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Objectives: To determine the mode of presentation and commonest surgical procedures done for adult choledochal disease in a tertiary care hospital
Methodology: A retrospective review conducted in Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar, from January 1995 to January 2005 with one year of follow up. All patients above 13 years of age with choledochal cyst were considered for the study. Mode of clinical presentation and commonest surgical procedures were recorded
Results: Of the total 23 patients collected, 08 [34.78%] were males and 15 [65.22%] were females. Regarding mode of clinical presentation, pain right hypochondrium with raised serum bilirubin and ALT levels was found in 21.73% of patients. Complete cyst excision was possible in 69.56% of the patients. Complete cyst excision followed by Roux-en-Y common hepatico-jejunostomy was performed in 30.43% and common hepatico-dudenostomy in 26.08%
Conclusion: The most common mode of clinical presentation of choledochal cyst was pain right hypochondrium with raised serum bilirubin and ALT levels. The commonest surgical procedure was complete cyst excision with Roux-en-Y common hepatico-jejunostomy
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To know the etiology, complications and outcome of surgical management of fracture penis. This descriptive study carried out in the surgical departments of Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar from April 2000 to March 2005. Patients with the clinical diagnosis of fracture penis were admitted and operated. All patients except those with haematuria were catheterized. Most of these patients were explored via a circumcoronal incision and the defect in the tunica of corpus cavernosum repaired with 3/0-vicryl suture. No drain was used and a light compression dressing was done in all patients. Catheter was removed on the second postoperative day. Follow up was arranged at 6 and 24 months of operation. During the study period 51 patients were operated for fracture penis. Mean age at presentation was 32 years. The commonest cause of fracture penis was manual fiddling with the organ to overcome an erection [39.2%]. The incidence of associated urethral injury was 1.96% [n=1/51]. The commonest mode of presentation was with a cracking sound, local pain and immediate detumescence [90%, 98% and 94% respectively]. Average hospital stay was 3.4 days. Immediate postoperative complication was urinary retention in 2 patients [3.92%]. Long-term complications were negligible. There was only one readmission at 6 months for urethral stricture that responded well to optical urethrotomy. The commonest cause of fracture penis is manual manipulation to overcome an erection. The best treatment option is immediate surgical repair