Role of endoscopic ultrasound in evaluation of patients with missed common bile duct stones
Abstract BACKGROUND: Choledocholithiasis develops in up to 20% of patients with gall bladder stones. The challenge in diagnosis usually occurs…
Mohamed Abbasy
Surgical (Open and laparoscopic) management of large difficult CBD stones after different sessions of endoscopic failure: A retrospective cohort study
Abstract Objectives: For complicated common bile duct stones (CBDS) that cannot be extracted by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), management can…
Global variation in anastomosis and end colostomy formation following left‐sided colorectal resection
Abstract Background: End colostomy rates following colorectal resection vary across institutions in high‐income settings, being influenced by patient, disease, surgeon…
Laparoscopy in management of appendicitis in high-, middle-, and low-income countries: a multicenter, prospective, cohort study
Abstract Background: Appendicitis is the most common abdominal surgical emergency worldwide. Differences between high- and low-income settings in the availability…