Tracheotomy Tube Removed from a Woman Aged 58, after Being Present for Eighteen Months

Using Pericardium Allograft in Closing Tracheal Fistula after Removing Tracheotomy Tube

Quality of life outcome of critical care survivors eighteen months after discharge from intensive care.

AIM To assess the changes in health-related quality of life in patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS At the General University ICU, Trauma Hospital in Athens, 242 patients were enrolled prospectively over a study period of 18 months. Out of these, 116 participants (47.9%) completed all survey components at 6, 12, and 18 months. We used Quality of Life-Spanish (QOL-SP...

Molecular analysis of Dirofilaria repens removed from a subcutaneous nodule in a Japanese woman after a tour to Europe

A premature female Dirofilaria species, subsequently identified as Dirofilaria repens by its morphological features and mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA (12S rRNA) gene sequence, was removed from a subcutaneous nodule of the right temporal region of the head in a Japanese woman 2 years after she noticed swelling of her left calf following an insect sting during a tour to Europe; headache symptom...

Indirect Inguinal Hernia Containing a Fallopian Tube and Ovary in a Reproductive Aged Woman

An indirect inguinal hernia containing an incarcerated fallopian tube and ovary is extremely rare in adult females. The current report describes a woman of reproductive years presenting with an irreducible indirect hernia which required the surgical intervention of a general surgeon as well as counseling regarding future fertility by a gynecologist. The diagnosis was made by physical and sonogr...

Complicated Case of Double Ovariotomy in a Girl Aged Eighteen

Gr. S., a3t. 18, was first admitted to Ward 28 in the Hospital, July 1897, complaining of a swelling of the abdomen which had been noticed for sixteen months. The patient had never menstruated, but stated that at the age of fifteen she had some swelling of the abdomen, which, however, gradually disappeared. Before admission the abdomen was tapped three times, on May 1st, June 10th, and July 15t...