Gall-stones: Ten Years' Surgical Experience

Pediatric angioedema: ten years' experience.

OBJECTIVE To clarify the cause, clinical course, and management of children with angioedema. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING Urban tertiary care hospital for children. PATIENTS Consecutive sample of all children hospitalized from January 1, 1987, to December 31, 1997, with the diagnosis of angioedema. Complete records permitting analysis were available for 10 patients. MAIN OUTCOME...

Migration of gall stones.

The factors influencing the migration of gall stones are ill understood. Altogether 331 patients undergoing cholecystectomy were studied prospectively. The diameters of the cystic and common bile ducts and of stones in the gall bladder and bile ducts were measured. Increasing pressure was applied to the freshly excised gall bladder in an attempt to evacuate stones through the cystic duct. Stone...

Meckel's diverticulum: Ten years' experience.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the demographics and characteristics of children with Meckel's diverticulum (MD). MATERIAL AND METHODS In this retrospective study, we analyzed the medical records of all children who were treated for MD in the department of pediatric surgery of Tepecik Training and Research Hospital over a period of 10 years (1995-2004). Age, gender, clinical manifestations, diagnostic ...

Dissolving gall stones.

Child of Five Years with Gall Stones: Removal of Spleen and Gall Bladder

The development of symptomless cyanosis followed the administration of drugs of the sulphonamide groups. The simultaneous administration of magnesium sulphate is to be noted as a probable etiological factor. Colebrook', in his first series of forty cases, all of whlIoim were taking magnesium sulphate, had three cases of sulph<moglobinaemia. In his second series2 of twxenty-six cases similarly t...