Recollection of childhood abdominal pain in adults with functional gastrointestinal disorders.

Scand J Gastroenterol. 2009;44(3):301-7

Authors: Chitkara DK, Talley NJ, Schleck C, Zinsmeister AR, Shah ND, Locke GR

OBJECTIVE: It is hypothesized that adults who can recall abdominal pain as children are at risk of experiencing a functional gastrointestinal disorder (FGID), but this is not specific to any particular FGID. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between recollecting abdominal pain as a child and experiencing a FGID.

Total pelvic exenteration for primary and recurrent malignancies.

World J Surg. 2009 Jul;33(7):1502-8

Authors: Ferenschild FT, Vermaas M, Verhoef C, Ansink AC, Kirkels WJ, Eggermont AM, de Wilt JH INTRODUCTION: Complete resection is the most important prognostic factor in surgery for pelvic tumors. In locally advanced and recurrent pelvic malignancies, radical margins are sometimes difficult to obtain because of close relation to or growth in adjacent organs/structures. Total pelvic exenteration (TPE) is an exenterative operation for these advanced tumors and involves en bloc resection of the rectum, bladder, and internal genital organs (prostate/seminal vesicles or uterus, ovaries and/or vagina).