Laparoscopic Retrieval of a Needle Migrated from the Alimentary Tract

Laparoscopic Retrieval of a Migrated Amplatz Sheath

OBJECTIVES Percutaneous nephrolithotomy is a relatively safe technique. However, it is not exempt from complications, some of which can be severe and even fatal. Some complications may be plausible for laparoscopic management. We report our experience in the management of a rare complication by laparoscopic means. METHODS We report the case of an Amplatz sheath that inadvertently migrated out...

Haemorrhage from the Upper Alimentary Tract.

A Case of Needle Ingestion in a Female – Laparoscopic Retrieval

BACKGROUND Ingestion of foreign bodies is an old medical problem of decreasing occurrence. Several cases have been reported in the medical literature, and the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches must be applied in a multifaceted and differentiated manner. CASE REPORT Our case concerns a 54-year-old female with accidental swallowing of a needle. We describe our diagnostic procedure with lapa...

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

Diseases of the Alimentary Tract

(Pp. xiii + 411; figs. 60. 60s.) London: William Heinemann Medical Books, 1963. THE appearance of this book is an important event. There has not been for many years a standard British textbook of gastroenterology, and recent attempts to supply one have not been so successful as one could have wished. The authoritative and massive three-volume work of Bockus is the stand-by of every gastroentero...