Although the treatment of chronic subdural haematoma by burr hole drainage has been performed in the past with or without using a closed drainage system, the problem of intracranial air entrapment still persists and can cause a deterioration in the level of consciousness or seizures in the postoperative period. Cerebral infarction may also develop a few days after surgery because of the intracr...

Spontaneous rupture of the urinary bladder is a rare clinical entity, with the incidence reported as 1 in 126,000 hospital admissions. It is often associated with malignancy, inflammatory lesions, irradiation, calculus, diverticulum, binge alcohol drinking, continuous bladder irrigation, and neurogenic bladder. In rare instances, bladder rupture occurs without obvious causes. This rare clinical...

The total incidence of coronary artery spasm during coronary angiography has been reported to be between 0.26% and 0.93%. The rarity of this phenomenon has been invoked to minimize its clinical significance. Review of a one-year experience in our catheterization laboratory showed that coronary spasm occurred in eight of 274 coronary angiograms (2.93%). In three instances, spasm could not be asc...

umbilical and supraumbilical catheter insertion is a common procedure performed in the nicu. it is a safe and usually easy procedure devoid of serious mishaps, morbidity and mortality. complications such as hemorrhage, infection, hernia, evisceration, omphalitis, portal vein thrombosis and portal hypertension may occur after umbilical catheter insertion. other uncommon and rare complications re...

ing ten cases, of which I subjoin brief notes. The instruments used were; (1) a large fenestrated lithotrite for crushing large and hard calculi ; (2) a flat bladed lithotrite for disposing of fragments and small stones ; (3) evacuating catheters from No. 14 to 18 ; (4) an aspirator constructed on the latest principles by Weiss. In addition to these there were, of course, sounds of sorts, a sca...

Background: One of uncommon complications in patients with peritoneal catheter is colon rupture which usually occurs during catheter insertion. In this paper, we present a case of delayed perforated colon following insertion of peritoneal catheter. Case presentation: A 37-year-old man was suffering from chronic renal failure (CRF). Nine months after peritoneal catheterization, peritoneal dialy...

A 43-year-old man with multiple previous left atrial ablation procedures for persistent atrial fibrillation, including pulmonary vein isolation and mitral and roof lines, presented for a repeat ablation of persistent atrial tachycardia (Figure 1A). He had no other medical history, and the procedure was performed on uninterrupted warfarin, as a routine practice at our institution. Echocardiograp...

PURPOSE Various articles have previously addressed the introduction of new surgical laser therapies for an enlarged prostate gland causing obstructive symptoms. The objective of this study was to report the feasibility of performing the thulium laser vapo-enucleation of the prostate (ThuVEP) procedure for benign prostatic obstruction in a 1-day surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS From September 20...