Giant vesical calculus (more than 100 g) is a very rare clinical entity [1]. During pregnancy, it may be associated with infections, abortions, premature delivery, urinary fistula, and rarely dystocia of labor [2]. When bladder stone (BS) remains asymptomatic and thereby gains large size of several centimetres, it may be diagnosed first time during labor when timely interventions must be taken ...

Introduction: Hypospadias is a common congenital malformation in boys. One of the common surgical techniques for correction of hypospadias is (Tubularized Incised Plate urethraplasty=TIP). Meatal stenosis and fistula formation are known post-operative complications. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the effect of early urethral dilatation in prevention of post operative complications. Me...

Medicine 2 Service of the Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisbon Received for publication on the 15 Nov 97 Abstract Oleothorax was largely used from 1930 to 1950 in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). Although it has been discontinued since the 1950’s, mainly because of the success of chemotherapy and the thoracic surgery, complications have appeared many years later. The aut...

CASE REPORT A 75-year-old female patient presented with painless haematuria. IVP was normal and at cystoscopy a globular swelling found at the fundus of the bladder was resected. Histology revealed pan-mural inflammation with abundant submucosal oedema. The urothelium showed no evidence of dysplasia or malignancy. Two months later in the out patient clinic a periumbilical fistulous tract opened...

The aim of this study is to consider the parietal complications of the hydatid cyst of the liver: the subcutaneous rupture of the cyst and spontaneous cutaneous fistula of liver hydatid cyst. 1(st) case: A 24-year-old woman, who underwent surgery 10 years ago for hydatid cyst of the liver, was admitted for a right hypochondrium mass and a fistula draining clear liquid containing cystic elements...

INTRODUCTION This study was aimed to compare the axillary approach performed through multiple injection method and vertical infraclavicular approach performed through single injection method in terms of the sensory and motor block onset, quality, and extent of blocks of brachial plexus in uremic patients who underwent arteriovenous fistula surgery. METHODS Forty patients scheduled for creatio...

We report a case of naso-cutaneous fistula due to thermal injury during transcanalicular laser dacryocystorhinostomy followed by superadded infection with coagulase negative staphylococcus in a diabetic patient. The case highlights the importance of meticulous wound care in the management and possibility of its occurrence even with minor thermal injury in immunocompromised patients.

A case of intractable cutaneous fistula in an esophagogastrostomized region complicated by osteomyelitis is reported. A three-stage operation was performed, and gratifying results were obtained. The patient was a 74-year-old man who received a subtotal esophagectomy and a cervical esophagogastrostomy through a retrosternal approach for advanced esophageal cancer. Following subsequent radiothera...

A uterocutaneous fistula is a rare clinical presentation that occurs following Cesarean section and other pelvic operations. There are only a few reports discussing the treatments. We describe a patient with successful surgical management and review the literature. A 25-year-old woman referred to our department 13 months after her first Cesarean section. She had a history of an abdominal mass a...

Penile epidermal cysts are uncommon. We report a pediatric case of epidermal inclusion cyst of the penis after urethroplasty, responsible of the appearance of an urethro-cutaneous fistula. In our opinion, surgical excision of epidermal inclusion cyst after urethroplasty must be performed as quickly as possible to avoid occurrence of postoperative complications.