There are frequent citations in the literature stating that lesions of the tendinous cords cause functional disorders of the heart valves. This led us to conduct the present investigation on the anatomy of the tendinous cords. Our objective was to focus on the morphological characteristics of tendinous cords that are inserted directly into the interventricular septum, such as their frequency, number, dimensions and This study was conducted on 50 hearts from adults of both sexes that had been fixed in 10% formaldehyde.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the factors that may influence the effectiveness of 0.2% betamethasone/hyaluronidase cream in the treatment of phimosis.
Methods: We treated 427 patients (3-10 years old, mean 6.
Purpose: The authors present here 5 cases of continent urinary diversion in rhabdomyosarcoma applying a recently described technique for the Mitrofanoff Principle devised by the authors.
Methods: Two previously irradiated rhabdomyosarcoma patients presenting with residual bladder disease and massive sensitive urinary urgency underwent a transverse colonic reservoir with catheterizable stoma. Two other patients presenting with a Bricker conduit underwent conversion into an ileal reservoir.