An Unusual Case of Retained DJ Stent

Double J stents are an integral part of urological practice today. Ureteral stenting is done as an adjunct to ureteral surgery and for managing ureteral obstruction. Every urological surgery doesn't require DJ stenting and their use must be strictly restricted to selected cases. Retension is a common complication of ureteral stents and is mostly due to encrustations on a forgotten DJ stent. Here we report a case of retained DJ stent which was placed during open nephrolithotomy. It was neither forgotten nor encrusted, but was embedded in the renal parenchyma. As per our knowledge this is the first case of its kind to be reported in medical literature.

Rectal Foreign Bodies:A Retrospective Study

Reported incidence of rectal foreign bodies is rather rare with only isolated published case reports or case series. Controlled studies of patients with rectal foreign bodies have not been conducted. The approach to the management of these patients has not changed in the last 10-20 years

Effectiveness Of Direct Sinus LiftWith Simultaneous Implant Placement And Bone Grafting.

Background & Objective: The present study was conducted with the aim to clinically and radiographically evaluate the efficacy and efficiency of the direct sinus lift with simultaneous implant placement and bone grafting, and to evaluate bone height with the merits and demerits of lateral approach for sinus membrane elevation. Methodology: This randomized prospective study consisted of 10 patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The patients were selected irrespective of the age, sex & socioeconomic status, with the residual alveolar bone height between 1 to 4 mm in the edentulous posterior maxillary region. Direct sinus lift was carried out with simultaneous implant placement. Bovine graft (xenograft) was used as a sole grafting material. Patients were followed up for 36 months of prosthetic rehabilitation. Results: Pre-operative alveolar bone height was on an average 2.9 mm (ranging from 1 to 4 mm) with the standard deviation of 0.67 mm. After 36 months of loading, there wasn’t any clinical or radiographical complication. On an average 13 mm bone height was evident (ranging from 11.5 to 14 mm) with the standard deviation of 0.81 mm. Conclusion: Direct sinus lift is an excellent technique for the rehabilitation in the cases with severely atrophic posterior maxilla.

Adenocarcinoma of sweat gland: case report and review of literature.

Sweat gland carcinoma is a rare malignant tumour, first described in 1865, with approximately 220 cases reported in last 30 years. Lower limbs are the most common site of involvement, followed by the upper extremities, and the head. Trunk is rarely involved. Five histological types have been described, most common being porocarcinomas followed by ductal carcinomas, adenoid cystic carcinomas, syringomatous carcinomas and mucinous carcinomas. These are aggressive tumours with potential for distant metastasis. Wide surgical excision is the treatment of choice and the overall prognosis is poor. Here we report another case of sweat gland adenocarcinoma with no evidence of metastasis