Received 7/4/2006; revised 9/29/2006; accepted 9/29/2006. For correspondence or reprints contact: Jui-Hung Weng, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, 110 Section 1, Chien Kuo North Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC. Tel: (886)4-24739595 ext. 32002, Fax: (886)4-24718073, E-mail: [email protected] Rectovesical fistula is a subgroup in the entity of ent...

INTRODUCTION Haemobilia is an uncommon entity even though its frequency has increased with hepato-biliary instrumentation and procedures. It can be associated with obstructive jaundice and pancreatitis (Green et al., 2001) [1]. Haemobilia following cholecystectomy has frequently been reported in association with hepatic artery pseudo-aneurysm (Curet et al., 1981; Ribeiro et al., 1998) [2,3]. Th...

Adenocarcinoma of the prostate is the second most common non–skin malignancy in males. Worldwide screening programmes contribute to the growing volume of newly diagnosed, low–stage organ–con-fined cases and significantly reduced the number of advanced tumors. A growing body of evidence presented by a number of recently published papers and outcomes of large–scale trials extol and recommend " ac...

The treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer (T3/4 or N1/2) is challenging and requires a multidisciplinary approach including diagnostic radiology, medical oncology, pathology, radiation therapy, and surgery. Unlike many solid tumors, locally advanced or locally invasive rectal cancer is not necessarily unresectable (Lopez 2001). Indeed, over the past 30 years, it has been shown that a sign...

Bhagandara is the second most common ano-rectal disease with a troublesome pathology and management. Acharya Sushruta, father of surgery has included as one among Ashtamahagada1, eight grave Ayurveda which are difficult to manage. The etiopathogenesis, symptoms, types, preventive measures along treatment aspects have been mentioned in details Ayurvedic transcripts. At first it present pidika ar...

background: in order to improve the evaluation of possible rectal toxicity based on the rectal normal tissue complication probability (ntcp), we consider the fractional dependence of the ntcp on the wall thickness (tw) and rectal displacement (rm). materials and methods: the two-dimensional ntcp model (ntcp2d) was developed using radiotherapy plans of ten randomly selected patients with prostat...

Introduction: A rectovaginal fistula (RVF) is an abnormal connection between the rectum’s lower part and vagina’s posterior wall. It takes up approximately 6% of overall anorectal fistulas, which are responsible for patients’ psychosocial collapse due to incapacitating symptoms observed amongst patients. Case presentation: The study case presented was a 33-year-old woman previously diagnosed wi...

BACKGROUND Total colectomy is used in children with total colonic aganglionosis, Ulcerative colitis (UC) and familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). The purpose of this study was to maintain ileocecal valve and rectal-sparing surgery for the prevention of fecal incontinence in these children. METHODS From1990 to 2011, 14 children with diagnosis of UC, FAP and Hirschsprung's disease were operate...

INTRODUCTION diverting loop ileostomies are widely used in colorectal surgery to protect low rectal anastomoses. However, they may have various complications, among which are those associated with the subsequent stoma closure. The present study analyses our experience in a series of patients undergoing closure of loop ileostomies. METHOD retrospective study of all the patients undergoing ileo...

PURPOSE Deep infiltrating endometriosis with colorectal involvement is a complex disorder, often requiring segmental bowel resection. Complete removal of all visible lesions is considered the adequate treatment of infiltrating endometriosis in order to reduce recurrence. In this article, we describe our experience with laparoscopic management of deep infiltrating endometriosis with involvement ...