The gastroduodenal artery is a blood vessel that arises from the common hepatic artery. In some people, it originates from the left or right hepatic artery. It lies behind the duodenum, which is the ...

The differential diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a young child includes esophagitis, peptic ulcer disease, Mallory-Weiss tear, esophageal varices, intestinal webs, duplications, and ...

Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH) and pancreatic fistula are main and serious complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy. Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage is considered life-threatening for its ...

The predisposing factors of chronic pancreatitis were alcohol abuse in 7 patients, pancreas divisum in 1, and idiopathic in 1. Six patients underwent abdominal surgery prior to this study. The ...

The common hepatic artery is one of the final branches of the celiac artery. It supplies oxygen-rich blood to the liver, pylorus, pancreas, and duodenum. It runs on the right inside the lesser sac, a ...

THE diagnosis of pancreatic neoplasms is difficult because of the inaccessibility of the organ to the usual means of examination. Conventional methods of diagnostic, radiography are helpful in only a ...

Mumbai doctors have successfully treated a rare and life-threatening pancreatic condition in a 13-year-old girl from Sangli in Maharashtra. The patient was detected with pseudoaneurysm in the ...

A 50-year-old man with chronic pancreatitis was admitted to hospital with increasing midabdominal pain, vomiting and weakness. His history included alcohol abuse, gastric resection and pancreatic ...

HEPATIC-artery catheterization by way of the brachial artery for the treatment of malignant lesions in the liver has recently been revived and expanded. 1 We have had the opportunity to utilize this ...