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JAMA Intern Med
December 2023
Department of Cardiology, Buda Hospital of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, Budapest, Hungary.
Dis Colon Rectum
June 2023
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts.
Background: Selection for colorectal surgery residency relies on letters of recommendation for assessment of candidates' strengths and weaknesses. It is unclear whether this process incorporates implicit gender bias.
Objective: This study aimed to assess the presence of gender bias in letters of recommendation for colorectal surgery residency.
Cureus
August 2021
Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA.
Rectal-prostate fistulas are uncommon anatomical connections between the prostatic urethra and rectum that are typically iatrogenic but can also result from other underlying pathology. Here, we present a unique case of a rectal-prostate fistula causing the rectal passage of sperm. A 33-year-old male with a history of illicit drug use presented with five days of testicular pain and a substantial amount of sperm passage from his rectum with ejaculation for the past two years.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCan J Gastroenterol Hepatol
July 2017
Toronto Centre for Liver Diseases, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4.
A 49-year-old Brazilian male presented to the emergency department with a five-day history of abdominal pain, dark stools, and syncope. Physical examination did not reveal any melena on digital rectal examination and there were no stigmata of chronic liver disease. Laboratory results showed hemoglobin of 47 g/L, MCV of 80 fL, and ferritin of 6 ng/mL.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Colorectal Dis
March 2015
Clinique Chirurgicale C, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco,
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