Objective: To discuss a case of involving severe chronic low back and pelvic pain where asymptomatic subluxation of the coccyx was treated with internal rectal contact coccygeal manipulation utilizing the Wooley-Kemper protocol which resulted in spontaneous relief of chronic lumbar and sacroiliac pain, improved lumbopelvic range of motion and motor strength. Clinical Features: A 5’5” 145 lb. 40...

  Rectal cancer is the second most common cancer in large intestine. The prevalence and the number of young patients diagnosed with rectal cancer have made it as one of the major health problems in the world. With regard to the improved access to and use of modern screening tools, a number of new cases are diagnosed each year. Considering the location of the rectum and its adjacent organs, ma...

the effect of intracerebroventricular injections of prostaglandins e2 and f2a was studied on the rectal temperature of sheep. pge2 but not pgf2a at the same dose of 50mg elevated the 1h post-injection of rectal temperature. pge2 but not pgf2a at the same dose of 100mg increased 3.5 and 2h post-injection of rectal temperature, respectively. elavation of rectal temperature following pge2 and pgf2...

rectal prolapse is a relatively common disease of children and is defined as a rectal mucosa protrusion or a fullthickness protrusion (all layers) from anus. the purpose of this retrospective study is the review of different surgical techniques used in our centers and recommendations for optimal surgical management of rectal prolapse. this study was based on a 19 years experience in rectal prol...

BACKGROUND Bowel symptoms are considered indicators of the presence of colorectal cancer and other bowel diseases. Self administered questionnaires that elicit information about lower bowel symptoms have not been assessed for reliability, although this has been done for upper bowel symptoms. Our aim was to develop a self administered questionnaire for eliciting the presence, nature and severity...

background: in recent years, neoadjuvant chemoradiation and subsequent surgical resection with total mesorectal excision has been shown to increase local control with decreased toxicity. neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is the standard treatment for locally advanced rectal cancer. in this study we evaluated the efficacy a cox-2 inhibitor on pathologic response, sphincter preservation and acute tox...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to define a method to evaluate the total dose delivered to the rectum during the whole treatment course in six patients undergoing irradiation for prostate cancer using an offline definition of organ motion with images from a cone beam CT (CBCT) scanner available on a commercial linear accelerator. METHODS Patient set-up was verified using a volumetric thr...

History of exposure to wet. Temperature on admission 100?F. Much abdominal pain, severe tenesmus, very frequent motions consisting shreds of mucus and blood. Tongue dry and furred. Treatment.?Preliminary dose of 01. Ricini with Tinct. Opii. By a misunderstanding the patient was given the Ipecac treatment after having a ^ gr. dose of emetine hydrochloride. The Ipecac treatment was continued unti...

To quantify the performance of the Clarity ultrasound (US) imaging system (Elekta AB, Stockholm, Sweden) for real-time dynamic multileaf collimator (MLC) tracking. The Clarity calibration and quality assurance phantom was mounted on a motion platform moving with a periodic sine wave trajectory. The detected position of a 30 mm hypoechogenic sphere within the phantom was continuously reported vi...

In order to compare rectal and intravenous(IV) administration of diazepam for management of convulsions,a prospective cross-sectional case-control study was conducted on 94 convulsive infants and children referring to the Emergency department of the university hospital No.1 in Kerman.all children were randomly divided into two groups.the patients were matched with regard to the cause,type,durat...