1 of 2 DESCRIPTION An 82-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department secondary to urinary incontinence. He was systemically well. He had a background of prostate cancer diagnosed and treated with brachytherapy 17 years ago. He reported having undergone a cystoscopic procedure 3 years ago for treatment of acute urinary retention. Since this procedure, he had suffered from progressively w...

OBJECTIVE To report outcomes of laparoscopic management of patients with ovarian remnant (OR). DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Referral practice and tertiary medical center. PATIENT(S) Sixty-four patients with confirmed OR who underwent laparoscopic treatment between July 1989 and September 2003. INTERVENTION(S) Laparoscopic excision of OR. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Technical...

OBJECTIVES Pulmonary hydatid disease is a parasitic disease with a high prevalence in low-middle income countries. We report four patients who were treated surgically using video-assisted thoracoscopy (VATS). METHODS All patients were diagnosed with clinical and radiological findings on chest X-ray and computed tomography. Complete thoracoscopic removal by cystotomy and capitonnage was done i...

HYPOTHESIS Laparoscopy is effective and reliable in treating hepatic hydatid disease. DESIGN Case series of patients with hepatic hydatid disease who underwent laparoscopic treatment within 7 years. SETTING Department of General Surgery, Cerrahpasa Medical School, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. PATIENTS Forty-eight patients with hydatid disease who met our criteria for laparosc...

Ureteral injuries are one of the major complications following gynecologic surgeries. They are serious, troublesome, often associated with significant morbidity, and are one of the most common causes for legal action against gynecologic surgeons. The reported rates of injury depend on the vigilance of diagnosis, type of surgery and other risk factors. We present a case of a 48 year old obese Ca...