[Neuralgia of the pudendal nerve following violent trauma: analgesia by pudendal neuromodulation].

Pudendal neuralgia is a neuropathic disease which is predominantly caused by pelvic trauma with pressure or stretching strain of the pudendal nerve. The Nantes criteria are used for the differential diagnostics of this disease and therapy includes pressure-relieving and analgesic measures using laparoscopic or open decompression procedures. This article reports the case of a female patient who developed pudendal neuralgia following violent trauma to the pelvic and urogenital regions.

Appendiceal carcinoid tumor with lymph node metastasis in a child: case report and review of the literature.

Most appendiceal carcinoids (ACs) in children present without lymph node metastasis. Lymph node metastasis is rarely present when primary tumor diameter exceeds 1 cm. We present the extraordinary case of an AC with a primary tumor diameter of 0.

[Double tracheo-oesophageal fistula, oesophageal atresia, and tracheal stenosis--an exceptional tracheoscopic view].

This report highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges which occurred in a newborn with oesophageal atresia of the type Vogt III c in association with a tubular supracarinal tracheal stenosis.

[Duodeno-ileal fistula development due to retroperitoneal lymph node metastases of sigmoid carcinoma].

We report on a 75-year-old patient suffering from persistent diarrhea with consecutive weight loss of 50 kg over a nine month period. Three years ago the patient had been operated on a sigmoid cancer. Ultrasonography and CT-scan revealed retroperitoneal masses due to lymph node metastases.

Is there a place for external fixation in humeral shaft fractures?

There is a good indication for unilateral axial dynamic external fixation in fractures of the humeral shaft when the fracture appears in the distal third or in cases of bilateral fractures. A non-union or a posttraumatic paralysis of the radial nerve may be indications for external fixation as well as fractures associated with multiple injuries. Further indications include osteitis, infected non-union and comminuted fracture.

CTF-guided puncture of an unenhanced isodense liver lesion during continuous intravenous injection of contrast medium.

CT fluoroscopy (CTF) facilitates guidance of percutaneous biopsies and other interventional procedures. We wished to demonstrate the usefulness of CTF for the puncture of an unenhanced isodense liver lesion during continuous injection of intravenous contrast medium. We performed CTF-guided puncture of a 2-cm lesion in the liver of a patient suffering from lung cancer.

[Pertrochanteric femoral fracture in elderly patients--injury pattern and management with gamma nailing].

A group of 128 elderly patients (> 75 years) suffering from peritrochanteric fractures of the femur were treated by the gamma nailing procedure. Results were 81% very good to good and 7% fair. The lethality rate was 8% for the first 4 months.