Intravesical Explosion during Transurethral Resection of Prostate - a reminder.

Intravesical explosion during transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is an extremely rare but dreaded complication and results in rupture of the bladder. It is believed that intravesical explosion occurs due to formation of explosive gases in the bladder during TURP and its admixture with air. A case of intravesical explosion during TURP resulting in bladder rupture at our institution is described.

Urological complications of live related donor renal transplantation: 13 years' experience at a single center.

Background: This study is a retrospective analysis of urological complications and their treatment in our series of live-donor renal transplantation.

Material And Methods: The series comprised of 500 patients. All underwent extravesical ureteroneocystostomy and all except a few initial patients were stented.

Incidental inguinal hernias on laparoscopy.

Objective: Laparoscopic examination of the contralateral inguinal ring has been advocated to exclude contralateral hernia in young children. We used the size of the open internal ring and the depth of the patent processus vaginalis as a parameter to decide whether laparoscopic herniotomy was indicated.

Methods: Records of all laparoscopic procedures in children performed in a large tertiary care hospital over a 2.

Single scrotal incision orchiopexy for palpable undescended testis.

Objective: To prospectively evaluate the Bianchi single scrotal incision technique for orchiopexy in boys with palpable undescended testis.

Methods: A total of 35 orchiopexies were performed in 28 patients. The patent processus vaginalis was dissected and cut high without ligation, while in Bianchi's original procedure, the patent processus vaginalis is dissected up to the external inguinal canal, ligated high and divided.

Yunis-Varon syndrome.

Yunis-Varon syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive syndrome characterized by growth retardation, defective growth of the cranial bones along with complete or partial absence of the clavicles (cleidocranial dysplasia), characteristic facial features, and/or abnormalities of the fingers and/or toes.

Hydatid cyst of the renal pelvis.

Hydatid disease is fairly common and is prevalent worldwide. The principal organs involved are the liver and lungs. Kidney involvement also occurs but usually with involvement of other viscera.

Medical arthroscopy--emerging era of rheumatological intervention.

Objective: To evaluate the safety and diagnostic value of arthroscopy performed by a rheumatologist.

Methods: Decisions for performing arthroscopy were taken when detailed clinical history-and relevant rheumatological investigations failed to arrive at a definite diagnosis. Arthroscopies were performed under local anesthesia as a daycare procedure.

Isolated mediastinal lymphangioma herniating through the intercostal space.

Lymphangiomas are congenital malformations of the lymphatic system, and 90% have manifested by the end of the second year of life. While 75% of these are located in the cervical region, only 2% to 3% are associated with an intrathoracic extension. An isolated mediastinal lymphangioma without a cervical component is an uncommon occurrence.

Idiopathic granulomatous hepatitis.

A 12-year-old male child reported with history of fever for last seven years. Hepatosplenomegaly, hepatic and bone marrow granulomas were the main features. Idiopathic Granulomatous Hepatitis (IGH), a rare syndrome amenable to immunosuppressive therapy was diagnosed.

Intestinal lipoma: a rare cause of lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage.

Lower gastrointestinal bleeding from submucosal lipomas of the intestine is very rare. We report our experience with 3-patients presenting with lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage who were detected to have no cause other than intestinal lipomas. In two of these patients, the lipoma was in the small intestine and presented with chronic blood loss or recurrent episodes of bleeding.

"Amnion Bank"--the use of long term glycerol preserved amniotic membranes in the management of superficial and superficial partial thickness burns.

With about 2 million cases of burns in India of which about 90% are superficial and superficial partial thickness burns, burn injuries present a major challenge to the scarce medical resources available. The main requirement in treating these burns is an economical, easy to apply, readily available dressing that will provide good pain relief, protect the wound from infection, promote healing, prevent heat and fluid loss, be elastic and non-antigenic and adhere well to the wound. It was in the quest of such an ideal dressing that the Burn Centre of the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) New Delhi, India has been using human amniotic membranes preserved long term in 85% glycerol for treating these wounds.

Response of the FBX system to a carbon beam: its potential as a dosimeter in heavy particle radiotherapy.

The FBX aqueous chemical dosimeter contains 0.2 mol m(-3) ferrous ammonium sulphate, 5.0 mol m(-3) benzoic acid and 0.

HARTMANN'S PROCEDURE REVISITED.

Between July 1991 and June 1999 out of 176 patients undergoing colonic surgery (elective and emergency), Hartmann's procedure was performed in 63. There were 39 males and 24 females. Mean age was 43 years (range 12 to 81).

QUANTIFICATION OF EXERCISE TOLERANCE IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE AND ROLE OF ACE INHIBITORS.

A prospective randomised controlled trial with captopril/enalapril was carried out on 25 patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) of various aetiologies in NYHA Class II & III to study the effect of Ace inhibitors on exercise tolerance. The control group (Gp-A) comprising of 12 patients received conventional treatment (digitalis and diuretics) and the test group (Gp-B) with 13 patients were in addition given captopril/enalapril as tolerated. They were followed up for a mean period of 101.

Fine needle aspiration biopsy--a critical investigation in thyrotoxicosis.

Four hundred and fifty two patients having clinical features of thyrotoxicosis have been studied for their hormonal (T4, T3 and TSH) content, I131 uptake levels and FNAB at repeated intervals. Four hundred and twenty seven had presented with diffuse enlargement and rest 25 cases with nodular enlargements. Of the primary hyperthyroidism cases 342 (82.