An adenoid forceps

Laparoscopic Removal of an Artery Forceps

Numerous foreign bodies, such as surgical gauze, pads and instruments, and other items, have been left behind in the abdominal cavity during open surgeries. These have been traditionally removed at redo open surgeries. Here we describe a case of an artery forceps left behind at a previous surgery (open cholecystectomy and appendicectomy) performed 5 years earlier that was removed by laparoscopy.

Willett's Forceps

Willett (1925) first published his account of the treatment of placenta praevia byscalp forceps and weight traction, in 1925. He describes the treatment of seven cases by means of a modification of de Martell's surgical scalp forceps?the modification being the increase in length of the handles to inches. His two resident medical officers assured him that they found the method both easy and quic...

Missing Forceps

Adenoid Hypertrophy in Adults: An Underdiagnosed Entity?

The adenoids (or pharyngeal tonsil) is a condensation of lymphoid tissue in the posterosuperior wall of the nasopharynx. It forms a part of Waldeyer’s ring of lymphoid tissue at the portal of entry of the upper respiratory tract [1]. In early childhood it is the fi rst site for immunological contact of inhaled allergens. Adenoids are present at birth, show physiological enlargement upto 6 years...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma: an unusual neurosurgical entity.

Adenoid cystic carcinoma, or cylindroma, usually presents in the salivary glands or in the upper respiratory passages. We report an unusual case of adenoid cystic carcinoma in a 45-year-old woman who presented with a three-year history of progressive right trigeminal sensory palsy, most pronounced in the second division. There was, in addition, a right trigeminal motor palsy and a partial right...