Nonabsorbable sutures used during renal surgery represent a known substratum for stone growth. We hereby describe two cases of nephrolithiasis secondary to permanent suture material, originally placed during conservative renal surgical procedures and afterward migrated into the caliceal system, managed with endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery (ECIRS) with subsequent complete renal clearance. .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose:: Prostatourethrorectal fistula (PURF) is an uncommon complication resulting from surgery, radiation or trauma (1). The most common therapeutic management is transperineal surgery (1). Transabdominal approach is less used and limited to large fistulae needing cystectomy and rectal resection (1).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdrenal myelolipoma is a rare mesenchymal tumour with benign biological behaviour that is mainly composed of mature adipose and myeloid tissue. Both sexes are equally affected, most commonly between the fifth and seventh decades of life. The diagnosis of adrenal myelolipoma is mostly incidental.
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