Abstract Esophageal cancer is one of the most aggressive gastrointestinal
cancers. This review focuses on eight topics within the multidisciplinary
approach for esophageal cancer. As esophagectomy is highly invasive and likely
to impair quality of life, the development of less invasive strategies is
expected. Endoscopic resection (ER) of early esophageal cancer is a less
invasive treatment for ear... hiện toàn bộ
Stercoral perforation of the colon or rectum is a rare cause of acute abdomen,
with fewer than 70 cases documented in the literature. We report herein the case
of a 60-year-old man who presented with anuria and epigastric pain with physical
signs of peritonitis. An abdominal X-ray showed bilateral subphrenic free air
accumulation, and an emergency laparotomy subsequently revealed perforation of
th... hiện toàn bộ