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OBJECTIVE: The authors reported the preliminary results of levator ani muscle flap in the treatment of vesicovaginal fistula. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-six patients whose age varied between 13 and 18 years (mean: 30 years) are selected. All the patients are treated by the vaginal approach using the part of superficial rectal fibers of the levator ani muscle. RESULTS: Among the 26 patients, 14 are free after the first cure of vesicovaginal fistula (54%), and 4 patients (15%), after the treatment of some complications. CONCLUSION: The musculofascial levator ani flap with its vascular pedicle and its mobilisation can successfully close the vesicovaginal fistula. The preliminary results obtained (88%) tie up with that previously described in the literature.
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Muscle, Skeletal/transplantation , Surgical Flaps , Urinary Bladder Fistula/surgery , Vaginal Fistula/surgery , Adolescent , Adult , Anal Canal/surgery , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Treatment Outcome , Urinary Bladder Fistula/pathology , Vaginal Fistula/pathologyABSTRACT
We report a computer assisted three dimensional reconstruction technique using serial sections. This reconstruction was achieved by means of a common microcomputer. The organ analyzed in this study was the common European rabbit prostate.
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Image Processing, Computer-Assisted , Prostate/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Animals , Male , RabbitsABSTRACT
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) as primary treatment for large renal stones has been evaluated in this clinical study of 55 patients. Patients were treated using the Dornier HM-3 lithotripter. Twenty-one (38%) patients presented with a stone burden greater than 4 centimeters. Nineteen patients had "steinstrasse", of which 8 had to undergo a secondary procedure. Sixteen (29%) patients had no residual stone, 5 had clinically non significant stones and 34 had clinically significant stones. Out of the 15 patients who underwent a second ESWL, only 2 were rendered stone-free. In this study, ESWL was not found to be a satisfactory treatment for large renal stones.