BACKGROUND The aim of this paper is to present a clinical case of laparoscopic repair of a uterine scar defect, to assess the effectiveness of treatment reviewing the latest literature sources, and to provide recommendations of uterine scar defect management. MATERIALS AND METHODS We report the case of a 33-year-old woman with an insufficient uterine scar and one-year history of secondary inf...

Key points • The Tullio phenomenon is sound-induced vertigo, nystagmus, or both. • Hennebert sign is pressure-induced vertigo, nystagmus, or both, elicited by insufflation of the external auditory canal. • Typically, in affected patients with superior semicircular canal dehiscence syndrome, there is a several-year history of symptoms that may include sound-induced vertigo (Tullio phenomenon), p...

The Superior Canal Dehiscence Syndrome (SCDS) was first reported by Minor at. Al. (1998), and has been characterized by vertigo and vertical-torsional eye movements related to loud sounds or stimuli that change middle ear or intracranial pressure. Hearing loss, for the most part with conductive patterns on audiometry, may be present in this syndrome. We performed a literature survey in order to...

Vaginal cuff dehiscence with small bowel evisceration is a serious but uncommon postoperative complication of total laparoscopic hysterectomies. The severity surgical site can range from small, partial to full-thickness wound dehiscence, manifesting acute abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, or discharge, and often precipitated by sexual intercourse. While imaging, including pelvic ultrasound comp...

INTRODUCTION Wound dehiscence is one of the most common complications of surgical ulcer, involving the breaking open of the surgical incision along the stitch. This condition is a severe complication of total knee arthroplasty. PRESENTATION OF CASE We report a case of a 59-year-old female patient with diabetes who underwent a total knee arthroplasty in which all layers of wounds were dehiscen...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patients with symptoms of semicircular canal dehiscence often undergo both CT and MR imaging. We assessed whether FIESTA can replace temporal bone CT in evaluating patients for SC dehiscence. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 112 consecutive patients (224 ears) with vestibulocochlear symptoms who underwent concurrent MR imaging and CT of the temporal bon...