Gastrectomy has been indicated as a risk factor for laryngeal cancer, and possibly also for pharyngeal cancer, but few studies are available. The postulated mechanism is increased bile reflux ...

SO MUCH has been said and written on the subject of peptic ulcer that one could not unreasonably ask why we are presenting a discussion of the subject to this audience. Our reasons for doing so are ...

According to medical statistics, some 12 million Americans have, or have had, ulcers of the stomach or duodenum. Every day, ulcers claim 4,000 new victims; every year, surgeons put about 150,000 ulcer ...

THE investigations of Castle and co-workers 1–6 over the past quarter century strongly support the thesis that pernicious anemia is the result of a gastric defect manifested by an inadequate ...

Perioperative Atezolizumab Plus Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, Oxaliplatin, and Docetaxel for Resectable Esophagogastric Cancer: Interim Results From the Randomized, Multicenter, Phase II/III ...

Pouch creation improved long-term functional and nutritional outcomes after total removal of the stomach with no increase in perioperative morbidity, researchers in Singapore reported. Their ...

A sleeve gastrectomy, also called gastric sleeve surgery or vertical sleeve gastrectomy, is a weight loss (bariatric) surgery. This a gastric restrictive procedure, which is a type of weight loss ...