Cholangitis after endoscopic sphincterotomy in patients with stricture of the biliary duct

Five patients with stricture of the common hepatic bile duct underwent endoscopic treatment without relief from cholangitis or successful stricture dilation. A Roux-en-Y hepaticojejunostomy was performed upon four patients who are now symptom-free. Endoscopic sphincterotomy leads to bactobilia and increases the risk of cholangitis, particularly in patients with residual obstruction of the bile duct. Although endoscopic treatment may have a role in patients at high risk, there is uncertainty about the long term results and the risk of progressive liver damage. In the majority of patients, the results of operation for benign stricture of the bile duct are such that operative repair is the treatment of choice.     

A technique for removal of difficult stones of the common duct using the choledochoscope and biliary Fogarty catheter

In our experience with several difficult instances, stones have been successfully retrieved where traditional methods had failed. The importance of this technique lies not only in less perioperative morbidity and frustration than when blind instrumentation is used, but also obviates the need for duodenotomy and sphincteroplasty.     

Imaging in appendicitis: a review with special emphasis on the treatment of women

OBJECTIVE: Acute abdominal pain in women often presents the clinician with a diagnostic dilemma, especially if it is lower abdominal pain. Appendicitis is frequently entertained as a diagnosis, but until recently, the gold standard diagnostic procedure was operation, carrying a high false-negative rate. In recent years, computed tomographic (CT) scan has been advocated as a diagnostic aid. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the accuracy of CT scan in diagnosing appendicitis. DATA SOURCES: Investigators searched PubMed between January and July 2003 using the terms "CT scan" and "appendicitis" with the limits "All adults 19+ years" and "English [language]." In addition, reference lists of all obtained articles were reviewed for other potential citations. METHODS OF STUDY SELECTION: All prospective studies of adults published in English were considered. TABULATION, INTEGRATION, AND RESULTS: Initial searches and reviews yielded 248 citations. Twenty-three of the citations reported prospective studies; only two of these were randomized studies. Prospective studies report sensitivities ranging from 77% to 100%, specificities ranging from 83% to 100%, and accuracies ranging from 88% to 98% for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Information gained from CT scans in patients with suspected appendicitis results in alternative diagnosis in 6% to 36%. These values are similar for both men and women. CONCLUSION: The data support routine use of CT scan in both men and women for the diagnosis of appendicitis.     

Clinical characteristics,pathological reevaluation,surgical management and adjuvant therapy of patients with endometrial stromal tumors

Purpose

To review a single-center experience over a 27-year period in the management of endometrial stromal sarcoma (ESS) and undifferentiated endometrial sarcoma (UES) for insight into clinical characteristics, pathological diagnosis, surgical practice, adjuvant therapy and clinical outcome.

Materials and methods

This was a retrospective study of women with histologically proven ESS and UES who were treated at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tuebingen, Germany, between 1983 and 2010. Available tumor tissue, as well as inpatient and ambulatory records were reviewed; follow-up and survival data were ascertained.

Results

The study sample comprised ten patients with ESS and seven patients with UES. Primary surgical treatment consisted of total hysterectomy in nine patients (90.0 %) with ESS and six patients (85.7 %) with UES; one patient (10.0 %) with ESS and one patient (14.3 %) with UES underwent debulking surgery. All patients (100 %) from the ESS group and six patients (85.7 %) from the UES group underwent bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Seven women (70.0 %) with ESS and six women (85.7 %) with UES underwent lymphadenectomy. Median DFS was 83.8 months (95 % CI 80.6–87.0) and median OS was 232.6 (95 % CI 49.3–415.9) for patients with ESS; median DFS was 12.9 months (95 % CI 0–284.1) and median OS was 17.6 (95 % CI 0–37.0) for patients with UES. There was no significant difference in DFS between patients with ESS as compared with patients with UES. However, patients with ESS had a significantly better OS when compared to patients with UES (p = 0.011).

Conclusion

ESS and UES are very rare uterine neoplasms. Surgery consisting of total hysterectomy with or without bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is the most important treatment-element in patients with ESS or UES.     

Conservative surgical management of placenta percreta: two cases with an emphasis on tubal patency

A 32-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, was hospitalized in the 31st week of gestation with a diagnosis of preterm labor. Ritodrine tocolysis failed to control uterine contractions, and an emergency cesarean section was performed for a decelerative fetal heart rate tracing. After the infant was delivered, ligation of the bilateral uterine arteries and their anastomoses with the ovarian arteries was performed. A 4×6-cm ellipsoid area of the anterior uterine corpus with placenta percreta was excised. Unilateral tubal occlusion was noted on hysterosalpingography 3 months after surgery, but the patient refused further interventions. The second case we present is that of a 28-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 2, who had her third cesarean delivery at the 38th week of gestation because of bleeding from placenta previa. We performed a repeat laparotomy for decreasing hemoglobin levels and drained 1,600 ml of blood from the abdomen. The bilateral uterine arteries and their anastomoses with ovarian arteries were ligated. Retained placental fragments were removed, and the bleeding areas were sutured. Despite resuturing of the vertical incision, uterine bleeding and hypotonia were observed, and transuterine sutures were inserted. Unilateral left tubal occlusion was observed on hysterosalpingography 3 months after surgery, and hysteroscopic balloon tuboplasty and laparoscopic tubal adhesiolysis were performed.     

Studies on surface tension of amniotic fluid with special emphasis on evaluating fetal lung maturity

In order to establish a simple and rapid test for the determination of fetal lung maturity, surface tension (ST) of lipid extracts prepared from amniotic fluid samples obtained from 54 women was measured by Wilhelmy's method. The patterns of ST were classified into three types. Type I: ST of 45 dyne/cm or more at 200 microliters of extract and 36 dyne/cm or more at 350 microliters. Type II: ST of 45 dyne/cm or more at 200 microliters and less than 36 dyne/cm at 350 microliters. Type III: ST less than 45 dyne/cm at 200 microliters. L/S ratio was 2 or more (greater than or equal to 2) in 7 of 23 cases (30.4%) with Type I patterns, 2 of 6 cases (33.3%) with Type II patterns, and 24 of 25 cases (96.0%) with Type III patterns. ST of mature amniotic fluid centrifuged for 10 min. at 5,000 X g and 10,000 X g was higher than ST of mature amniotic fluid centrifuged at 450 X g and 1,000 X g, but ST of immature amniotic fluid showed no significant difference in ST at different centrifugal forces. Contamination with meconium and blood was found to lower ST of immature amniotic fluid remarkably. ST of amniotic fluid lipid extract appeared to be a simple, rapid and reliable method for the assessment of fetal lung maturity.     

Diagnostic problems on frozen section examination of myometrial invasion in patients with endometrial carcinoma with special emphasis on the pitfalls of deep adenomyosis with carcinomatous involvement

Frozen-section and paraffin section diagnoses were compared in 55 patients with Stage I endometrial adenocarcinoma. In 44 patients (80%), a corresponding depth of myometrial invasion and in 54 (98%) patients the same tumor grade were found. Regarding the depth of myometrial invasion and histologic grade, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values were 70%, 86%, 73%, 83% and 92%, 100%, 100%, 94%, respectively. Concerning myometrial invasion 9% false-positivity and 10% false-negativity rates were noted. The histopathologic characteristics of false-positive and false-negative patients are emphasized because carcinomatous involvement of deeply situated adenomyosis and advanced grade tumors are the main diagnostic pitfalls. It is important for pathologists to be able to identify carcinomatous involvement of adenomyosis and adjacent foci of minimal myometrial invasion during frozen-section examination which can prevent aggressive surgery.     

Metastatic ovarian carcinoma one year after surgical removal of colon carcinoma during pregnancy: a case report

Abstract.   Gurbuz A, Kir G, Karateke A, Haliloglu B, Kabaca C. Metastatic ovarian carcinoma one year after surgical removal of colon carcinoma during pregnancy: a case report. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006; 16(Suppl. 1): 330–333.
Colorectal carcinoma during pregnancy is a very rare event. We presented a woman with metachronous metastatic ovarian tumor existing 1 year after surgical removal of perforated sigmoid colon carcinoma encountered during cesarean section of woman of 36-week gestation for fetal distress. Pregnant women with suspicious abdominal mass should be evaluated for a possible colorectal carcinoma even in the absence of any other gastrointestinal symptoms associated with it and undergo rectal examination and sigmoidoscopy. In addition, as synchronous and metachronous ovarian metastases are common in these patients, ovaries must be evaluated carefully by bisection during operation for possible metastasis, and in women who do not have a desire for fertility, prophylactic oophorectomy seems an appropriate treatment modality for resecting synchronous metastasis and preventing future metastasis.     

卵巢粘液性囊腺瘤患者不同手术治疗预后的对比研究

目的 :对比卵巢粘液性囊腺瘤 (囊瘤 )患者不同手术方法治疗的预后。方法 :回顾分析 81例卵巢粘液性囊腺瘤患者手术治疗后的随访情况 ,分析比较囊瘤切除和子宫附件切除术后及采用腹腔镜手术和剖腹手术后的复发率 ,也比较两种切除术中肿瘤破裂与否的癌变率和复发率。结果 :81例患者平均 4 2岁 (16～ 6 7岁 ) ,均随诊 2年以上 ,平均随诊时间 4 9个月 (2 4～ 12 0个月 )。癌变率为 1.2 % ,复发率为 8.6 %。囊瘤切除术 37例中 ,腹腔镜手术和剖腹手术途径的复发率分别为 16 .7%和 12 .5 % ,差异无显著性 ;切除术中肿瘤破裂与否的复发率分别为 16 .7%和 14 .3% ,差异亦无显著性 (P >0 .0 5 )。结论 :卵巢粘液性囊腺瘤切除术后的复发率显著高于子宫附件切除术。腹腔镜手术和剖腹术两种途径以及手术中囊腺瘤破裂与否对患者预后无显著影响