scholarly journals Long-Term Outcomes Following Surgical Management of Urethral Catheter Injuries in Men With Spinal Cord Injury

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-150
Author(s):  
Kirtishri Mishra ◽  
Rodrigo A. Campos ◽  
Laura Bukavina ◽  
Reynaldo G. Gómez

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes of surgical management of men with spina cord injury (SCI) with subsequent catheter damage to the urethra that prevents clean intermittent catheterization (CIC). Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of male SCI individuals on CIC with catheter-induced urethral injuries who had undergone an operative intervention in the last 30 years at our institution. The offered surgical managements were direct vision internal urethrotomy (DVIU) or urethroplasty (UP). Continent diversion (CDIV) was indicated when reconstruction was not possible. Results: A total of 43 male SCI patients were identified. Median age was 50 years (IQR 41 to 57), and follow-up was 69 months (IQR 34 to 125). Inability to perform CIC was due to urethral stricture (25), false passages (11), fistula (4), diverticulum (2), and urethral erosion (1) . Primary intervention techniques were DVIU, UP, and CDIV. Overall primary success, defined by the ability to return to continent CIC, was 25/43 (58%); secondary surgery (10 CDIV, 3 UP, 1 DVIU) rescued 14/18 failures for a final 91% success rate. Conclusion: Urethral injuries in men with SCI are complex, but individualized continued surgical management can be successful in up to 90% of patients. Therefore, reconstruction should be considered in this population to restore continent intermittent catheterization.

2004 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panuwat Lertsithichai ◽  
Ubolrat Roongreungsilp ◽  
Wachira Kochakarn ◽  
Krisada Ratana-Olarn

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark I. Tonack ◽  
Sander L. Hitzig ◽  
B. Catharine Craven ◽  
Kent A. Campbell ◽  
Kathryn A. Boschen ◽  
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Author(s):  
Khaled Hassan

This Pilot retrospective research conducted on the results of open surgery in patients with Grade III and IV haemorrhoids With SCI. No major complications had arisen at 6 weeks post-operative and all wounds had healed, but 1 patient Anal fissure recurrence. 75% of patients reported a substantial increase in anorectal anorexia during long-term follow-up. With symptoms. Five patients reported recurrences: three haemorrhoids (18 percent) and two anal fissures (25 percent).   Keywords: Haemorrhoids, Pilot retrospective research, Anorectal Anorexia.


Open Heart ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e001440
Author(s):  
Shameer Khubber ◽  
Rajdeep Chana ◽  
Chandramohan Meenakshisundaram ◽  
Kamal Dhaliwal ◽  
Mohomed Gad ◽  
...  

BackgroundCoronary artery aneurysms (CAAs) are increasingly diagnosed on coronary angiography; however, controversies persist regarding their optimal management. In the present study, we analysed the long-term outcomes of patients with CAAs following three different management strategies.MethodsWe performed a retrospective review of patient records with documented CAA diagnosis between 2000 and 2005. Patients were divided into three groups: medical management versus percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) versus coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We analysed the rate of major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCEs) over a period of 10 years.ResultsWe identified 458 patients with CAAs (mean age 78±10.5 years, 74.5% men) who received medical therapy (N=230) or underwent PCI (N=52) or CABG (N=176). The incidence of CAAs was 0.7% of the total catheterisation reports. The left anterior descending was the most common coronary artery involved (38%). The median follow-up time was 62 months. The total number of MACCE during follow-up was 155 (33.8%); 91 (39.6%) in the medical management group vs 46 (26.1%) in the CABG group vs 18 (34.6%) in the PCI group (p=0.02). Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that CABG was associated with better MACCE-free survival (p log-rank=0.03) than medical management. These results were confirmed on univariate Cox regression, but not multivariate regression (OR 0.773 (0.526 to 1.136); p=0.19). Both Kaplan-Meier survival and regression analyses showed that dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) and anticoagulation were not associated with significant improvement in MACCE rates.ConclusionOur analysis showed similar long-term MACCE risks in patients with CAA undergoing medical, percutaneous and surgical management. Further, DAPT and anticoagulation were not associated with significant benefits in terms of MACCE rates. These results should be interpreted with caution considering the small size and potential for selection bias and should be confirmed in large, randomised trials.


Author(s):  
Marco Pavanello ◽  
Pietro Fiaschi ◽  
Andrea Accogli ◽  
Mariasavina Severino ◽  
Domenico Tortora ◽  
...  

AbstractMorning glory disc anomaly is a congenital abnormality of the optic disc and peripapillary retina reported as an isolated condition or associated with various anomalies, including basal encephaloceles and moyamoya vasculopathy. However, the co-occurrence of these three entities is extremely rare and the pathogenesis is still poorly understood. Moreover, data on the surgical management and long-term follow-up of the intracranial anomalies are scarce. Here, we describe the case of a 11-year-old boy with morning glory disc anomaly, transsphenoidal cephalocele, and moyamoya vasculopathy, who underwent bilateral indirect revascularization with encephalo-duro-myo-arterio-pericranio-synangiosis at the age of 2 years, and endoscopic repair of the transsphenoidal cephalocele at the age of 6 years. A rare missense variant (c.1081T>C,p.Tyr361His) was found in OFD1, a gene responsible for a X-linked ciliopathy, the oral-facial-digital syndrome type 1 (OFD1; OMIM 311200). This case expands the complex phenotype of OFD1 syndrome and suggests a possible involvement of OFD1 gene and Shh pathway in the pathogenesis of these anomalies.


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