High incidence of acute urinary retention associated with immediate catheter removal after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication.

Background: Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication, a common treatment for medically refractory gastroesophageal reflux disease, is associated with a high rate of postoperative urinary retention. This study explored the incidence of urinary retention and external factors.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed for inpatient records of patients who underwent laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication for the treatment of reflux disease from 1 December 2004 through 31 December 2008 at a community teaching medical center.

Surgical wound morbidity in an austere surgical environment.

Surgical wound morbidity was analyzed for a U.S. military field hospital deployed to the Republic of Haiti in support of Operation New Horizons 1998.

Heterotopic pancreatic tissue obstructing the gallbladder neck: a case report.

Context: Heterotopic pancreatic tissue is defined as pancreatic tissue outside the boundaries of the pancreas that has neither anatomic nor vascular continuity with the pancreas. Heterotopic pancreatic tissue in the gallbladder is uncommon and has rarely been reported to cause symptoms. We report a case of heterotopic pancreatic tissue obstructing the gallbladder neck resulting in cholecystitis.

Reduction of conscious sedation requirements by olfactory stimulation: a prospective randomized single-blinded trial.

Objectives: This study investigated the possibility that olfactory stimulation would decrease sedation needed for colonoscopy and therefore decrease the recovery time needed after conscious sedation.

Materials And Methods: Patients were randomized to receive a cherry-flavoredscent in oxygen flowing at a 4 L per minute rate via nasal cannula or oxygen alone. The scent was provided in a cherry-flavored oil.