Usman Ahmad
Patient Selection This 42-year-old female patient with seropositive myasthenia gravis was receiving treatment with oral prednisone and pyridostigmine. She presented with persistent generalized weakness. Imaging revealed a 9 cm lobulated mass in the right anterior...
Patient Selection The main indication for thoracic truncal vagotomy is recalcitrant marginal ulcer following previous gastric surgery (1,2). This procedure helps reduce gastric acid production, promoting ulcer healing and preventing...
This video shows a case in which a colonic interposition is performed to restore enteric continuity after a failed Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy in a sixty-one-year-old male. This initial surgery was performed...
Tracheocutaneous fistulas are infrequent complications of prolonged tracheostomies. This video explains the technique used at the authors’ institution for closure of a tracheocutaneous fistula in the context of a clinical...




