“…The diagnoses in the 57 patients were as follows: gastrointestinal cancer (16 patients), cholecystitis (12), diverticulitis (8), gastroduodenal ulcer (6), cholelithiasis (6), pancreatic cancer (2), colonic obstruction (2), splenomegaly for myeloproliferative disorders (2), adrenal cancer (l), uterin cancer (1) and acute necrotizing pancreatitis (1). The following surgical procedures were performed: colectomy (20 cases), cholecystectomy (18), gastrectomy (12), pancreatectomy (3), splenectomy (2), total hysterectomy (1) and adrenalectomy (1).…”