Introduction Human cadaver kidneys are usually transplanted to the iliac fossa. The donor renal artery is anastomosed either end-to-end to the recipient internal iliac artery or, especially if there is more than one renal artery, an aortic patch from the donor vessel is sutured end-to-side to the recipient external iliac artery. If this patch method is used and the kidney rejects, the kidney is...

An increase in the number of endovascular procedures has let to a concomitant increase in iatrogenic arterial lesions such as catheter-induced arterial perforation or vessel rupture after PTA. The traditional way of treating these problems is by way of an open surgical approach, balloon tamponade, insertion of uncovered stents or covering the rupture site with an endograft. The present case des...

Peripheral gangrene is, fortunately, a very rare complication of pregnancy and the puerperium. Stein (1916) describes two personal cases and reviews the literature on the subject. In both the cases he describes puerperal sepsis was present ; a severe infection in one patient in whom symmetrical dry gangrene involved both feet. He suggests that the symmetrical gangrene was caused by a thrombus m...

We describe a case of lumbosacral plexopathy caused by an isolated aneurysm of the common iliac artery. The patient presented with worsening low back pain, progressive numbness and weakness of the right leg in the L2-L4 distribution. This had previously been diagnosed as sciatica. A CT scan showed an aneurysm of the right common iliac artery which measured 8 cm in diameter. Despite being listed...

PURPOSE Evaluation of the diagnostic, prognostic and possible therapeutic role of extended lymphadenectomy to lower para-aortic area in operable bladder cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS One hundred and nine patients were subjected to the procedure in the National Cancer Institute of Cairo University, and in Minea Oncology Center, Ministry of Health by the same group of surgeons, during t...

INTRODUCTION Branched iliac stent-grafts (bSG) have recently been developed in order to preserve internal iliac artery (IIA) flow in patients with aneurysmal or short common iliac arteries. The aim of this study is to evaluate a single-center experience with bSG for the IIA. METHODS Twenty-two male patients (70 (IQR 65-79) years old) underwent EVAR with 23 bSG (1 bilateral repair) between Sep...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although there is a strong biological rationale to electively treat the pelvic nodes during bladder preservation, its clinical benefit is uncertain. This may be explained by the incidental dose received by the nodal regions when treating the bladder alone. This study was conducted to investigate the doses received by the different pelvic nodal regions when the bladder alo...