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One of the most important factors that causes the failure of a knee prosthesis is the infection that can arise in the tissues after implantation due to an incorrect surgical procedure, to a difficult repairing process or to other patient’s pathological conditions. The infection can arise soon after implantation as well as in one or two years after the operation. In order to let the infection he...

A new type of testicular prosthesis made of silastic with an elliptical shape to mimic a normal testis was developed by our team and submitted for patenting in China. The prosthesis was produced in different sizes to imitate the normal testis of the patient. To investigate the effects and safety of the testicular prosthesis, 20 patients receiving testicular prosthesis implantation were recruite...

Introduction. We report a case of spontaneous rupture of a single testicular prosthesis in a patient who had undergone bilateral orchiectomy and silicone gel-filled prosthesis insertion. The consequences of this rare event are discussed. There is no management algorithm. Case Presentation. A 55-year-old man presented to our outpatient department with altered consistency in his right testicular ...

BACKGROUND The combination of a neourethra and erection prosthesis in a single neophallus in the female-to-male transsexual remains a challenge. No good data are available on this subject. OBJECTIVE To report the outcome in 129 female-to-male transsexuals with a neophallus after the implantation of an erectile prosthesis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS From March 1996 until October 2007,...

transcatheteraortic valve implantation, first introduced in 2002, has been established as an alternative modality for patients deemed not suitable for open-heart surgery. the anatomical vicinity of the atrioventricular node and the his bundle to the non-coronary and rightcoronary aortic cusps predisposes patients to conduction abnormalities in case of severe calcification or mechanical trauma d...

Material and methods From January 2008 till May 2013, 16 patients age 55 ± 7 years, had been treated. They were symptomatic, with mean aneurysm dimension of 10 ± 2 centimeters. One patient had Crawford type IV TAAA that was unrecognized, mistaken for tumor and biopsied following explorative laparotomy for acute abdominal pain in another hospital. Surgery was performed through thoracophrenolapar...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate and present satisfaction rates of our patients and their partners after 3 part inflatable penile prosthesis implantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS We searched our hospital electronic data for patients who underwent inflatable penile prosthesis implantation between January 2008 and July 2013. Computer and archived file data were used to get information and reach the patients...

Figure 1. A: angiographic image showing moderate-to severe aortic insufficiency due to low implantation of the prosthesis. B: traction using a snare catheter. C: relocation of the prosthesis in ascending aorta; the patency of the supraaortic vessels can be observed. D: implantation of the second prosthesis. E: echocardiographic follow-up showing the situation of both prostheses. F: computed tom...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a new method for patients with severe aortic stenosis at high surgical risk, such as previous cardiac surgery. The presence of mechanical mitral prosthesis might complicate TAVI because of possible interference between the both prosthesis. Some reports have already demonstrated the feasibility of TAVI in such patients. We report our experience w...