Max Jackson, BA, Antonio Cusano, BS, Gregory Murphy, MD, Peter Haddock, PhD, Anoop Meraney, MD, Joseph Wagner, MD Urology Division, Hartford Healthcare Medical Group, Hartford, Connecticut (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: In an era of ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT), urachal remnants have been detected with increasing frequency. If these remnants become infected, they can mimic a variety […]
Lily Eghdami, MD, Sonia Elguero, MD, Bansari Patel, MD, Mohamed A. Bedaiwy, MD, PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Drs. L. Eghdami and M. A. Bedaiwy), Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (Dr. M. A. Bedaiwy), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women’s Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA (Drs.
Aideen Campbell, MBBS, and Gary K. Atkin, MD Department of Surgery, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust, Barnet, UK (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: An intersigmoid hernia is a type of internal hernia and is a rare cause of small-bowel obstruction. It occurs because of a congenital peritoneal defect at the root of the sigmoid mesocolon
Anuradha R. Bhama, MD, Ronald J. Weigel, MD, PhD, Hui Sen Chong, MD Department of Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Operative intervention for retroperitoneal hematomas is rarely indicated, and treatment is usually conservative, including observation, transfusion, correction of coagulopathy, and coil embolization. Case and Technique Description: A 75-year-old man
Yusuke Tanaka, MD, Shinsuke Koyama, MD, PhD, Yasuhiko Shiki, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Osaka, Japan (all authors). ABSTRACT Ovarian cyst torsion is a well-known cause of acute abdominal pain in female patients. However, torsion of a normal ovary is extremely rare and predominantly occurs in premenarchal female patients. The objective of
Brian K. P. Goh, MBBS, MMed, MSc, FRCS, Lip-Seng Lee, MBBS, MRCS, Pierce K. H. Chow, MBBS, MMed, PhD, FRCS Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore (Drs. Goh, Lee, Chow). Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore, Singapore (Drs. Goh, Chow). ABSTRACT Introduction: Laparoscopic liver resection has increasingly been used as a therapeutic modality in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Jennifer Schmitt, DO, Bradford Fenton, MD, PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota (Dr. Schmitt). Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SUMMA Health Systems, Akron, Ohio (both authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Hysterectomies are the second most common major surgical procedure among women in their reproductive years. Ureteral injury is a known complication of this surgery. Intraoperative
Philip G. Wong, PhD, Samay Jain, MD University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, OH, USA (all authors). Department of Urology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, USA (Dr. Jain). ABSTRACT Introduction: Weck Hem-o-Lok (Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) clips are frequently used to achieve hemostasis of the lateral prostatic pedicles during radical prostatectomy.
Ariel K. Dubin, MD, Eve F. Zaritsky, MD, Miya P. Yamamoto, MD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California (Dr Dubin); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente Oakland, Oakland, California (Dr Zaritsky); Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente San Leandro, San Leandro, California (Dr Yamamoto). ABSTRACT Introduction: Interstitial pregnancies account
B. Jakub Wilhelm, MD, Anai Hamasaki, MD, Leopoldo M. Baccaro, MD, Stanley Ogu, MD, Artun Aksade, MD, FACS Easton Hospital, Department of Surgery, Drexel University College of Medicine, Easton, Pennsylvania, USA (all authors). ABSTRACT Introduction: Lipomas of the intestinal tract are rare, but they present as the third most common cause of intestinal neoplasms. Most
