Revista medico-chirurgicală̆ a Societă̆ţ̜ii de Medici ş̧i Naturaliş̧ti din Iaş̧i
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We present the ultrasonographic diagnosis at the 19th gestational week in a case of Prune-belly syndrome which consists in abdominal wall distension with deficiency of the abdominal wall musculature, urinary tract abnormalities (specially mega bladder), and in males, cryptorchidism. The pathologic examination found the patient devoid of striated muscles anterior abdominal wall, hypertrophy of the urinary bladder, and urethral atresia. The Prune-belly is accessible to antenatal diagnosis and the variable prognosis does not always justify abortion.
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Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi · Apr 2005
[Mortality in a district hospital--an indicator for efficiency].
The paper presents mortality in surgical units of a second referral hospital from Galati. During 2003 year there have been recorded 190 deaths, most of them being reported by neurosurgery department (132). ⋯ The surgical procedure with the highest number of deaths has been craniotomy (133). The death risk during operation was very low for most of surgical procedures, medium in the first 24 hours and high after 48 hours.
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Rev Med Chir Soc Med Nat Iasi · Apr 2005
[Clinical aspects of cardiac stab wounds: report of 20 cases].
Penetrating cardiac wounds are the most dramatic injuries which need a rapid diagnosis and surgical intervention. This clinical pathology has a high increasing incidence in the whole world. We aimed to present our personal experience in such cases. ⋯ The postoperative complication was pneumonia in 2 cases. In the present study, the survival rate was significantly high (80%). In conclusion, these promising results suggest that a wound with a severe prognosis may be turned into a relative trauma, harmless for the patients who will survive until surgical admission.