Transanal endoscopic repair of rectal perforation with hemoclips.

A 74-year-old male patient had a full-thickness laceration of the mid-rectum during transurethral urologic surgery. The perforation site was 8-cm above the dentate line and 15 x 6 mm in size. Transanal direct access to the injury site was difficult and endoscopic repair with hemoclips was performed without any further intervention.

Relationship between retinopathy and cirrhosis.

Aim: To evaluate ophthalmic disorders with special attention to retinopathy in cirrhotic patients. Vitamin A deficiency-related ophthalmopathy, xerophthalmia, and color blindness may be documented in cirrhosis due to various etiologies. Retinopathy is an obscure feature of cirrhosis.

Intraradicular lumbar disc herniation: report of two cases and review of the literature.

Intraradicular lumbar disc herniation is very rare. The exact mechanism of the dural tear by a herniated disc is not known. Diagnosis of intraradicular lumbar disc herniation is difficult, so that it is rarely suspected preoperatively.

Comparison of cefotaxime and ofloxacin in treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

Background/aims: Gold-standard treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis currently involves 3rd generation cephalosporins. To evaluate the efficacy of ofloxacin in this infection, we compared a combined therapy with intravenous and oral ofloxacin to intravenous cefotaxime.

Methods: Thirty cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis were assigned to receive either intravenous (1 g/12 h) cefotaxime for 7 days (n=17) or intravenous (200 mg/12 h) ofloxacin for 2 days followed by oral (200 mg/12 h) ofloxacin for 5 days (n=13).

Is prolapse gastropathy a cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding?

Background/aims: Prolapse gastropathy is a clinical syndrome involving the invagination of a part of the gastric mucosa into the lower esophagus resulting in well demarcated hemorrhagic mucosa and sometimes bleeding. The importance of this syndrome is that it has been reported as a cause of hematemesis. As this syndrome is considered to be seen in patients with retching and vomiting and to be one of the causes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, this study was undertaken to evaluate its frequency and importance in our patients.

Colonoscopy without sedation.

Background/aims: In Turkey, colonoscopy is a procedure generally performed with intravenous sedation and analgesia. Most of the complications of colonoscopy are related to sedation. The aims of this study were to determine the percentage of patients who could successfully undergo nonsedated colonoscopy without sedation and to assess patient tolerance and acceptance.