CONSERVATIVE PELVIC SURGERY

The concept of conservative and reconstructive female pelvic surgery.

Conservative Surgery

tained by milk and nutrient enemata. On the 12th, he could open his mouth to a slight extent ; the symptoms were more favourable, and the spasms had diminished in force and frequency. On passing the flnger into the wound I detected a loose fragment of bone and removed it. The extremity of the lower fragment was sharp or pointed and this I cut off with the saw. From this date he gradually improv...

Pelvic Surgery

The present issue of the International Journal of Surgical Oncology on Pelvic Surgery contains a series of articles on prostate cancer, gynecologic malignancies, and rectal cancer. The article on " radical prostatectomy as a first-line treatment in patients with initial PSA >20 ng/mL " by Hinev et al. reports on patients diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) and PSA >20 ng/mL. The elevated PSA l...

Bloodless Pelvic Fracture Surgery

Vertebral compression fractures are the most common fractures associated with osteoporosis. Approximately 700,000 osteoporosis-related vertebral compression fractures (OVCFs) occur each year in the U.S. Currently, treatment is focused primarily on prevention. When fractures occur in patients with osteoporosis, treatment options are limited to bed rest and pain medications because open surgery w...

Conservative surgery for bronchial adenomata.

Fifteen patients with bronchial adenomata have undergone surgical treatment and have been followed up for periods of one to 25 years. Management consisted of bronchotomy with local excision in six cases, segmental resection in two, lobectomy in six, and pneumonectomy in one case. One patient who underwent lobectomy subsequently died of an unrelated cause (gastric haemorrhage) in the early posto...