ISRN surgeryPub Date : 2012-01-01Epub Date: 2012-12-03DOI: 10.5402/2012/942437
M N Mallikarjuna, Abhishek Vijayakumar, Vijayraj S Patil, B S Shivswamy
{"title":"Fournier's Gangrene: Current Practices.","authors":"M N Mallikarjuna, Abhishek Vijayakumar, Vijayraj S Patil, B S Shivswamy","doi":"10.5402/2012/942437","DOIUrl":"10.5402/2012/942437","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fournier's gangrene is an acute, rapidly progressive, and potentially fatal, infective necrotizing fasciitis affecting the external genitalia, perineal or perianal regions, which commonly affects men, but can also occur in women and children. There has been an increase in number of cases in recent times. Despite advanced management mortality is still high and averages 20-30%. Early diagnosis using Laboratory Risk Indicator for Necrotizing Fasciitis score and stratification of patients into high risk category using Fournier's Gangrene Severity Index score help in early initiation of treatment. Triple antibiotic combined with radical debridement is the mainstay of treatment. There have been many advances in management of Fournier gangrene including use of vaccum assisted closure and hyperbaric oxygen therapy. With introduction of newer devices like Flexi-Seal, fecal diversion can be done, avoiding colostomy. Reconstruction of perineal defects using skin grafts, flaps, and urethral reconstruction using gracilis flaps can reduce the morbidity associated with FG and provide acceptable functional and aesthetic outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2012 ","pages":"942437"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3518952/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"31134005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN surgeryPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-04-27DOI: 10.5402/2011/106487
Klaus Steinbrück, Marcelo Enne, Reinaldo Fernandes, Jose M Martinho, Lúcio F Pacheco-Moreira
{"title":"Living Donor Liver Transplantation for Caroli's Disease: A Report of Two Cases.","authors":"Klaus Steinbrück, Marcelo Enne, Reinaldo Fernandes, Jose M Martinho, Lúcio F Pacheco-Moreira","doi":"10.5402/2011/106487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/106487","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Caroli's disease (CD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intrahepatic cystic dilatation of the bile ducts. Patients with bilobar or progressive disease may require orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). In the MELD era, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) raised as the ultimate treatment option for these patients, once their MELD score is usually low. Herein, we describe 2 cases of patients (a 2-year-old girl and a 19-year-old teenager) that successfully underwent LDLT as a treatment for diffuse CD. The good postoperative courses of the two cases indicate that LDLT is a feasible option in the treatment of this disorder, even in complicated or early age patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2011 ","pages":"106487"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5402/2011/106487","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30109828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transanal resection of rectal lipoma mimicking rectal prolapse: description of a case and review of the literature.","authors":"Jacopo Martellucci, Serenella Civitelli, Gabriello Tanzini","doi":"10.5402/2011/170285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/170285","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Submucosal lipomas of the large bowel are uncommon. Occasionally, they occur in the rectum and may cause aspecific symptoms; presentation with rectal prolapse is very unusual and may lead to a misdiagnosis of simple mucosal prolapse. The paper describes an additional case of a prolapsing rectal mass that led to diagnosis and surgical treatment of a rectal lipoma under local anesthesia.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2011 ","pages":"170285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5402/2011/170285","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30109832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN surgeryPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-05-25DOI: 10.5402/2011/276908
Carlos R Goulart, Tobias Alecio Mattei, Ricardo Ramina
{"title":"Cerebral melanoma metastases: a critical review on diagnostic methods and therapeutic options.","authors":"Carlos R Goulart, Tobias Alecio Mattei, Ricardo Ramina","doi":"10.5402/2011/276908","DOIUrl":"10.5402/2011/276908","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Malignant melanoma represents the third most common cause for cerebral metastases after breast and lung cancer. Central nervous system (CNS) metastases occur in 10 to 40% of patients with melanoma. Most of the symptoms of CNS melanoma metastases are unspecific and depend on localization of the lesion. All patients with new neurological signs and a previous primary melanoma lesion must be investigated. Although primary diagnosis may rely on computed tomography scan, magnetic resonance images are usually used in order to study more precisely the characteristics of the lesions in and to embase the surgical plan. Other possible complementary exams are: positron emission tomography, iofetamine cintilography, immunohistochemistry of liquor, monoclonal antibody immunocytology, optical coherence tomography, and transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Treatment procedures are indicated based on patient clinical status, presence of unique or multiple lesions, and family agreement. Often surgery, radiosurgery, whole brain radiotherapy, and chemotherapy are combined in order to obtain longer remissions and optimal symptom relieve. Corticoids may be also useful in those cases that present with remarkable peritumoral edema and important mass effect. Despite of the advance in therapeutic options, prognosis for patients with melanoma brain metastases remains poor with a median survival time of six months after diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2011 ","pages":"276908"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5402/2011/276908","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30110249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN surgeryPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-04-17DOI: 10.5402/2011/313626
A D Mace, A Taghi, S Khalil, A Sandison
{"title":"Ectopic sequestered thyroid tissue: an unusual cause of a mediastinal mass.","authors":"A D Mace, A Taghi, S Khalil, A Sandison","doi":"10.5402/2011/313626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/313626","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An 80-year-old female presented with an incidental finding of a retrosternal mass on magnetic resonance imaging. Ultrasound demonstrated a mediastinal lesion adjacent to but separate from the inferior pole of the right thyroid lobe. Fine needle aspiration cytology demonstrated colloid and follicular cells. At surgery, the right thyroid lobe was found to be normal. A discrete 5 cm nodule was found in the anterior mediastinum separate from the thyroid and just anterior and to the right of the trachea and thymus. The nodule had a vascular pedicle arising from the mediastinum. The differential diagnosis included metastatic thyroid carcinoma. Histology was consistent with a benign ectopic sequestered thyroid nodule. Extensive investigations demonstrated no sign of a thyroid malignancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2011 ","pages":"313626"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5402/2011/313626","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30110251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trocar site hernia after laparoscopic colectomy: a case report and literature review.","authors":"Delmonaco Pamela, Cirocchi Roberto, La Mura Francesco, Morelli Umberto, Migliaccio Carla, Napolitano Vincenzo, Trastulli Stefano, Farinella Eriberto, Giuliani Daniele, Desol Angelo, Milani Diego, Di Patrizi Micol Sole, Spizzirri Alessandro, Bravetti Maurizio, Sciannameo Vito, Avenia Nicola, Sciannameo Francesco","doi":"10.5402/2011/725601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/725601","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background. Trocar Site Hernia (TSH) is defined as an incisional hernia which occurs after minimally invasive surgery on the trocar incision site.In 2004 Tonouchi classified trocar site hernias into 3 types: Early onset type; Late onset type; Special type. Case Report. We report the case of a 76-year old woman that underwent an emergency explorative laparotomy on the 10th p.o. day after a laparoscopic left hemicolectomy. Surgery showed a small bowel herniation through the 12 mm trocar incision site; the intestinal loop appeared necrotic and had to be resected, and the hernia orifice was repaired. We carried out a review of literature about this topic. Discussion. The clinical onset of a trocar site hernia is usually early, occurring within the 30th post operative day and it is caused by the omentum or small bowel entrapment into the trocar orifice. The clinical presentation is insidious, with progression to an acute abdomen, and an emergency surgical approach is often required. Conclusions. TSH is a severe complication of operative laparoscopy especially with large-bore trocar ports. The incidence of TSH resulting from our review ranges from 0.007% to 22% with an average of 1.85%. Prevention of TSH appears to be more effective when trocar insertion through the abdominal wall is tangential, the closure of both the fascia and the peritoneum is performed if the incision is greater than 7 mm, the suture of extra umbilical port site is performed under laparoscopic vision.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2011 ","pages":"725601"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3200298/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30253071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN surgeryPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-07-07DOI: 10.5402/2011/801404
Willem Folmer, Wim Lammers, Terry Mulligan, Esther M M Van Lieshout, Peter Patka, Zhenye Xu, Yiming Lu, Dennis Den Hartog
{"title":"Patient demographics in acute care surgery at the ruijin hospital in shanghai.","authors":"Willem Folmer, Wim Lammers, Terry Mulligan, Esther M M Van Lieshout, Peter Patka, Zhenye Xu, Yiming Lu, Dennis Den Hartog","doi":"10.5402/2011/801404","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/801404","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Acute Care Surgery is a discipline that includes trauma care, surgical critical care, and emergency surgery. It is organized in different models and provides mainly operative and nonoperative care. The aim of this study was to provide a demographic analysis of the care of surgical patients at the Emergency Department (ED) in a large teaching hospital in Shanghai, where general surgeons and orthopedic surgeons take care for most of all acute surgery. A bilingual questionnaire was developed to collect data for patients referred to the general or orthopedic surgeon in the ED (June-September 2008). Data about the gender, age, diagnosis, diagnostic tools, treatments, and outcomes were collected. A total of 255 questionnaires were collected; the most common diagnoses of patients were infections of abdominal organs and fractures. Complementary diagnostics like X-ray (59%), blood tests (36%), and ultrasound (17%) were frequently used. More than half of the patients were discharged afterwards most of them with followup. This study gives a first overview of acute care surgery of the emergency patients of the ED in a large Chinese metropolitan hospital.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2011 ","pages":"801404"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5402/2011/801404","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30254013","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN surgeryPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-07-25DOI: 10.5402/2011/851051
Luigi Patrizio, Ettore Sabetta
{"title":"Acute posterior shoulder dislocation with reverse hill-sachs lesion of the epiphyseal humeral head.","authors":"Luigi Patrizio, Ettore Sabetta","doi":"10.5402/2011/851051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/851051","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Posterior dislocation of the shoulder is an unfrequent event that often occurs as a consequence of a direct trauma or epileptic crisis. Frequently the posterior dislocations are misunderstood, so they become chronic lesions. We reported a case of an acute posterior left shoulder dislocation with lesser tuberosity fracture and reverse Hill-Sachs lesions which involved more than 25% of the articular surface of the humeral head, in a 57-old-year man with right hemiparesis. We performed a synthesis of the lesser tuberosity with a screw, and we restored the shape of the humeral head with allograft. We achieved a good result that allows the patient to be able to do his previous activities of daily living.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2011 ","pages":"851051"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5402/2011/851051","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30254018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN surgeryPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-05-10DOI: 10.5402/2011/854924
Rahman Showkatbakhsh, Abdolreza Jamilian, Mohammad Behnaz
{"title":"Treatment of maxillary deficiency by miniplates: a case report.","authors":"Rahman Showkatbakhsh, Abdolreza Jamilian, Mohammad Behnaz","doi":"10.5402/2011/854924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/854924","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Introduction. Numerous devices have been introduced for correction of Class III malocclusion and maxillary deficiency. Aim. To assess the dentoskeletal effects of miniplates combined with Class III traction in treating Cl III malocclusion and maxillary deficiency in growing patients. Methods. This case describes the treatment of a maxillary-deficient 11-year-old boy by using miniplates. The patient's parents rejected the use of extraoral appliances and major surgical correction; therefore the treatment was done by using Class III elastics connected from two mandibular miniplates to an upper removable appliance. Two miniplates were inserted in the anterior part of the mandible in the canine areas under local anaesthesia. The treatment lasted for 10 months after which favourable correction of the malocclusion was observed. Results. The SNA and ANB angles increased by 5.1° and 4.4°, respectively. Lower 1 to mandibular plane decreased by 3.4°. Conclusions. This case demonstrates that miniplates can be a suitable method to extraoral appliances and major surgery in maxillary deficiency cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2011 ","pages":"854924"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5402/2011/854924","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30254019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ISRN surgeryPub Date : 2011-01-01Epub Date: 2011-04-20DOI: 10.5402/2011/962186
S Helme, A Lulsegged, P Sinha
{"title":"Incidental Parathyroid Disease during Thyroid Surgery: Should We Remove Them?","authors":"S Helme, A Lulsegged, P Sinha","doi":"10.5402/2011/962186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5402/2011/962186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aim. Despite an incidence of parathyroid \"incidentalomas\" of 0.2%-4.5%, only approximately 135 cases have been reported in the literature. We present eight patients in whom an incidental abnormal parathyroid gland was found during routine thyroid surgery. We have reviewed the literature and postulate whether these glands could represent further evidence of a preclinical stage of primary hyperparathyroidism. Methods. A retrospective analysis of all 236 thyroid operations performed by a single surgeon was performed to identify patients in whom abnormal parathyroid tissue was removed at surgery. Results. 8/236 patients (3.39%) had a single macroscopically abnormal parathyroid gland removed and sent for analysis. Seven patients were found to have histological evidence of a parathyroid adenoma or hyperplasia. None of the patients had abnormal serum calcium detected preoperatively. Postoperatively, four patients had normal calcium, three had temporary hypocalcaemia and one refused followup. No patients had recurrent laryngeal nerve impairment. Conclusions. Despite the risk of removing a histologically normal gland, we believe that when parathyroid \"incidentalomas\" are found during surgery they should be excised and sent for histological analysis. We have found this to be a safe procedure with minimal morbidity to the patient. As the natural history of primary hyperparathyroidism is better understood, these glands found in normocalcaemic patients may in fact represent the early or preclinical phase of the disease. By removing them at the original operation, the patient is saved redo neck surgery with its high complication rate as or when clinically apparent primary hyperparthryoidism develops in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":89400,"journal":{"name":"ISRN surgery","volume":"2011 ","pages":"962186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.5402/2011/962186","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"30259763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}