introduction: ectopic tooth eruption may result owing to one of 3 processes: developmentaldisturbance, iatrogenic activity, or pathologic process, such as a tumor or a cyst. in rare cases, occlusion of the sinus ostia may predispose a patient to develop a maxillary sinus mucocele. when the maxillary sinus is invaded, symptoms usually occur late in the process.   case report: a 17 years old boy ...

OBJECTIVES Elective laparoscopic surgery for recurrent, uncomplicated diverticular disease is considered safe and effective; however, little data exist on complicated cases. We investigated laparoscopic sigmoid resection for diverticulitis complicated by fistulae. METHODS We conducted a retrospective review of patients who underwent laparoscopic treatment of enteric fistulae complicating dive...

abdominal repair of vesico-vaginal and ureterohystrectomy/LSCS) was the major cause of VVF, vaginal fistulae. accounting for 66.66 % (18 patients), while in Methodology: This prospective descriptive study remaining 33.33% (9 patients) the obstructed and was conducted in the Departments of Surgery, prolonged labor were the cause. All fistulae Gynecology and Urology, Ghulam Mohammad healed succes...

Aims: To review the aetiology and success of transvaginal repair in simple vesicovaginal fistula cases. Objective: To review the aetiology and success of transvaginal three layer repair with delayed absorbable suture material in simple vesicovaginal fistulae cases. Design: Prospective study. Place and duration of study: This study was carried out in DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad over a period of eig...

Aims: To analyse retrospectively all cases of spontaneous salivary fistulae studied by radiological imaging from January 1999 to December 2011. Salivary fistulae are uncommon; they could be congenital or acquired caused by injury, neoplasm, surgery or may represent a rare long-term complication of sialolithiasis and/or recurrent sialoadenitis. Materials and methods: We retrospectively report ou...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the effectiveness of commercially available fibrin glue in closing fistulae in ano. METHODS A prospective nonrandomized trial was performed on 19 patients admitted to King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the period December 2000 to November 2001. Two of the patients had multiple fistulae making a total of 21 fistulae. Patients w...

BACKGROUND Conservative surgery (cyst evacuation and partial pericystectomy) for hydatid cysts of the liver is known to be safe but is often associated with bile leak and its sequelae. METHODS Case records of 86 patients undergoing surgery for hydatid cysts of the liver at a tertiary-care center in northern India over a 14-year period were reviewed retrospectively. RESULTS Sixteen (18%) pat...