uretero-pelvic junction obstruction (upjo) is a common congenital anomaly that may need pyeloplasty to prevent renal function deterioration. the purpose of this study was to describe a modified use of jj stent catheter in pyeloplasty for infant with upjo. a series of 12 children, between 3 and 10 months, underwent stenting open pyeloplasty. in each patient a 6 french foley catheter was placed w...

Profuse per rectal bleeding due to erosion of the inferior epigastric artery following a catheter tube caecostomy. Editor, We describe a case of profuse per rectal bleeding due to erosion of the right inferior epigastric artery, by a Foley catheter, used as a tube caecostomy, for decompression of underlying colonic pseudo-obstruction. Case history: A sixty-four year old male was admitted to the...

Profuse per rectal bleeding due to erosion of the inferior epigastric artery following a catheter tube caecostomy. Editor, We describe a case of profuse per rectal bleeding due to erosion of the right inferior epigastric artery, by a Foley catheter, used as a tube caecostomy, for decompression of underlying colonic pseudo-obstruction. Case history: A sixty-four year old male was admitted to the...

In a recent paper in this journal, Ken Olum attempts to refute the Doomsday argument by appealing to the self-indication assumption (SIA), the idea that your very existence gives you reason to think that there are many observers. In contrast to earlier refutation attempts that use this strategy, Olum confronts and try to counter some of the objections that have been made against SIA. We argue t...

We discuss dynamics of N = 2 supersymmetric SU(nc) gauge theories with nf quark hypermultiplets. Upon N = 1 perturbation of introducing a finite mass for the adjoint chiral multiplet, we show that the flavor U(nf ) symmetry is dynamically broken to U(r) × U(nf − r), where r ≤ [nf/2] is an integer. This flavor symmetry breaking occurs due to the condensates of magnetic degrees of freedom which a...

INTRODUCTION  Severe Epistaxis is common in patients with head trauma, especially when associated with multiple fractures of the face and skull base. Several methods of controlling bleeding that can be imposed. The anterior nasal tapenade associated with posterior Foley catheter is one of the most widespread, and the universal availability of necessary materials or their apparent ease of execut...

Keeping skin graft or a flap adherent to the underlying surface can sometimes be a difficult job, particularly inside a cavity. Different methods have been used for this function with varying success but the search is still on for an ideal pressure dressing.

INTRODUCTION Suprapubic cystostomy is performed in spinal cord injury patients in order to prevent complications associated with long-term urethral catheter drainage. We report a patient in whom suprapubic catheter did not drain urine satisfactorily and imaging studies revealed hourglass bladder. CASE PRESENTATION A female patient sustained paraplegia in a traffic accident in 1994 at the age ...