Biomechanical studies have shown that repair or plication of rotator interval (RI) ligamentous and capsular structures decreases glenohumeral joint laxity in various directions. Clinical outcomes studies have reported successful outcomes after repair or plication of these structures in patients undergoing shoulder stabilization procedures. Recent studies describing arthroscopic techniques to ad...

BACKGROUND It is well known that improving postoperative pain control in plastic surgery procedures leads to earlier mobilization, shortened hospital stay, reduced hospital costs, and increased patient satisfaction. OBJECTIVE The authors evaluate the use of abdominal field block injections with liposomal bupivicaine (Exparel; Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc, San Diego, California) in postoperativ...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to compare short-term outcomes [food tolerance scores (FTS) and quality of life] after three types of restrictive bariatric surgery: laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB), laparoscopic greater curvature plication (LGCP), and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 2012 to December 2013, all patients that underwent pr...

Twenty children with various diaphragmatic anomalies, managed over a period of 3 years, are presented. These included congenital diaphragmatic hemia (CDH 10), congenital eventration of diaphragm (CDE 6) and hiatus hernia with gastro-esophageal reflux (HH-GER 4). Clinical presentation of these children was: respiratory distress (7), recurrent respiratory tract infcction \\1' failure to thrive (I...

Endoscopic procedures have been well-documented in the obesity field, but have not yet reached a sufficient level of evidence as stand-alone methods for treating obesity. It is unclear if they should take over. Although expanding, the array of bariatric surgical techniques does not fully meet the current needs, and there are not enough resources for increasing surgery. Surgery is avoided by a m...

Treating shoulder multidirectional instability with an open stabilization procedure has been reported to have good results. However, few studies exist of arthroscopic plication, especially in overhead athletes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of arthroscopic pancapsular plication for multidirectional instability in overhead athletes.Twenty-three athletes with sym...

© Translational Andrology and Urology. All rights reserved. Transl Androl Urol, 2015;4(S1) www.amepc.org/tau 8.9% average 5%. Thus, PD is not rare disease. We will show the 17 years’ experience in Toho University. Methods: We had 344 cases for 17 years. The average age was 51.4 years. Chief complains were curvature, palpable fibrosis, pain, ED etc. The angle of curvature was 0 to 90 degrees. Ab...