No abstract available.
Maxillary Sinus* ; Maxillary Sinusitis*

No abstract available.
Bronchiectasis* ; Bronchography*

On the 59 cases of staghorn calculi treated at our institution with either ESWL monotherapy or initial percutaneous nephrolithotomy followed by ESWL between July 1987 and June 1988, 50 cases(22 complete and 28 partial staghorns) have adequate follow up. Using a retrospective cohort design, patients were matched for age, sex, stone size, stone complexity, renal function, urinary tract infection and urinary tract obstruction. Twenty five pairs of combination therapy and ESWL monotherapy patients with complete data were matched. The groups were not significantly different in the matching parameters. A significantly higher stone free rate follows combination therapy versus ESWL monotherapy for complete staghorns(25% vs. 0% in the case of 1 time ESWL treatment : 76% vs. 40% at 3 months follow up visit but the difference is slight for partial staghorns(54% vs. 47% in the case of 1 time ESWL treatment ; 85% vs. 73% at 3 months follow up visit). Both have similar length of hospital stay for complete staghorns(15 days vs. 14 days), but a significantly longer hospital stay follows combination therapy for partial staghorns(13 days vs. 6 days). The morbidity of the combination approach is not greater than that of ESWL monotherapy(40% vs. 36%), where as the need for axillary procedures is significantly lower in this group(16% vs. 36%). Our results indicate that virtually all staghorn calculi are best treated with initial percutaneous nephrolithotomy followed by ESWL. This approach allows for chemolysis and secondary procedures. But small volume partial staghorns in nondilated systems may be considered for ESWL monotherapy with ureteral stenting.
Calculi* ; Cohort Studies ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Length of Stay ; Lithotripsy* ; Nephrostomy, Percutaneous* ; Retrospective Studies ; Shock* ; Stents ; Ureter ; Urinary Tract ; Urinary Tract Infections

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Rhinoplasty*

No abstract available.
Osteosarcoma* ; Sphenoid Bone*

No abstract available.
Drainage* ; Humans ; Hydrocephalus*

No abstract available.
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated* ; Humans

We experienced a case of aldosterone and cortisol secreting adrenal adenoma associated with pregnancy in a 23 year old female patient.The patient complained of severe thoraco-lumbar pain, weight gain, sweating, anxiety, and mild abdominal discomfort. On physical findings, hypertension, tachycardia, facial plethora, moon face, buffalo hump and truncal obesity were found.
Adenoma ; Aldosterone ; Anxiety ; Buffaloes ; Female ; Humans ; Hydrocortisone ; Hypertension ; Moon ; Obesity ; Pregnancy ; Sweat ; Sweating ; Tachycardia ; Weight Gain

A new antireflux surgical technique was introduced by Gil Vernet in 1984, which is simple and rapidly accomplished without mobilization of the distal ureter. The technique involves a single stitch that implicates the trigone, effectively lengthening the intramural segment of terminal ureter, which is particularly effective in patients with megatrigone. We applied this new technique in 2 children with vesicoureteral reflux, of whom one had unilateral grade III reflux and the other bilateral grade II and grade IV reflux. Vesicoureteral reflux and urinary tract infection were lost at follow up voiding cystourethrogram and urinalysis 4 months after operation. We think that this new technique is excellent method in surgical treatment of vesicoureteral reflux.
Child ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Ureter ; Urinalysis ; Urinary Tract Infections ; Vesico-Ureteral Reflux

No abstract available.
Humans ; Stomach Neoplasms* ; Stomach*