Over 95% of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) rupture into the retroperitoneal space. Rare types of AAA ruptures comprise ruptures into the inferior vena cava with aortocaval fistula formation ...

Introduction For many women, deciding on having their uterus removed is an important and emotionally difficult decision. Nevertheless, hysterectomy is the second most common major surgical procedure ...

In many developing countries, thousands unknowingly suffer from a life-threatening condition—pus collection inside the chest around the lungs, medically known as empyema thoracis. Due to lack of ...

Furthermore, these myomas should also be differentiated from diffuse uterine leiomyomatosis (3). The patient’s TS only suggested uterine fibroids, and we did not observe the formation of a ...

Fistula formation may cause considerable distress in the form of pain, secretion and incontinence. The treatment offered to patients with fistulising Crohn's disease (fistulising CD) is primarily ...

Key messages • There is likely little or no difference in leaks from the pancreas (pancreatic fistula) and may be little or no difference in deaths after surgery, whether the pancreas is closed with a ...

Portal vein thrombosis and pancreatico-pleural fistula are unusual complications of chronic pancreatitis. We describe a patient with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis in whom erosion of the splenic vein ...

In 1686, Louis XIV of France (1638 – 1715) – The Sun King – developed a perianal abscess that after a series of failed treatment attempts, including with the use of a red-hot iron, developed into an ...

Figure 1. (A) Granuloma formation after reconstruction surgery through a bone from the anterior iliac crest in region 12. (B) Panoramic radiography indicates a vertical bone deficit in region 12. (C) ...

Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms (IAs) has evolved considerably over the past decades. The technological advances have been driven by the experience that coils fail to completely ...

Obstetric fistula prevalent in Zim Zim records 52% decline in maternal deaths ‘Obstetric fistula prevalent in rural areas’ Septuagenarian recalls 4 decades of living with obstetric fistula ...

However, the area favored for storm formation also expands eastward, farther away from the U.S., into parts of the Atlantic waters near and east of the Lesser Antilles, as well as into the eastern ...