GIST or Gastrointestinal stromal tumors usually present with bloody vomiting, dark stool or red blood in the stool. Common sites are stomach and small intestine. They […]
Cirrhosis is when the liver is damaged beyond repair. In India the common causes of cirrhosis in adults are: hepatitis B, hepatitis C, Alcohol and NASH. […]
Esophageal duplication cysts are a rare cause of dysphagia in adults. Sometimes these are confused with Tumours. This is ever smiling Mr Das, 62 yrs who […]
It is a relatively infrequent variety of Chronic Pancreatitis. It presents with recurrent pain ( after taking food), early satiety, nausea, vomiting and weight loss. Jaundice […]
Pancreas Cancer or Periampullary Cancer usually affect elderly people. The early symptoms are jaundice, weight loss, loss of appetite, itching etc. To stage the disease and […]
Suicidal or accidental acid ingestion is a devastating disease if significant amount has been swallowed. Similar injury to the GI tract can also be produced by […]
Dr Abhimanyu Kar, MS, DNB Surgical Gastroenterology trainee presented a paper in the Award-Paper category titled “Surgical management of cystic duct stump stone or gall bladder […]
Some people have dilated bile duct since birth without any apparent cause of obstruction. Most of them will present in their childhood with pain upper abdomen, […]
From the department of HPB and GI Surgery, CMRI hospital we organized a CME programme on biliary (bile duct related) problems on 28th November, 2015.
This is a new technology of destroying cells creating very high voltage electrical field. It is called “nano-knife” technology.
