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Am J Case Rep
January 2025
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
BACKGROUND Perineal injuries affecting the scrotum and penis are rare in pediatric patients, owing to the protective anatomy of the male genitalia. However, when such injuries do occur, timely surgical intervention is crucial. This kind of damage might not be life-threatening but could cause functional disorders and have a huge impact on the patients' psychological condition if not treated appropriately, especially as they enter puberty.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Neurosurg Pediatr
January 2025
1Neurotology Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow; and.
Objective: The objective of this study was to discuss the characteristics of intracranial extension in patients with juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) and propose and an algorithm for its management.
Methods: A retrospective chart review of all patients with JNA who underwent operations between January 2013 and January 2023 was done, and those cases with intracranial extension categorized as stage IIIb, IVa, and IVb according to the Andrews modification of the Fisch staging classification were included in the study. Data were collected about age at presentation, symptoms, radiological findings, routes of intracranial extension, therapeutic management, and follow-up.
Med J Armed Forces India
December 2024
Classified Specialist (Surgery), 159 General Hospital, C/O 56 APO, India.
Background: Fracture penis is an uncommon urological emergency, which often results from sexual trauma. Diagnosis remains clinical, and early surgical management is advocated. However, the timing of the repair may have a bearing on the outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEur J Orthop Surg Traumatol
December 2024
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Purpose: Crush injuries result from the physical compression of muscles and may lead to crush syndrome. Early fluid resuscitation and surgical intervention is key. Few studies have reported the outcomes of crush injuries in the non-disaster setting.
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November 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, Hartford Hospital Hartford, CT USA.
Morel-Lavallee Lesion (MLL) is a rare diagnosis of a closed internal degloving injury that can occur with high energy trauma. The pain, soft tissue swelling, and ecchymosis that patients describe mimic many other emergent diagnoses to include compartment syndrome and fractures. The following case highlights the importance of the role of Emergency Medicine physicians using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to recognize and treat a potentially life-threatening injury.
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