A. Venugopal
Memorial Hospital of South Bend
6 Papers
98 Citations
A. Venugopal is an academic researcher from Memorial Hospital of South Bend. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pancreatitis & Dysgerminoma. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications.
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Papers
Are some cases of infected pancreatic necrosis treatable without intervention
TL;DR: Some patients with infected pancreatic necrosis are treatable medically, and the clinical status of the patients may well be a more important factor governing the choice of the treatment approach than bacteriological findings of infection alone.
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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis.
TL;DR: Laroscopic cholecystectomy for acute choleCystitis can be applied safely to all comers, offering the advantage of a shortened hospital stay, and pericholecystic collection, as observed on ultrasound, is associated with a high risk of conversion to open chole cystectomy.
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Port-site tuberculosis after laparoscopy: Report of eight cases
TL;DR: The clinical features of eight patients who presented with biopsy-proven tuberculosis at the port-site unassociated with other clinical features with three of the eight patients had positive cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Ductal drainage with head coring in chronic pancreatitis with small-duct disease.
TL;DR: Assessment of drainage procedures in patients with chronic pancreatitis and small ducts found that they relieved pain in 94% of cases with large-duct disease over a median follow-up greater than 30 months and functional results were also comparable.
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Surgery for hilar cholangiocarcinoma: feasibility and results of parenchyma-conserving liver resection.
TL;DR: PCLR is applicable to selected patients with Bismuth-Corlette type III disease without major vascular involvement and produces survival rates comparable to those of LR and HR, which may help avoid major liver resections in some patients with hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
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