BACKGROUND Three-hole minimally invasive esophagectomy (3HMIE) is one of the most radical procedures in gastrointestinal surgery. It involves thoracoscopic dissection of the esophagus followed by creation of a gastric conduit in the abdomen with anastomosis in the neck, and is associated with significant morbidity. Gastric conduit dehiscence is one of the most morbid complications following eso...

Commissural dehiscence of the aortic valve is a rare cause of aortic regurgitation. We report a 53-year-old male who had progressive aortic regurgitation and aortic root dilatation. A flap or intimal tear of the proximal aorta was absent with echocardiography and computed tomography. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed prolapse of the right and left coronary cusps with no intimal flap in ...

The enhanced sound- and vibration-induced vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) and their lower threshold in patients with a thinning of the bony wall of the superior semicircular canal (superior canal dehiscence, SCD) have been interpreted as being due to the dehiscence allowing sound and vibration to activate, unusually, the receptors of the dehiscent semicircular canal. We report a p...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Exstrophy Complex (EC) is a serious malformation of midline abdominal wall. Wide pubis prevents approximating the lateralized rectus muscle and leads to dehiscence and fistula formation. Our aim was to recommend an easier method for abdominal wall closure in the Bladder Exstrophy (BE) complex repair. MATERIALS AND METHODS From November 2007 to April 2010, we had ...

Introduction: Lobular capillary hemangioma (LCH) is caused by exuberant neovascular response to infection, local irritation (e.g., trauma), or hormonal influence (e.g., pregnancy and consumption of oral contraceptive pills).Pyogenic granuloma is considered to be a misnomer.Althoughthe gingiva is involved in most of the cases, there are is rare cases of extragingival involvement. Herein, w...

PURPOSE To report amniotic membrane (AM) transplantation in a patient with wound dehiscence 5 months after deep lamellar keratoplasty (DLKP) METHODS: The patient was an 84-year-old Japanese man who had undergone right DLKP 5 months earlier for central corneal scarring due to recurrent stromal herpetic keratitis. He developed wound dehiscence with corneal stromal melting due to recurrence of str...

UNLABELLED The knowledge of the relations between the noble and vital structures of temporal bone is still a great challenge for the otologic surgeon. The microscopic anatomic studies of the temporal bone are one of the greatest help to prevent lesions during surgical intervention. AIM To study the anatomic correlations between the carotid canal and the cochlea, and the occurrence of dehiscen...