As early as 1860, innovative research defined the neural and vascular phenomena which generate male sexual tumescence. Sophisticated animal experiments provided important data about enhanced arterial inflow and occlusion of venous outflow which cause and maintain erection of the penis. On the basis of these observations, various treatment strategies for impotence, like sclerotherapy or surgical...

Although there are various causes of hemorrhage at the time of cesarean delivery, they are largely divided into bleeding from the separated surface of the placenta and atonic bleeding. A combination of hemostatic techniques such as balloon tamponade, compression suture, arterial ligation, transarterial embolization (TAE), and hysterectomy is important for successful hemostasis. When choosing a ...

Pseudoaneurysm formation is a rare complication after knee arthroscopy. Most pseudoaneurysms complicating knee arthroscopy develop on the popliteal and geniculate arteries. We report a case of a pseudoaneurysm developed on an arterial branch to the medial gastrocnemius muscle, as a complication of an arthroscopic meniscectomy in a 66-year-old patient. The patient was treated successfully by res...

The effects of caerulin, a CCK receptor agonist, and proglumide, a receptor antagonist, on hyperalgesia induced by sciatic nerve ligation, was studied in mice. Tolerance to the morphine response was obtained 3,7, 14,21 and 28 days after unilateral sciatic nerve ligation. Maximum hyperalgesia was found 14 days after nerve ligation. Caerulin increased morphine antinociception in nerve-ligated ani...

The modalities to treat bleeding polyps include electrocautery snare polypectomy, adrenaline injection, clipping, argon plasma coagulation and surgery. We hereby describe an endoscopic banding ligation method for the management of bleeding gastric polyp in a patient receiving antiplatelet therapy. A 66-year-old man presented with a five month-history of intermittent tarry stool passage, nausea ...

Intralobar pulmonary sequestration associated with asymptomatic aspergillosis is a rare case. We describe the case of a 65-year-old woman with intrapulmonary sequestration, anomalous systemic arterial supply to the left lower lobe and aspergillosis who underwent left lower lobectomy and ligation of an anomalous artery by Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). Pathological examination show...

We report on an 82-year-old man with an infected non-union of the right tibia in which the peroneal artery was the sole artery supplying the lower leg, owing to peripheral arterial disease. He underwent tibial reconstruction using the pedicled vascularised fibular graft in a flow-through manner (without ligation of either the proximal or distal ends of the peroneal artery) and achieved successf...

A 29-year old female with a history of isolated patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation 14 years back, complained of increasing shortness of breath on exertion and hoarseness for 6 years. Chest radiography revealed a widened mediastinum (Fig. 1A). Computed tomography (CT) angiography showed a ductal pseudoaneurysm and pulmonary arterial dilatation (Fig. 1B and C). Although surgical intervention...

* Received for publication: December 3, 2001; accepted: May 10, 2002 INTRODUCTION Epistaxis is the commonest nasal emergency requiring hospital admission (Small and Maran, 1984). Its prevalence in the population is estimated to be between 10–12% (Shaheen, 1967), of which 10% seek medical attention (Ram et al., 2000). Of these, 1% will require surgery (Ram et al., 2000). Traditionally, epistaxis...

Epistaxis is the most common emergency presenting to the ENT surgeon. Here we present a case of epistaxis arising from the sphenopalatine artery in a patient who had previously had the ipsilateral external carotid artery ligated due to previous epistaxis. On investigation the epistaxis was determined to arise from an anastamosis with the contralateral sphenopalatine artery. The anatomy was demo...