BACKGROUND Regardless of numerous advances in surgical techniques, selection of the best technique to sew up wounds and the best suture material are still controversial. Several postoperative complications, including wound infection, stitched wound, chronic incision pain, wound dehiscence and hernia stitches result from many factors such as used suture material. OBJECTIVES The aim of the pres...

1209 November 2013 T transversus abdominis (TA) plane regional anesthesia block is a well-described and effective method for reducing pain from lower abdominal surgeries. Successful ultrasound-guided TA plane block is dependent on correct recognition of muscle borders within the anterolateral abdominal wall.1 This wall is composed of three distinct muscle layers from the external oblique (eO), ...

BACKGROUND Multidisciplinary laparoscopic treatment is the standard of care for radical treatment of deep infiltrating pelvic endometriosis. If bowel resection is necessary, a muscle-split or Pfannenstiel incision is also required. The avoidance of any laparotomy could decrease surgical stress response, give a faster return to normal bowel function, decrease post-operative pain and reduce wound...

Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a prevalent condition among women, particularly those of reproductive age, estimated at around 4%.1 In Brazil, the prevalence data are lacking, but it may be higher than 10%.2,3 The initial diagnosis is eminently clinical and, according to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), it consists of chronic or persistent pain perceived in pelvis-relate...

WHILE recurrences occur after inguinal hernia operations no-one can be completely satisfied with the operations practised. During the last 50 years repeated attempts have been made to introduce an internal approach for the repair of inguinal herniae, but these have never proved popular and the inguinal canal incision remains the routine operation; possibly the time has now arrived for a reappra...

Cutaneous endometriosis is one of the rare gynecological conditions. Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial glands and stroma outside the endometrial cavity. It commonly occurs in pelvic sites, such as the ovaries, cul-de-sac, bowel, or pelvic peritoneum. Endometriosis at the incisional scar is difficult to diagnose because of nonspecific symptoms. Usually, patients complain of...

OBJECTIVE To present a modified technique and early outcomes of a continent catheterizable vesicostomy in pediatric patients with either flaccid neurogenic bladder or intractable voiding dysfunction and large capacity bladder. METHODS Six patients underwent the procedure from October 2014 to December 2015. A 4-cm Pfannenstiel incision was made, avoiding intraperitoneal dissection. After adequ...

background: regardless of numerous advances in surgical techniques, selection of the best technique to sew up wounds and the best suture material are still controversial. several postoperative complications, including wound infection, stitched wound, chronic incision pain, wound dehiscence and hernia stitches result from many factors such as used suture material. objectives: the aim of the pres...

Introduction and importance: Rhabdomyosarcoma is the most common pediatric soft tissue sarcoma. It constitutes 4 – 6% of all malignancies in childhood. The botryoid variant a type ERMS that malignancy female genitourinary tract. vagina usually occurs early childhood, whereas uterus later age. Since 1959, only 7 cases uterine during infancy have been reported. Case prese...