OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and long-term efficacy of innominate artery reimplantation as treatment for innominate artery compression syndrome. DESIGN Retrospective medical record review from January 1, 1992, to December 31, 2007, and telephone interview. SETTING Children's hospital. PATIENTS Twenty-two children with innominate artery compression of the trachea requiring surgical int...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Laparoscopy is the present standard of care for urologic diseases. Laparoscopy in renal tuberculosis (genitourinary tuberculosis) is difficult because of inflammation and fibrosis associated with the disease. We present the outcome of our experience of laparoscopy in genitourinary tuberculosis, both ablative and reconstructive. METHODS The detailed data of patients w...

AIM We present a two stage reimplantation technique for infected total knee arthroplasty using a muscular gastrocnemious spacer that allows delivery of high local concentrations of antibiotics in absence of heterologous materials associated with high percentage of infection. MATERIAL OF STUDY Between January 2009 and June 2011 we selected 8 patients with diagnosis of total knee arthroplasty d...

Introduction: When impacted maxillary canines are not amenable to orthodontic traction or reimplantation, extraction is the only option available, followed by implant placement; this is a challenge due to the bone resorption frequently associated with complex tooth extraction that often necessitates bone grafting. Immediate dental implant placement appears to be the adequate strategy to replace...

Root lesions may affect both dorsal and ventral roots. However, due to the possibility of generating further inflammation and neuropathic pain, surgical procedures do not prioritize the repair of the afferent component. The loss of such sensorial input directly disturbs the spinal circuits thus affecting the functionality of the injuried limb. The present study evaluated the motor and sensory i...

Aortic valve sparing operations were developed to preserve the native aortic valve during surgery for aortic root aneurysm as well as surgery for ascending aortic aneurysms with associated aortic insufficiency. There are basically two types of aortic valve sparing oprations: remodeling of the aortic root and reimplantation of the aortic valve. These operations have been performed for over two d...

INTRODUCTION There is paucity of case reports that describe the successful reimplantation of a penis after amputation. We sought to report on self-inflicted penile amputation and comment on its surgical management and review current literature. AIM To report on self-inflicted penile amputation and comment on its surgical management and review current literature. METHODS A 19-year-old male w...

Objective: To describe the management options for exposed silicone Ahmed glaucoma valve (AGV) implant. Methods: This was carried out as a retrospective chart review at a tertiary care eye hospital in Southern India. Medical records of six subjects managed for AGV exposure from 2006 to 2013 were reviewed. Results: All six eyes had explantation of the AGV and 3 of them had reimplantation in a dif...