results a total of 529 patients underwent kidney transplant surgery in our center. urologic complications among the three groups consisting of hydronephrosis, urinoma and collection did not have statistically significant differences. conclusions ureteral stent can be picked up with no increased risk of urologic complications at shorter intervals after the kidney transplantation surgery. patient...

A man who had a history of coronary artery bypass grafting, insertion of a pacemaker, unstable angina and an ejection fraction of 0.26 was found to have a pulsatile mass on routine rectal examination. Iliac artery aneurysm was suspected. Preoperatively, a 3-dimensional reconstructed image (Fig. 1A) showed an aneurysm of the left common iliac artery, 7-cm in largest diameter, and another aneurys...

A 77-year-old woman with history of anterior rectal resection for neoplasia in 1998, followed by chemoand radiotherapy, was referred to our unit because of an increase in subocclusive episodes (1–2 times a week) over the previous 5 months, due to a stenosis extending to 5 cm above the colorectal anastomosis. The patient had previously undergone several pneumatic dilation procedures for anastomo...

A 70-year-old man was referred to our department for endoscopic drainage of a pancreatic pseudocyst. He had acute pancreatitis as a result of choledocolithiasis, which developed following a cholecystectomy 2 years previously. Computed tomography (CT) revealed a 7-cm cystic lesion in the head of the pancreas, which was compatible with a pseudocyst. Endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS) was performed ...

A 45-year-old tugboat worker presented to his general practitioner with a four-month history of anal pain and bleeding per rectum. A diagnosis of haemorrhoids was initially made. He then re-presented with additional symptoms of tenesmus, ‘wet wind’, weight loss and pelvic pain so was promptly referred to colorectal outpatient clinic. On further questioning, he described prolonged use of a hot w...

We investigated and compared 2 clinical strategies to prevent postendoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) pancreatitis (PEP).We retrospectively reviewed data from patients who underwent ERCP between 2008 and 2014. Of 623 patients at high risk for PEP, 145 were treated with prophylactic pancreatic stent placement (PSP) only, and 478 were treated with rectal indomethacin (RI) only, ...

conclusions in the first one hour, diclofenac suppository is able to control the fever more efficient than paracetamol suppositories. results the average rectal temperature in the paracetamol group was 39.6 ± 1.13°c, and 39.82 ± 1.07°c in the diclofenac group (p = 0.37). the average rectal temperature, one hour after the intervention, in the paracetamol and the diclofenac group was 38.39 ± 0.89...

background: the superiority of antipyretic efficacy of high dose rectal acetaminophen is not well established yet. objectives: the present study aimed to compare the antipyretic effectiveness of high loading dose (30 mg/kg) and standard dose (15mg/kg) of rectal acetaminophen in febrile children. patients and methods: this triple blind randomized clinical trial was conducted on 76 patients aged ...

background: considering the ease of administration of capecitabne instead of infusional 5fu for concurrent  radiochemotherapy (rct) of rectal cancer, the use of capecitabine has increased significantly in our radiation oncology department in the past years. thus we decided to compare the safety and survival with these 2 drugs by a retrospective review. methods: files of all patients receiving r...

Abdominal aortic coarctation is an extremely rare vascular pathology. Its etiology can be congenital or acquired. Here we present a case of acquired infrarenal abdominal coarctation in a 66-year-old woman who complained of low back and legs pain. She had no signs of resting lower limb ischemia, with diminished distal pulses and normal blood pressure in upper and lower extremities. Magnetic reso...