Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bile duct.
Koo, J, Ho, J, Wong, J, Ong, G B
Three patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bile duct are described. In two patients the tumor arose from the common hepatic duct. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the extrahepatic bile duct has...
Extraperitoneal sphincteroplasty for residual stones: an update.
Choi, T K, Lee, N W, Wong, J, Ong, G B
Sphincteroplasty was done via the extraperitoneal transduodenal approach in 42 patients. The indications were residual stones in 34 patients, stricture at Oddi's sphincter in seven patients, and...
Cimetidine versus surgery for recurrent ulcer after gastric surgery.
The efficacy of cimetidine vs. surgery in the treatment of recurrent ulcers after definitive surgery for chronic duodenal ulcer was evaluated in two comparable groups (23 each) of patients....
Pelvic exenteration for locally advanced colorectal carcinoma.
Pelvic exenteration provided worthwhile palliation and achieved a cumulative five-year survival rate of 38.8% in 49 patients who had carcinoma of the lower colon or rectum infiltrating adjoining...
Immediate definitive surgery for perforated duodenal ulcers: a prospective controlled trial.
Boey, J, Lee, N W, Koo, J, Lam, P H, Wong, J, Ong, G B
A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial was conducted in 101 patients to evaluate the safety and benefits of immediate definitive surgery for perforated duodenal ulcers. These patients, who...
A prospective study of operative risk factors in perforated duodenal ulcers.
Operative risk factors for patients with perforated duodenal ulcers were examined prospectively in 213 operated patients. Nine hospital deaths (4.2%) resulted from respiratory failure, sepsis, and...
Koo, J, Lam, S K, Chan, P, Lee, N W, Lam, P, Wong, J, ...
The relative merits of proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV), truncal vagotomy with drainage (TV + D), and truncal vagotomy with antrectomy (TV + A) in the treatment of chronic duodenal ulcer were...
Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bile duct.
Koo, J, Ho, J, Wong, J, Ong, G B
Three patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the bile duct are described. In two patients the tumor arose from the common hepatic duct. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the extrahepatic bile duct has...
Extraperitoneal sphincteroplasty for residual stones: an update.
Choi, T K, Lee, N W, Wong, J, Ong, G B
Sphincteroplasty was done via the extraperitoneal transduodenal approach in 42 patients. The indications were residual stones in 34 patients, stricture at Oddi's sphincter in seven patients, and...
Cimetidine versus surgery for recurrent ulcer after gastric surgery.
The efficacy of cimetidine vs. surgery in the treatment of recurrent ulcers after definitive surgery for chronic duodenal ulcer was evaluated in two comparable groups (23 each) of patients....
Pelvic exenteration for locally advanced colorectal carcinoma.
Pelvic exenteration provided worthwhile palliation and achieved a cumulative five-year survival rate of 38.8% in 49 patients who had carcinoma of the lower colon or rectum infiltrating adjoining...
Immediate definitive surgery for perforated duodenal ulcers: a prospective controlled trial.
Boey, J, Lee, N W, Koo, J, Lam, P H, Wong, J, Ong, G B
A prospective, randomized, double-blind trial was conducted in 101 patients to evaluate the safety and benefits of immediate definitive surgery for perforated duodenal ulcers. These patients, who...
A prospective study of operative risk factors in perforated duodenal ulcers.
Operative risk factors for patients with perforated duodenal ulcers were examined prospectively in 213 operated patients. Nine hospital deaths (4.2%) resulted from respiratory failure, sepsis, and...
Koo, J, Lam, S K, Chan, P, Lee, N W, Lam, P, Wong, J, ...
The relative merits of proximal gastric vagotomy (PGV), truncal vagotomy with drainage (TV + D), and truncal vagotomy with antrectomy (TV + A) in the treatment of chronic duodenal ulcer were...
Carcinoma of Large Bowel in the Young
Van Langenberg, Arthur, Ong, G. B.
The incidence of large-bowel carcinoma in young people seems to be increasing. Twenty-one cases occurring between the ages of 13 and 25 are reviewed. Most cases were found to be in an advanced state...
Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Forty-two cases of ruptured hepatoma with intra-abdominal haemorrhage were seen over a period of eight years in the professorial surgical unit at the Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. In all, 207 cases...
Duodenal ulcers: early and late onset.
A hospital series of 1042 duodenal ulcer patients was examined to determine the relationship of the age of onset of ulcer dyspepsia with the blood group and with the family history of ulcer...
Cheng, F C, Lam, S K, Ong, G B
In groups of Chinese patients with duodenal ulcer and controls, increasing the dose of pentagastrin from the standard dose of 6 ug/kg or 12 ug/kg did not result in any change in the maximum acid...
Lam, S K, Hasan, M, Sircus, W, Wong, J, Ong, G B, Prescott, R J
Maximal acid output (MAO) after pentagastrin stimulation and gastrin response to a standard meal was studied in 100 control and 200 duodenal ulcer subjects from each of two ethnic groups, Scots and...
Integrated postprandial serum gastrin levels were studied in a prospective series of 144 Chinese patients with duodenal ulcer in relation to sex, total body weight, age of onset and duration of ulcer...
Malaria complicating open-heart surgery.
Mok, C K, Cheung, K L, Wai, K H, Ong, G B
Two cases of malaria developing immediately after open-heart surgery are reported to illustrate that malaria is one of the rarer causes of postoperative pyrexia. The diagnosis can easily be missed,...
Caseating regional lymphadenitis complicating BCG vaccination: a report of 6 cases.
Tam, P K, Stroebel, A B, Saing, H, Lau, J T, Ong, G B
Six infants had caseating regional lymphadenitis complicating BCG vaccination. There was a delayed onset and a lack of immediate vaccination complications. Three infants had frank abscesses....
Unresectable carcinoma of the oesophagus.
One hundred and eighty-one patients with unresectable carcinoma of the oesophagus have been seen and treated during the past 10 years. When the general condition of the patient was judged to be such...