Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics
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Surg Gynecol Obstet · Mar 1988
Total pelvic exenteration as a therapeutic option in advanced malignant disease of the pelvis.
Between 1966 and 1986, 99 patients underwent total pelvic exenteration at the Ellis Fischel State Cancer Center. Fifty-eight per cent of these were done for recurrence of carcinoma of the cervix uteri after radiation. The second most common type of malignant condition treated with total pelvic exenteration was localized advanced adenocarcinoma of the rectum. ⋯ Between 1976 and 1981, one out of 14 patients undergoing total pelvic exenteration for locally advanced recurrent carcinoma of the cervix uteri died prior to discharge. Eight of 13 of the patients who survived that operation lived for five years. Total pelvic exenteration should be strongly considered in selected patients with locally advanced malignant lesions of the pelvis.
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The use of Leroy-Rainey clips is rapid and effective in controlling extensively bleeding wounds of the scalp. They are a valuable aid in assessment and stabilization of patients with trauma.
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Peritoneal lavages performed in 161 patients who had sustained blunt (93 per cent) and penetrating (7 per cent) trauma were prospectively studied in order to assess our indications and technique, as well as to document the accuracy and complication rate in the hands of an Advanced Trauma Life Support trained resident staff. The most common indication for the performance of a lavage was blunt trauma to the abdomen associated with an altered mental status due to injury to the head or substance abuse. The semiopen technique was used 91.0 per cent of the time with a complication rate of 0.6 per cent. ⋯ Computerized tomographic scanning may be more useful than peritoneal lavage in the evaluation of patients with pelvic fractures or other retroperitoneal injuries which often result in false-positive lavage. Peritoneal lavage is often an inaccurate indicator of isolated intestine and diaphragmatic or retroperitoneal injury. Given its simplicity, low complication rate and accuracy, peritoneal lavage can be safely performed by surgeons in training to evaluate the victim of trauma.
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Fifty consecutive outpatients with bleeding internal hemorrhoids were prospectively treated with a single application of rubber band ligation or infrared coagulation. Complete follow-up observation was obtained in 48 patients (23 underwent rubber band ligation and 25 underwent infrared coagulation). At one month after treatment, 22 patients who underwent rubber band ligation and 16 who underwent infrared coagulation, were symptomatically improved (p less than 0.05). ⋯ There was no statistical difference in the discomfort experienced by either group during or after the procedure as determined by a self-assessment scale. Two patients who underwent rubber band ligation experienced complications--a thrombosed external hemorrhoid developed in one patient and another had delayed rectal bleeding. Although associated with occasional complications after treatment, rubber band ligation is more effective than in infrared coagulation for single session treatment of bleeding internal hemorrhoids.