Rectovaginal fistula is a postoperative complication of low anterior resection. We investigated the incidence of rectovaginal fistula (RVF) after low anterior resection, its risk factors and its optimal treatment. We analyzed data from 1,493 female patients who underwent low anterior resection for colorectal cancer between January 2006 and March 2016. We calculated the incidence of RVF and perf...

Anal manometry measures circumferential pressures but not axial forces that are responsible for defecation and contribute to fecal continence. Our aims were to investigate these mechanisms by measuring axial rectoanal forces with an intrarectal sphere or a latex balloon fixed at 8, 6, or 4 cm from the anal verge and connected to axial force and displacement transducers. Rectoanal forces and rec...

PURPOSE Our current study was conducted to identify patients' anatomic, pathologic, and clinical factors to predict difficulty of performing laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection for ultra-low rectal cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS Records of 117 consecutive patients with rectal cancer 2 to 5 cm from the anal verge were retrospectively reviewed. Using univariate and multivariate linear or log...

Tot partint de la consulta i anàlisi les dades BITECA (Bibliografia textos antics catalans, valencians balears), es localitzen s'editen diversos testimonis dels segles XV-XVI, inèdits o poc coneguts, següents obres rimades devoció: «Quan vos venc, Maria, l’àngel Gabriel», «Estant Elisabet», «Ara sus, companya, sus», «Ave, llum estela clara», «Regina excel·lent», «No sens turment, dolor incompre...

Abstract Starting from the observation that reduced state of a system strongly coupled to bath is, in general, an athermal state, we introduce and study cyclic battery–charger quantum device is thermal equilibrium, or ground during charge storing stage. The cycle has four stages: equilibrium storage stage interrupted by disconnecting battery charger, then work extracted battery, reconnected wit...

In order for a binocular head to perform optimal 3D tracking, it should be able to verge its cameras actively, while maintaining geometric calibration. In this work we introduce a calibration update procedure, which allows a robotic head to simultaneously fixate, track, and reconstruct a moving object in real-time. The update method is based on a mapping from motor-based to image-based estimate...

La gangrène de la verge est une pathologie rare mais grave. Les étiologies sont diverses avec essentiellement le diabète. Nous rapportons le cas d'un patient de 58 ans, diabétique et tabagique chronique ayant présenté une nécrose de la verge et avait bénéficié d'une amputation totale après deux interventions chirurgicale. L'évolution a été marquée par l'installation d'un sepsis et décès du pati...