. This patient has a known history of prepyloric peptic ulcer disease and related gastric outlet obstruction requiring two previous dilations.

Aug 26th, 2021 - Most instances of stent misdeployment in cases of endoscopic ultrasound–guided gastroenterostomy (EUS-GE) can be managed endoscopically, based on data from 16 tertiary care centers in the United States and Europe. EUS-GE provides a viable alternat.

Apr 2nd, 2021 - Transcript: Johanna C. Bendell, MD: We talk about the supportive care for pancreas cancer patients, but it’s very complicated. Pancreas cancer patients have a lot going on from their disease and how they’re feeling. How do we maximize their per...