The Devil Behind the Curtains
Sometimes gallstones increase in size, become impacted, and cause a sort of chronic cholecystitis... This condition is called Mirizzi syndrome, and it carries many troubles with it... Find out when to suspect it, and how to manage it...
In#!@$*ception
Intussusception is a rare cause of bowel obstruction in adults. Here you can find more about it... Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management...
Oil Spill – Spreading and Destruction
Do you think that having to deal with a soft tissue infection is just a waste of time?!... Well, maybe after reading this post you will change your mind... Necrotizing soft tissue infections (or NSTIs) are deadly threats hiding just around the corner! Learn how to manage them...
The Strange Story of Salmons Swimming Upstream
Acute cholangitis is not really a surgical disease. However, it is better to know how to correctly identify and manage it, since it may precipitate the patient's condition, rapidly leading to multiorgan failure and death...
How to Close the Pandora’s Box – Part 2
The second part of our post on the open abdomen management... Nothing comes without a price... Open abdomen carries several possible complications... Find them out, and learn how to close it definitively...
