World Journal of Orthopedics

World Journal

Pulp exposures secondary to caries are the most common in primary teeth due to the relatively large size of pulp chamber. Pulp in primary teeth is capable of healing, following control of infection and inflammation. Pulpotec and LSTR are the simple noninstrumentation endodontic treatment procedures which are capable of compensating for the inconvenience caused by conventional pulpectomy, and th...

World Medical Journal

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Background: We are the first to report one-staged resection of a spinal metastasis from malignant cranial hemangiopericytoma after preoperative OnyxTM-20 embolization by direct percutaneous puncture. Spinal metastases from cranial hemangiopericytoma are extremely rare. Surgical morbidity of these highly vascularized tumours results mainly from excessive blood loss. Preoperative embolization of ...

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Rectal neuroendocrine carcinoma is rare with poor prognosis. We report herein a case of advanced moderately differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the rectum with relatively favorable prognosis treated by postoperative adjuvant chemoradiation therapy. A 58-year-old Japanese female was referred and colonofiberscopy revealed an easybleeding irregular tumor in the lower rectum, which was patho...

World Journal of Colorectal Surgery

Traumatic cloaca is a devastating condition usually secondary to massive obstetric injury with perineal diastasis. Primary repairs are rarely performed and often fail when performed due to hematoma, infection or excessive tissue tension. Methods: We present a case of immediate repair of traumatic cloaca in a 22 year old female with a history of self inflicted traumatic cloaca sustained 8 hours ...