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View Article and Find Full Text PDFA collision tumour of the kidney is a very rare condition defined by two immediately adjacent but histologically distinct neoplasms that coexist within one organ without histological admixture. We present a collision tumour in a transplant kidney treated with open partial nephrectomy. This case also highlights key surgical principles the enhanced risk of oncogenesis in transplant recipients, and some key principles for surgical resection of a tumour in a transplant kidney.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To quantify and examine the causes of delays in the diagnosis and initial treatment of patients with bladder cancer in Western Australia.
Subjects And Methods: All attendances at a one-stop haematuria clinic at a public tertiary-level hospital in Western Australia between May 2008 and April 2014 were reviewed retrospectively. All patients diagnosed with a bladder tumour over this period were identified.
We report the case of a man with idiopathic lymphocytic orchitis (LO) manifested by undifferentiated testicular pain and atrophy. Conventional investigation results were unremarkable. Oral ciprofloxacin only improved the pain temporarily.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFParastomal hernia is a common complication of ileal conduit formation. Mesh repair of parastomal hernia has lower rate of recurrence than nonmesh techniques but can be time-consuming to perform. The stapled mesh stoma reinforcement technique (SMART) is a novel method of rapidly constructing a reinforced stapled stoma.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To review the literature and make practical recommendations regarding the conservative management of renal trauma.
Patients And Methods: Relevant articles and guidelines published between 1980 and 2014 were reviewed. Graded recommendations were constructed by a multi-disciplinary panel consisting of urologists, radiologists, and infectious disease physicians.
Background And Purpose: There is emerging evidence that coronary catheterization can cause cerebrovascular embolization. We aimed to assess the proportion of cardiac patients with retinal emboli before coronary catheterization and the proportion with newly developed retinal embolism shortly after coronary catheterization.
Methods: Ninety-seven patients attending Westmead Hospital for coronary catheterization between December 2005 and February 2006 were recruited.
Introduction: The coronary arteries can be damaged during epicardial radiofrequency ablation (RFA) procedures. We hypothesized that intracoronary irrigation with chilled saline may be a useful technique for minimizing heat-induced damage to the coronary artery endothelium during this procedure.
Methods And Results: Twenty-nine ablation procedures were performed on 17 freshly excised ovine hearts.