Anastomotic leaks are an important cause of morbidity and mortality after oesophageal surgery. In most surgical units a contrast swallow is used to test the anastomosis prior to commencement of feeding. The objective of ...

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease with frequent exacerbations including the risk of toxic megacolon and colorectal cancer. Not all patients are at high risk to develop cancer. Wide extent ...

Diagnosis of anorectal disorders has been very much improved with the availability of diagnostic tests such as manometry, endo-anal ultrasound, static and dynamic pelvic magnetic resonance imaging, electromyography and ...

Symptoms related to gastro -intestinal tract account for a significant number of admissions to paediatric units. Therefore, upper and lower GIE becomes an important diagnostic and sometimes a therapeutic tool. However, ...

Screening for breast cancer in patients using HRT remains a controversial issue. There is evidence lo show that in the western world daily use of combined HRT increases a woman's chance of developing breast cancer by ...

Colorectal cancers are the fourth commonest malignancy in Sri Lanka. This study was i (inducted to assess the extent of local invasion and spread lo regional lymph nodes at the lime of surgery.

It is a routine practice in our hospital to send all cholecystectomy specimens for the histopathological analysis regardless of visible or palpable macroscopic abnormality. Objective: To assess the safely of selectively ...