Short- and long-term clinical and patient-reported outcomes following laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy using biological mesh for pelvic organ prolapse: a prospective cohort study of 224 consecutive patients.

Aim: Laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy (LVMR) is potentially a safe and effective operation to correct pelvic organ prolapse and to treat obstructive defaecation and solitary rectal ulcer syndrome. This study aimed to evaluate, in a prospective, consecutive cohort of patients, the long-term clinical outcomes following LVMR, patient-reported functional and quality of life outcomes, and urinary and sexual dysfunction.

Method: Data on 224 patients who underwent LVMR with Permacol™ biological mesh were collected prospectively from May 2008 to October 2016.

Psychological impact of male breast disorders: literature review and survey results.

Background: Referrals of men to breast assessment clinics are increasing. While most of the men will have benign disease, some of them will have breast cancer. Whichever pathology they have, men should be offered a service tailored to their needs, rather than being 'shoehorned' into a service designed to care for women.

Pneumomastia: a rare cause of breast swelling.

Background: Pneumomastia is air within the breast parenchyma. A number of causes have been reported for this condition. This case report describes a new cause and details of the management strategy applied, together with a review of the literature.

Splenic infarction due to septic emboli from bacterial endocarditis: A previously unreported cause of hyperamylasaemia.

We present what maybe the only case of splenic infarction causing hyperamylasaemia in a patient with bacterial endocarditis. A 49-year-old gentleman presented a 24 hour history of vomiting, abdominal pain and fever. Clinical examination showed diffuse upper abdominal tenderness, a mild tachycardia and a low grade pyrexia.