Prostheto-ureteral fistula: a rare complication after aortic graft surgery.

Prostheto-ureteral fistula after aortic graft surgery is a potentially life-threatening, rare pathology. We report the successful treatment of a prostheto-ureteral fistula that caused hematuria with hemorrhagic shock in two patients by explantation of aortic prosthetic grafts and implantation of a silver-bonded prosthetic graft (Intergard S, Intervascular). These cases show that this surgical procedure is effective, and that straightforward diagnostic procedures are necessary to initiate correct therapeutic approach without delay.

Reduced neorectal capacitance is a more important factor for impaired defecatory function after rectal resection than the anal sphincter pressure.

Objective: The role of the diverse anorectal diagnostic tools like manometry and determination of the preception threshold and the maximal tolerable volume is still a matter of debate. Currently, there is a scarcity of physiological data in the long-term follow-up of patients who underwent sphincter-preserving rectal resection. The aim of this study was therefore to perform these anorectal physiological measurements and to correlate the determined parameters with a faecal incontinence score.

[Intraarterial thrombolysis in acute limb ischaemia: alternative treatment and basic principles of further interventions].

Introduction: Intraarterial thrombolysis of acute arterial occlusions in the lower limbs is an established therapeutic procedure. However, its value as a primary treatment is discussed controversially and it is mostly seen as a competing procedure to primary vascular surgical interventions.

Methods: From January 2001 to December 2004, we performed a total of 132 intraarterial thrombolysis procedures in 112 patients with acute or subacute ischaemia of the lower limbs.