Ureteroscopy Outcome and Its Determinants in a Resource-Limited Setting.

Background: Ureteroscopy is a major diagnostic and therapeutic technique for lesions of the ureter and intrarenal collecting system.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was done at St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia to determine the outcome of ureteroscopy and factors affecting it.

Appendiculo-ileal knot presenting at the third trimester of pregnancy.

Though appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen, the vermiform appendix as a cause of small bowel obstruction is a rarity. The inflamed appendix can cause obstruction by making a knot around the small bowel. There are only few case reports on Appendico-ileal knotting (AIK).