BACKGROUND:Spontaneous hemoperitoneum of hepato- biliary origin is commonly due to hemorrhage from a liver tumor.It is rarely caused by spontaneous rupture of aneurysm in visceral arteries. METHODS:We report an unusua...BACKGROUND:Spontaneous hemoperitoneum of hepato- biliary origin is commonly due to hemorrhage from a liver tumor.It is rarely caused by spontaneous rupture of aneurysm in visceral arteries. METHODS:We report an unusual case of hemoperitoneum caused by rupture of cystic artery pseudoaneurysm,and also outline the approach to its management through surgical and radiological methods. RESULTS:In our patient,the pseudoanurysm was initially treated with percutaneous thrombin injection.However this method of treatment failed after initial success.The pseudoanurysm was finally obliterated successfully using microcoil embolization. CONCLUSIONS:The mainstay of treatment of cystic artery pseudoaneurysm is cholecystectomy and ligation of the aneurysm.Recent publications showed success in using microcoil embolisation.In this case we also outline the use of percutaneous thrombin injection as a definitive treatment method and discuss its success or failure as a new method of treatment.展开更多
There are several prosthetic knee designs currently in use. There are however very few studies comparing long-term functional outcomes between patients using different models of knee pros-thesis in elective knee repla...There are several prosthetic knee designs currently in use. There are however very few studies comparing long-term functional outcomes between patients using different models of knee pros-thesis in elective knee replacement. In this study, we used the validated Oxford Knee Score (OKS) to retrospectively compare the outcomes of a total of 1635 patients who had an elective total knee replacement in a large District General Hospital, using fifteen different models of knee prosthesis, over a ten-year period. The average scores reported by all patient groups showed significant improvement by three months post-operatively (pre-operative mean score 15.8, post-operative mean score 39.4, p < 0.05), and remained similar for all models of prosthesis used over the total ten-year period. Based on the OKS as an assessment tool, we report no significant difference in long-term functional outcomes for this group of patients following an elective knee replacement, regardless of the type of prosthesis used.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND:Spontaneous hemoperitoneum of hepato- biliary origin is commonly due to hemorrhage from a liver tumor.It is rarely caused by spontaneous rupture of aneurysm in visceral arteries. METHODS:We report an unusual case of hemoperitoneum caused by rupture of cystic artery pseudoaneurysm,and also outline the approach to its management through surgical and radiological methods. RESULTS:In our patient,the pseudoanurysm was initially treated with percutaneous thrombin injection.However this method of treatment failed after initial success.The pseudoanurysm was finally obliterated successfully using microcoil embolization. CONCLUSIONS:The mainstay of treatment of cystic artery pseudoaneurysm is cholecystectomy and ligation of the aneurysm.Recent publications showed success in using microcoil embolisation.In this case we also outline the use of percutaneous thrombin injection as a definitive treatment method and discuss its success or failure as a new method of treatment.
文摘There are several prosthetic knee designs currently in use. There are however very few studies comparing long-term functional outcomes between patients using different models of knee pros-thesis in elective knee replacement. In this study, we used the validated Oxford Knee Score (OKS) to retrospectively compare the outcomes of a total of 1635 patients who had an elective total knee replacement in a large District General Hospital, using fifteen different models of knee prosthesis, over a ten-year period. The average scores reported by all patient groups showed significant improvement by three months post-operatively (pre-operative mean score 15.8, post-operative mean score 39.4, p < 0.05), and remained similar for all models of prosthesis used over the total ten-year period. Based on the OKS as an assessment tool, we report no significant difference in long-term functional outcomes for this group of patients following an elective knee replacement, regardless of the type of prosthesis used.
