This study was performed to analyze the efficacy of the prophylactic use of octreotide (Novartis, Stein, Switzerland) for pancreatic fistula following a pancreaticoduodenectomy. The medical records of 190 patients who underwent a pancreaticoduodenectomy at the Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea between January 2000 and December 2002 were reviewed. Patients were divided into either the octre...

OBJECTIVES In laryngeal cancer, which comprises 25% of head and neck cancer, chemotherapy has come into prominence with the increase in organ-protective treatments. With such treatment, salvage surgery has increased following recurrence; the incidence of pharyngocutaneous fistula has also increased in both respiratory and digestive system surgery. We investigated the effects of recombinant huma...

A case of suicide committed by self-cutting the arteriovenous fistula in a patient on hemodialysis is presented. 77-year-old man was found dead with blood-stained kitchen knife bedroom his daughter. The suffered from severe chronic renal failure, for which he needed hemodialysis. Moreover, recently diagnosed bladder cancer relapse. At autopsy, there single incised wound anterior surface left fo...

BACKGROUND Colo-duodenal fistula is a rare complication of malignant and inflammatory bowel disease. Cases with malignant colo-duodenal fistulae can present with symptoms from the primary, from the fistula or from metastatic disease. The fistula often results in diarrhoea and vomiting with dramatic weight loss. Upper abdominal pain is usually present as is general malaise both from the presence...

Arteriovenous fistula dysfunction is a frequent complication in, and hindrance to, patients with end stage kidney disease undergoing renal replacement therapy with intermittent haemodialysis. We present an unusual complication in a 68-year-old male patient undergoing haemodialysis therapy for end stage kidney failure caused by biopsy-proven multiple myeloma. We explore the occurrence of an extr...

©Copyright 2017 by Turkish Society of Hematology Turkish Journal of Hematology, Published by Galenos Publishing House A 78-year-old male was hospitalized in October 2013 due to renal failure. Soon thereafter, light-chain deposition disease was confirmed (lambda type DSSS IIIA, ISS III). A high-dose DEXA protocol was introduced and he received 11 protocols during the following 12 months. In Octo...

Hydatidosis is an endemicdisease in Morocco. Localization the pancreas very rare especially when isolated. We report case of a patient admitted emergency room for suppurated pancreatic collection, about 15 cm diameter, resembling fistulized Pseudo-pancreatic cyst, or cystic tumoror hydatid cyst. In spite initial empirical antibiotic therapy, unfavorable evolution led us to perform exploratory l...

Abstract Background Fistulous connections arising between the kidney and colon are rare develop due to multiple aetiologies. We present a case of reno-colic fistula presenting unusually as retroperitoneal psoas abscess managed surgically with good outcome. Case Report A 49-year-old lady presented 5-day history left flank pain swelling no significant surgical or medical history. Physical examina...

BACKGROUND Obesity, which is often associated with diabetes, is increasingly encountered in the haemodialysed population, and this may produce difficulty in autogenous arteriovenous fistula creation. Prosthetic angioaccess or catheters, when used in place of autogenous fistulas, increase thrombotic and infectious complications in these already challenged patients. METHODS This prospective stu...