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More than 200 cases of synovial chondromatosis (SC) in the TMJ were reported. Most of SC described exclusively involved the upper compartment of the joint. SC originally arising in the lower compartment is rarely found.
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PMID: 21095132
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We studied 363 patients who underwent laparoscopic anterior resection with intracorporeal rectal transection and double-stapling technique (DST) anastomosis for rectal cancer between July 2005 and February 2010. Twenty-two independent clinical variables were examined by univariate and multivariate a...
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PMID: 21871980
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Civilian liver trauma is generally sustained by blunt injury, with management strategies increasingly focusing on selective non-operative strategies and endovascular intervention. Military liver trauma is more often ballistic in nature and almost always requiring operative interventi...
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PMID: 21805762
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Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) has been established as a valuable diagnostic modality as it offers high-resolution imaging and fine-needle biopsy, which is essential in detecting and staging malignancies. Since the introduction of EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) in 1992, numerous novel EUS-b...
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PMID: 21587144
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Management of the pancreatic remnant after distal pancreatectomy remains a clinically relevant problem and a significant clinical challenge. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of duct-to-mucosa pancreaticogastrostomy for preventing pancreatic fistula development after distal pancreatectomy.
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PMID: 21600558
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We report a case of refractory hepatic hydrothorax successfully treated by nonsurgical OK-432 pleurodesis....
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PMID: 21597425
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The last decade has witnessed great progress in living donor liver transplantation worldwide. However, biliary complications are more common in partial liver transplantation than in whole liver transplantation. This is due to an impaired blood supply of the hilar bile duct during organ procurement an...
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PMID: 21459719
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We report the varied presentations of acute suppurative presentation of osteoarticular tuberculosis in pediatric age group....
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PMID: 21644392
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We sought to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity of three intrapleural therapy regimens consisting of bleomycin, OK-432 or cisplatin plus etoposide(PE), for the management of malignant pleural effusion in previously untreated non-small cell lung cancer. The primary endpoint, pleural progression-free...
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PMID: 21498978
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Individualized tactics of radical surgical treatment, applied in 100 patients, suffering an acute paraproctitis, was presented. Performing comparative estimation of the treatment results in 110 patients, in whom the conventional surgical approaches were applied, there was established, that an active...
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PMID: 21698928
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Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a benign inflammatory process, which can cause enlargement of the pancreatic head accompanied by severe pain and weight loss, and often leads to a significant reduction in quality of life (QoL). Basically, the disease is characterised by pain and functional disorders whic...
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PMID: 21504854
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Treatment with this method was performed in five cases, all of which successfully healed with no complications or recurrence. CONCLUSION: When treating pulmonary fistula that has developed into thoracic empyema, it is believed that the following three points are important: (1) wound bed preparation...
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PMID: 21396896
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No treatment is recommended for silent gallstones. The diagnosis of acute cholecystitis is based on clinical and biological signs and on abdominal sonography. Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice, except in case of severe (grade III) cholecystitis where a percutaneous cholecy...
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PMID: 21397448
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Splenic infarction is rare in inflammatory diseases of the pancreas, although the spleen and its vessels have an intimate relation with the pancreas. Most reported cases are of focal infarction, and treatment is mostly conservative. The authors report a case of diffuse splenic infarction in a 17-year...
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PMID: 21367360
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A 63-year-old male with a history of cancer, and who had undergone a left pneumonectomy seven years before, presented with deterioration in his general status and recent dyspnea [stage III (New York Heart Association) NYHA]. Imaging revealed a contralateral mediastinal shift and card...
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PMID: 21303873
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Bilateral iliopsoas abscess is very rare and has never been reported in cases of aortic graft infections. To date, only cases of unilateral abscess have been reported in association with aortic graft infection, and even these are uncommon.
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PMID: 21091188
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A case report of a woman with 90 kg ovarian tumor is presented. Paracentesis and intravenous alimentation was performed before operation. During the surgery the ovarian tumor was excised and abdominal cavity packing, followed by slow pressure decreasing, was done. Intravenous together with oral alime...
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PMID: 21574489
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In 748 patients, ageing 28-80 yrs, residual calculi of common biliary duct were removed, using various methods. Transfistular removing of biliary calculi was the method of choice in presence of external drain and endoscopic papillosphincterotomy (EPST) - in its absence. Efficacy of the first variant...
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PMID: 21548322
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We will review the required tests for the diagnosis and the treatment of this pathology that leads to death otherwise. The link with pulmonary sardoidosis is uncertain....
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PMID: 21942074
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Chronic pyopolypous pansinusitis in a patient presenting with mucopyocele of the frontal sinus is described. A brief characteristic of cyst-like extension of the paranasal sinuses is presented. Special attention is given to the main diagnostic criteria. The methods of surgical and postoperative treat...
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PMID: 21512492
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Neonatal gastric perforation is an uncommon but life-threatening condition, which is mainly encountered in premature infants. Primary surgical repair is the principal mode of the treatment. Gastric perforation in neonates improving with percutaneous peritoneal drainage alone has not been described pr...
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PMID: 21980855
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We analysed a subgroup of patients with a functional single ventricle who underwent non-fenestrated total cavopulmonary connection completion with the insertion of an extracardiac conduit as the sole or predominant procedure conducted by a single surgeon at a single institute, using either an open o...
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PMID: 20810010
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Pott's disease, or tuberculosis of the spine, is the most common osteoarticular tuberculosis. Among them, dorsolumbar impairment is predominant. The authors report the case of a patient with a huge cold lumbar abscess associated with Pott's disease. The patient is a 32-year-old man presenting dorsolu...
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PMID: 21167445
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We report a case of a single primary echinococcal cyst located in the retroperitoneal space. A 54-year-old woman, born in a rural area of southern Chile, was admitted with a 3-month history of right hip pain and painful swelling of the gluteal region. Hidatid disease was confirmed with serologic tes...
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PMID: 21279296
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Tourniquet use in orthopedics is practiced for the sake of the surgeon's comfort with a bloodless field, though it is associated with potential risks. This study was performed to assess the effects of using or avoiding a tourniquet when plating acute extra-articular tibial fractures.
One hundred thi...
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PMID: 20571455
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We attained good results in 50.9% of the patients in the group I, fair results in 7.1%, and poor results in 42% with pathologic fracture in eight tibiae. In group II, there were good results in 77.9%, fair results in 21.4%, and poor results in 0.7% tibiae with the development of chronic osteomyeliti...
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PMID: 20634722
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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) originating from deep cervical infection is a rare and serious clinical condition with a high mortality rate. Clinical feature of 5 patients undergone surgical drainage for DNM, between 2006 and 2009 were assessed. There were 3 male and 2 female patients wh...
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PMID: 21066840
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We used this technique in five patients. There were no complications such as bleeding, desaturation, and displacement of the tube; and there were no postoperative complications such as severe contamination or infection of the tracheostomy site from the nearby cervical wound, difficulty in securing t...
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PMID: 21140694
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The aim of this trial was to determine whether one-stage excision of inflamed sebaceous cysts is preferable to the conventional method.
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PMID: 21542400
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Our 8-hourly drainage-rate monitoring has facilitated safe earlier discharge of an additional 28 (65%) patients on the day after surgery. This has led to improvement in patient care, better optimisation of hospital resources and resulted in positive economic implications to the department....
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PMID: 20615307
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We describe four previously well Asian-born patients who presented across Australia with community-acquired K. pneumoniae liver abscesses. With prompt recognition, appropriate antibiotics and early drainage, outcome is significantly improved, although vigilance for metastatic complications is essent...
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PMID: 21034390
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Laparoscopic washout is an emerging technique that is particularly applicable to the management of Hinchey III perforated peritonitis. Short- and long-term problems exist with the technique that may be overcome with further improvement in technique and case selection. Resection and radiological drai...
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PMID: 20940603
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We set one of the drainage tubes circularly, coursing behind the left ventricle, through the transverse sinus, and ending at the right side of the atrium (circular pericardial drainage). As compared to conventional drainage using 28 Fr chloroethilene tubes, drainage time was shorter and no late tamp...
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PMID: 20954356
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Our prediction was that, if genetic problems are excluded, SCO may be the final stage of longstanding hypoxia which deteriorates sperm production in a progressive process over time. This would indicate that SCO is not always an independent disease entity, but may represent deterioration of the testi...
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PMID: 20860630
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A 10-year-old boy presented with a 2.5-week history of right leg pain and limp. A right flank mass was noted by a parent on the day of presentation. The child's past medical history was remarkable for perforated appendicitis treated with an interval laparoscopic appendectomy 2 years before this pres...
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PMID: 20930600
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We describe here three cases of patients who suffered from subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax after taking cocaine and emphasize the importance of always keeping in mind the possibility of illicit substance use in such cases, especially among young and healthy patients....
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PMID: 20939403
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We describe the combined use of new agents (bortezomib and eculizumab) and modalities (nontraditional vascular access, splanchnic drainage of graft and domino paired donation) in a patient who would have died without transplantation.
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PMID: 20636451
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We perform all potentially complicated total knee arthroplasties without tourniquet to enhance blood flow and tissue viability. The use of perioperative anticoagulation will increase wound problems. If wound drainage or healing problems occur, immediate action is required. Deep sepsis can be ruled o...
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PMID: 20839686
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Percutaneous biliary drains are classified into external and internal/external drains. Internal/external drains can drain bile externally and internally (ie, anatomically) into bowel. Internal drainage is usually desired because it is associated with less morbidity. Not infrequently, operators encou...
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PMID: 20674391
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Empyema is defined as pus in the thoracic cavity due to pleural space infection and has a multifactorial underlying cause, although the majority of cases are post-bacterial pneumonia. Despite treatment with antibiotics, patients with empyema have a considerable morbidity and mortality due at least i...
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PMID: 21214042
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We aimed to investigate the use of drainage in surgery for perforated appendicitis and to determine its effect(s) on complications.
Two-hundred and eight patients diagnosed with perforated appendicitis between May 1999 and January 2009 were retrospectively evaluated in terms of using drainage with r...
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PMID: 21038120
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We investigated whether preoperative pancreatic sphincterotomy and stenting could prevent the development of PF in patients with DP.
Nonrandomized cohort study with a prospective endoscopic intervention group and a retrospective control group.
Single-center academic teaching hospital.
Preoperative e...
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PMID: 20598301
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The authors first provide and overview of the main knowledge on pancreatic pseudocysts. They discuss the individual types of pancreatic pseudocysts, their clinical picture, complications and diagnosis. As part of the differential diagnosis, they emphasise the need to distinguish pancreatic pseudocys...
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PMID: 21137177
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We highlight the ongoing debate about the use of decompressive craniectomy to control intracranial pressure after traumatic brain injury; included is a summary of review of the most recent literature on the effect of decompressive craniectomy on increased intracranial pressure after traumatic brain...
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PMID: 20686006
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Our studies show that bilateral symmetrical lymphatic structures were distributed along the ICA, internal jugular vein, and dura of cranial base in the central part of the middle and posterior skull base....
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PMID: 21226412
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The results of treatment of 264 patients, suffering an acute and chronic pancreatitis, are analyzed. In 30% of observations the liquid peripancreatic accumulations observed have had regressed under the influence of complex conservative therapy and in other--there were performed transcutaneous punctu...
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PMID: 21090357
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