INTRODUCTION Ureteroiliac fistulas are rare but potentially life-threatening. Risk factors to develop a fistula are chronic indwelling ureteral stents, previous pelvic surgery and radiotherapy. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of a patient with intermittent gross hematuria after previous abdominal surgery, radiotherapy and indwelling ureteric stents. After several diagnostic and therapeutic...

BACKGROUND The combination of high dose preoperative radiotherapy and transanal abdominal transanal radical proctosigmoidectomy and colo-anal anastomosis as a sphincter-preserving method has never been performed in mainland China. OBJECTIVES To assess the feasibility and efficacy of high dose preoperative radiotherapy and TATA as a sphincter-preserving method in Jiangsu, an economically well-...

An interstitial hernia is one in which the hernia sac is located between the layers of the abdominal wall. The analysis of contemporary literature shows that interstitial hernias are most often seen in children as a type of inguinal hernia and often accompany undescended testis. The hernia sac is usually located between the external-oblique and internal-oblique muscles in a lateral-cephalic dir...