Congenital lumbar spinal stenosis is an uncommon condition that is often asymptomatic in young adults. Herein, we document the first reported occurrence of acute radicular back pain and associated congenital lumbar spinal stenosis in a healthy 24-year-old woman undergoing an epidural blood patch for treatment of a post-dural puncture headache related to an accidental dural puncture sustained du...

Symptomatic adjacent segment disease (ASD) after anterior cervical fusion (ACF) is reported in 25% of patients at 10 years postoperatively. Debate continues as to whether this degeneration is due to the natural history of the disk or the changed biomechanics after ACF. This study explored whether congenital stenosis predisposes patients to an increased incidence of ASD after ACF. A retrospectiv...

Simultaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of esophagus and gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma has rarely been reported. It is often difficult to diagnose this coexistence preoperatively due to the presence of esophageal stenosis. Herein, we report a patient with esophageal SCC whose gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma was also detected after pathologic examination of the resected specimen.

Congenital aortic stenosis is a relatively common disease. It is the one malformation predisposing to sudden death in children. Surgical attempts at correction of critical congenital aortic stenosis have been reported within recent years, but there are no large series with adequate longterm follow up of the post-operative course of children with aortic stenosis. The present report is based on o...

Congenital mitral valve stenosis is a rare pathology. In this study, we aimed to present our surgical approach and successful valve repair to a case with congenital mitral valve stenosis combined with left persistent superior vena cava. Conservative surgery of the congenital mitral valve stenosis can be performed with acceptable early and midterm outcome in terms of mortality and reoperation ra...

Vestibular stenosis is an uncommon but debilitating cause of nasal obstruction leading to serious impairment airway. It caused by granulation and fibrosis vestibular lining there circumferential scar retraction in the inlet cavities. Stenosis may be congenital or acquired. Causes acquired include burns, trauma, infections, iatrogenic insult vestibule. Surgical correction usually done excision f...

Congenital kinking of the aorta is an uncommon anomaly consisting of elongation of the aortic arch with kinking at the level of the ductal ligament. Herein we report a case of congenital kinking of the aorta with calcified aortic valve stenosis. The combination of a kinked aorta with severe calcified valve stenosis is very unusual.

Despite many American papers and textbooks stating that Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is the most common canine congenital heart disease (CHD), in Europe it appears that aortic stenosis (AS) is more prevalent. Pulmonic stenosis (PS) is the third most common congenital heart disease in dogs.This paper describes only the most common malformations, and a second paper will describe the most common...

This report documents a new endoscopic management modality for congenital membranous stenosis in the third portion of the duodenum. Standard approaches to duodenal stenosis in newborns include a laparotomy with an enteroenterostomy, bypassing the obstruction, or a duodenoduodenostomy with excision. We successfully developed a modification of the endoscopic treatment modality for congenital duod...