Middle rectal artery is one of the important arteries supplying the rectum, along with the superior and inferior rectal arteries. Study of middle rectal artery was undertaken as it is important in surgeries of rectal carcinoma. .For the present study 40 pelvises were procured from the department of Anatomy of Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pune.Variations were found in the origin of middle re...

background: there have been reports on stent-related vascular erosions about patients with benign or malignant stenosis of the esophagus who received endoscopic stent insertion for palliative intention for oral intake. case presentation: a 61-year-old woman with esophageal cancer located in the middle part of esophagus was treated with esophagectomy. two years following the surgery, malignant s...

background and aims. furcally-involved teeth present unique challenges to the success of periodontal therapy and influence treatment outcomes. this study aimed to assess to compare use of adm and connective tissue membrane in class ii furcation defect regeneration. materials and methods. 10 patient with 2 bilaterally class ii furcation defects in first and/or second maxilla or man-dibular molar...

background: in intracavitary brachytherapy for gynecological cancers, various techniques are used to locate the anterior rectal wall nearest to the sources but there is no consensus on the best method to do so. this study aimed to compare a technique used routinely in some centers that employs a wire marker to locate the position of the maximum rectal dose point, versus the method recommended b...

objective: to detect whether the preoperative combined administration of rectal diclofenac and paracetamol is superior to placebo or rectal diclofenac alone for pain after abdominal hysterectomy. materials and methods: ninety female patients (american society of anesthesiologists (asa) physical status i-ii), scheduled for abdominal hysterectomy were recruited to this double blind trial and were...

INTRODUCTION Acute low neoplasm ileus requires emergency surgery. Nowadays there are increased numbers of patients with comorbidities, which causes higher risk of intra- and postoperative complications. AIM To evaluate the clinical usefulness of endoscopic self-expandable stent placement for malignant colorectal ileus. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-one patients (8 women and 13 men), mean age ...

An 83-year-old Caucasian man presented to our institution with a 16-hour history of eight episodes of vomiting which was later associated with frank haematemesis and severe epigastric/chest pain. There was no past history of note and he denied consumption of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications or alcohol. On clinical examination he was haemodynamically stable and there was no stigmata o...

Received: 29.05.2016; Revised: 13.01.2017 A 56 years old male had undergone implantation of Dual chamber Automated Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (AICD) in November 2011 for documented sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. He was a known case of Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and had undergone angioplasty with a medicated stent to the mid left anterior descending coronary artery...