Surgical Devices for Creating Stomas.

Urgent Surgical Intervention for Embolized Cardiac Occluder Devices: A Case Series

Introduction: In this study, we sought to illustrate our experience in urgent surgical management for embolized cardiac septal occlude devices resulting from trans-catheter closure of atrial septal defect and ventricular septal defect. Mathrials and Methods: We retrospectively reviewed four patients aged 2–10 years who underwent urgent surgery due to cardiac septal occluder embolization between...

[Complications of intestinal stomas].

BACKGROUND Stomal complications are prevalent and associated with considerable morbidity. This study examined the incidence and potential risk factors for their development. METHODS The time of onset and presence of ten specific complications were recorded for patients with an intestinal stoma over 10 years at two urban hospitals. A database was established with 20 explanatory variables (such...

GAastrointestinal Stomas in Children

Introduction A stoma (or ostomy) is the deliberate creation of an opening that communicates between the GIT and the exterior. The purpose could be for feeding, drug administration, bowel decompression, protecting distal anastomosis or other gut lesions, controlling faecal effluent in some cases of incontinence, or a combination of these indications. The basic types of stomas derive their names ...

Novel Glaucoma Surgical Devices

Surgical and Interventional Devices

Conventional image-guided neurosurgery relies on preoperative images to provide surgical navigational information and visualization. However, these images are no longer accurate once the skull has been opened and brain shift occurs. To account for changes in the shape of the brain caused by mechanical (e.g., gravity-induced deformations) and physiological effects (e.g., hyperosmotic drug-induce...