Outcomes of percutaneous cholecystostomy and predictors of eventual cholecystectomy.

Background: Percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) is an established treatment for high surgical risk patients with acute cholecystitis. This paper studies factors predictive of mortality and eventual cholecystectomy.

Methods: A retrospective review of all patients who underwent PC from March 2005 to March 2015 was performed.

Pyogenic Liver Abscess: Does Escherichia Coli Cause more Adverse Outcomes than Klebsiella Pneumoniae?

Background: This paper aims to demonstrate if Escherichia coli pyogenic liver abscess (ECPLA) results in adverse outcomes compared to Klebsiella pneumoniae PLA (KPPLA).

Methods: A retrospective review of all patients admitted at a tertiary hospital in Singapore from 2003 to 2011 was performed. Patients with age <18 years, amoebic liver abscess, infected liver cyst, culture negative abscess or ruptured liver abscess requiring urgent surgical intervention were excluded.

Undescended testis: 513 patients' characteristics, age at orchidopexy and patterns of referral.

Objective: Undescended testis (UDT) affects 1-6% of males. Current recommendations are to correct maldescent by 1 year of age. We identify the population characteristics of children referred and managed for UDT, age at referral and orchidopexy, and patterns of referral.