ABSTRACT
Clinical feature and treatment of renal injury during our 6 year experience with 29 patients were presented. The result was as follow: 1. About four times as many men as women sustained this injury and about two thirds (65.5%) of these occurred between the age of 11-40. 2. The most common cause of renal injury was traffic accident and the next were labor accident and kick and blow. 3. Associated injuries were occurred in 5 patients. 4. Renal wounds were classified as contusions (9 patients), mild ruptures (5 patients), moderate ruptures (5 patients), severe ruptures (6 patients) and lacerations (4 patients). 5.Conserative management was for most of the contusion and rupture, and nephrectomy for laceration as the principals. Operations were performed in 11 patients; nephrectomy in 9 patients, repair of renal capsule in 1 and exploration alone in 1.
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Female , Humans , Male , Accidents, Traffic , Contusions , Lacerations , Nephrectomy , Rupture , Wounds and InjuriesABSTRACT
A case of female epispadias, which was observed in a 22-year old female having suffered from urinary incontinence since birth, is presented. Urethral construction resulted in complete urinary continence. The literature is reviewed briefly.
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Female , Humans , Young Adult , Epispadias , Parturition , Urinary IncontinenceABSTRACT
Clinical observation was made on 18 cases of total cystectomy who had been admitted to the Department of Urology, Chonnam University Medical School from November 1966 to August 1976. The results were as follows: 1. The age of the patients ranged from 27 to 67 years, most common in sixth decade. Male patients were more common than female ones. 2. The underlying diseases for total cystectomy were bladder tumors in 15 cases, urethral carcinoma in 1, prostatic carcinoma in 1 and prostatic sarcoma in 1. 3. The methods of urinary diversion and remodeling of the urinary tract were ileal conduit in 9 cases, cutaneous ureterostomy in 2, cutaneous transureteroureterostomy in 1, rectal bladder in 3, ureterosigmoidourethrostomy in 2 and ureteroileourethrostomy in 1. 4. Complication was followed immediately as hematoma in cystectomized site, pulmonary edema, severe metabolic acidosis, mechanical ileus, prolonged paralytic ileus, wound disruption, conduit bleeding, stricture of ureteroileal anastomosis site and uncontrolled hiccup and later as incisional hernia, ileal invaginstion and stomal stricture, in 10 cases. 5. There were two operative death (11%) 3 and 4 days postoperatively, respectively.
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Female , Humans , Male , Acidosis , Constriction, Pathologic , Cystectomy , Hematoma , Hemorrhage , Hernia , Hiccup , Ileus , Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction , Pulmonary Edema , Sarcoma , Schools, Medical , Ureterostomy , Urinary Bladder , Urinary Bladder Neoplasms , Urinary Diversion , Urinary Tract , Urology , Wounds and InjuriesABSTRACT
Retroperitoneal teratoma is a rare condition and less than 100 cases have been reported since Morgagni's first description in 1761. A 5 year-old girl with retroperitoneal teratoma is described. The literature is reviewed briefly.
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Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , TeratomaABSTRACT
Liposarcoma of the perivesical region is extremely rare and a few cases have been reported in the literature. A case of liposarcoma of the anterovesical region with involvement of the prostate occurred in a 7-year-old child was Presented. The literatures were briefly reviewed.