Purpose: Abdominal scars may impair healing after abdominoplasty. We aimed to determine whether right subcostal or upper midline scars led to increased wound healing problems. Methods and Materials: Review of all patients who had abdominoplasty from March 1998 to February 2008 was performed. Variables studied included age, gender, body ...

We report two cases of Caesarean scar pregnancies that were managed surgically. The first case was a 33-year-old woman who presented at 21 weeks of gestation with lower abdominal pain. An exploratory laparotomy was performed as she was hypotensive and had a drastic drop in haemoglobin level. Intraoperatively, a ruptured scar ectopic ...

Abdominal Adhesions What Is It? Symptoms Diagnosis Expected Duration Prevention Treatment When To Call a Professional Prognosis Additional Info What Is It? Abdominal adhesions are bands of fibrous scar tissue that form ...

Endometriosis is the presence of functioning endometrium outside the uterus. Endometriosis rarely occurs in the abdominal wall. Majority of abdominal wall endometriosis occur in or adjacent to surgical scars, following caesarean section or hysterectomy. Laparotomy scar endometriosis following salpingectomy for ...

... Fallopian tubes (salpingitis) scar tissue in the abdomen (adhesions) cancer (of the ovary, colon, pancreas, liver) inflammation ...

The formation of bone in operative scars is an uncommon but observed occurrence. Two additional cases are reported and etiologic factors are discussed. Exostoses in abdominal surgical scars have been reported only in vertical incisions in adults. There ha...

We present a case of successful magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) of a uterine fibroid in a patient with extensive anterior abdominal wall surgical scars from two longitudinal laparotomies, a total colectomy and ileostomy. This case demonstrates that MRgFUS can be safely used in patients with an ostomy and significant ...

We present a case of successful magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS) of a uterine fibroid in a patient with extensive anterior abdominal wall surgical scars from two longitudinal laparotomies, a total colectomy and ileostomy. This case demonstrates that MRgFUS can be safely used in patients with an ostomy and significant ...

... of internal scar tissue from previous abdominal surgery (adhesions), parts of the intestine bulging through an abnormal ... ulcer, a previous operation, or Crohn's disease; or adhesions. Rarely, a gallstone, a mass of undigested food, ...

Abdominal wall endometriosis is a rare condition, which usually develops in a surgical scar of abdominal hysterectomy or Caesarean section. A 38-year-old lady presented in the surgical out patient department complaining of painful swelling in the lower abdomen, at the left edge of the scar of caesarean section. ...

Abdominal wall endometriosis is unusual and mostly occurs in scars following Cesarean section. Although malignant transformation is rare, it must be recognized in order to benefit from radical resection. We report a very rare case of mixed endometrioid and serous carcinoma developing in a Cesarean section endometriosis scar and the way ...

A combination of systemic chemotherapy, feticide with intrachest and intra-abdominal injection with methotrexate, and hysteroscopy with dilation and curettage to remove the gestational tissue was successful in the treatment of a cesarean scar ectopic pregnancy. This case presents images of the ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and pathologic features ...

Scar or incisional endometriosis is a rare, often misdiagnosed, pathologic condition of the abdominal wall. Two cases of incisional endometriosis are presented. Both patients presented with atypical cyclic pain and palpable nodules on scars of previous cesarean sections. In both cases, the mass was totally excised, after accurate ...

A case of successful reconstruction of the umbilicus using a depressed scar in an 11-year-old girl with a large and rigid scar spreading around the centre of the abdominal wall is presented. The anatomical umbilicus was replaced by a large scar after a previous surgery for umbilical cord hernia. The difficulty of ...

Dermatography has been used in medicine both for aesthetic purposes as permanent make-up or for coverage of scars, defects and skin colour abnormalities. These procedures demand skill and usually more than one session to achieve the desired result. We present an innovative idea from some of our plastic surgery patients to camouflage their scars using ...

A 25-year-old woman was referred to our clinic for atypical cyclic pain and masses at both ends of a Pfannenstiel incision scar. Ultrasound of the anterior abdominal wall showed two masses. Both masses were hypoechoic, heterogeneous lesions located at opposite ends of the scar. The lesions were surgically excised with. Microscopic ...

The authors present a simple technique for restoration of the umbilicus in abdominal dermolipectomy. This procedure is represented by a double-Y cutaneous incision on the abdominal skin and by a double-M cutaneous incision on the umbilical skin. This technique restores a neoumbilicus with multiple small skin flaps and conceals the periumbilical ...

Peripheral subcutaneous stimulation has been utilized for a variety of painful conditions affecting the abdominal wall, including sequelae of hernia repair, painful surgical scars, ilio-inguinal neuritis. It has also occasionally been shown to be effective in patients with intractable abdominal visceral pain. Since this is a very ...

PURPOSE: To assess the clinical potential of using an energy-blocking scar patch for magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment of uterine leiomyomas in patients with abdominal scars. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A prospective, nonrandomized, single-arm study was conducted in 20 patients (mean age, 41.1 y; range, 33-51 ...

Experience with 600 operations, including 200 second-look operations, for the management of lipodystrophy, fatty excess and other unsightly affections of the abdominal wall allows defining a few essential elements. The routine procedure consists in lowering the supraumbilical curtain down to the pubis after transposition of the umbilicus. This is indicated in case of ...

... it threatened water quality in streams that are home to the endangered golden trout, and firefighters worked to prevent contamination in the areaan ...

attack or stroke Risks for this surgery are: Bleeding inside your belly Damage to nearby organs in the body Scar tissue may form in the belly and cause a blockage of the small...

A 73-year-old woman manifested recurrent endometrial carcinoma, which presented as multiple nodular lesions in an abdominal scar from previous pelvic surgery. ImagesFigure 1Figure 2

Abdominal wall hernias are common diseases of the abdomen with a global incidence approximately 4%-5%. They are distinguished in external, diaphragmatic and internal hernias on the basis of their localisation. Groin hernias are the most common with a prevalence of 75%, followed by femoral (15%) and umbilical (8%). There is a higher prevalence in males (M:F, 8:1). Diagnosis is ...

The purpose of this research was to identify a method for performing Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) of symptomatic uterine fibroids in patients with abdominal scars, by visualisation of these scars on MR images. 25 patients who presented with treatable symptomatic uterine fibroids and having ...

We report a case of recurrent chest wall abscesses overlying a right thoracotomy scar four years after a pneumonectomy for a right middle lobe bronchus squamous cell carcinoma. Exploration of the abscess cavities revealed no intra-thoracic or intra-abdominal communication. The patient developed sinuses in his thoracotomy scar and two ...

BackgroundAlthough multiple strategies for autologous breast reconstruction exist, a vertical midline scar in the abdominal wall as a result of previous laparatomy or abdominoplasty represents a major surgical challenge. To date, little research has been conducted on the regeneration potential of the abdominal wall�s superficial ...

Control of regeneration and wound healing are scientific and clinical objectives. In 1997, topical Lugol's iodine solution applied daily for 3 days to a 50 year old facial scar lead to hyperemic scar tissue. As a working hypothesis, the author proposed topical iodine could initiate, control and complete human scar regeneration. In ...

The lower abdomen continues to be the favourite donor site for free tissue transplantation in autologous breast reconstruction. The deep inferior epigastric artery (DIEP)-flap has revolutionised microsurgical reconstruction of the breast after mastectomy. However, previous abdominal operations with resulting subcostal scars limit the use of this flap due ...

Abdominal wall metastases from colorectal cancer (CRC) may be resected with curative results. Such lesions, often indicators of additional intra-abdominal lesions, may appear in surgical scars, stomas and port site metastases after laparoscope-assisted surgery (LAS). Post-operative changes, primarily surgical ...

Abdominal wall reconstruction in omphalopagus twins poses a difficult reconstructive challenge, as separation often results in a large abdominal wall defect. A number of options are available for closure, including tissue flaps, expanders and patches made of foreign material. Surgisis is a new biodegradable small intestine scaffolding substrate that ...

Endometriosis is defined as the presence of endometrial-like glands and stroma outside the uterine endometrial lining. Endometrial tissue has also been identified in numerous surgical or procedure scars, including cesarean section and laparoscopic trocar tract. A prospective study was conducted at Maternidade-Escola Assis Chateaubriand, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University ...

Burns account for a significant proportion of injuries, and of these the face, neck, and anterior torso are commonly affected. Burn scars remain a lasting reminder of the insult both for the patient and the outside world. There is little doubt that the change in appearance and the limitation imposed by a burn scar contribute to negative body image. ...

Evaluation and management of acute abdominal pain in special populations can be challenging for the emergency physician. This article focuses on two specific populations: patients with altered immunologic function and postprocedural patients. Recognition of life-threatening abdominal diseases may be delayed in immunosuppressed patients ...

... that may help thousands avoid the potentially life-threatening complications of hypertension, abdominal aortic aneurysms and congestive heart failure. ...

Nonovarian endometriomas typically present as a slow-growing, painful abdominal mass in or around the site of a previous surgery. There can be considerable variation, however, because some masses grow rapidly and are not associated with pain whereas others cause patients significant discomfort and associated symptoms. The case of a 31-year-old woman, gravida 3 para 2, who had ...

When forming a deep umbilical depression for paediatric patients displaying a thin layer of abdominal fat, the V-Y advancement flap method is useful. However, although many plastic surgeons approve of a longitudinal umbilical depression as an ideal, conventional flap methods often result in only a longitudinal scar line with a depression at the end of the ...

"Intra-abdominal hypertension", the presence of elevated intra-abdominal pressure, and "abdominal compartment syndrome", the development of pressure-induced organ-dysfunction and failure, have been increasingly recognized over the past decade as causes of significant morbidity and mortality among critically ill surgical and medical ...

"Intra-abdominal hypertension", the presence of elevated intra-abdominal pressure, and "abdominal compartment syndrome", the development of pressure-induced organ-dysfunction and failure, have been increasingly recognized over the past decade as causes of significant morbidity and mortality among critically ill surgical and medical ...

Abdominoplasty and lower body lift procedures are the most common and sufficient procedures to correct abdominal tissue redundancy. Frequently, patients who undergo these procedures have lost a relevant amount of weight and additionally present tissue redundancy in the area of the medial thighs. Patients with mild to moderate skin surplus in the medial thigh region often ...

Eitel first described omental torsion in 1899, since then, fewer than 250 cases have been reported. Although omental torsion is rarely diagnosed preoperatively, knowledge of this pathology is important to the surgeon because it mimics the common causes of acute surgical abdomen. For this reason, in the absence of diagnosed preexisting abdominal pathology, including cysts, ...

We describe 2 cases of abdominal wall endometriosis, a condition that usually occurs in surgical scars from previous cesarean sections and presents as a mass with cyclic pain and swelling. Wide local excision with clear margins seems to be the only effective treatment. However, the mass in our 2 cases changed in size with menstruation, and palpating the ...

Background:Major abdominal operations result in random and unpredictable scar tissue formation. Intraabdominal scar tissue may contribute to recurrent episodes of bowel obstruction, chronic abdominal pain, or both. Laparoscopic adhesiolysis may provide relief of symptoms in patients with prior ...

Cutaneous metastases of carcinoma of the breast may present a broad spectrum of clinical and histologic appearances. Pigmented metastases of a breast carcinoma have rarely been described in the literature and these metastases are usually located on the chest and abdominal wall close to the mastectomy scar. We report an unusual case of a cutaneous ...

Desmoid tumours are benign tumours originating from musculoaponeurotic structures and the fascia. They usually are slow-growing, without metastatic potential. However, their local behaviour can be infiltrative and aggressive, leading to damage of adjacent structures causing organ dysfunction. They carry a high risk of relapse. In this paper, three case studies of women aged 33, 35 and 42 years, ...

Postherpetic neuralgia is a common complication, while the postherpetic abdominal-wall pseudohernia (AWP) is a quite rare complication of herpes zoster (HZ). We report a patient >45 years of age with a history of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who presented with two chronic HZ complications. A 75-year-old woman was admitted with neuralgia following cutaneous herpes zoster 6 ...

Abdominal pains secondary to adhesions are a common complaint, but most surgeons do not perform surgery for this complaint unless the patient suffers from a bowel obstruction. The purpose of this evaluation was to determine if lysis of bowel adhesions has a role in the surgical management of adhesions for helping treat abdominal pain. The database of our ...

IntroductionDesmoid tumors are benign but locally aggressive tumors of mesenchymal origin which are poorly circumscribed, infiltrate the surrounding tissue, lack a true capsule and are composed of abundant collagen. History of trauma to the site of tumor origin is elicited in up to 1 in 4 cases and they most commonly develop in the anterior abdominal wall and shoulder girdle ...

The possibility to operate into the abdominal cavity by means of flexible endoscopes introduced through natural orifices represents a major step forward in the continuous research for minimal invasive treatment attaining the unimaginable goal of no scar surgery. After several years of investigation in experimental settings, natural orifice surgery is ...

Most complications after appendectomy occur within ten days; however, we report the unusual case of a suture granuloma 12 years after open appendectomy. The afebrile 75-year-old woman presented with a slightly painful palpable mass in the right lower abdomen. There was no nausea or vomiting and bowel movements were normal. She lost 10 kg during the 3 mo before presentation. The patient had ...

We present a pilot report of "banking" the contralateral hemi-abdominal deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap under the abdominal closure in patients undergoing unilateral autologous breast reconstruction when a hemi-abdominal flap suffices. Four patients undergoing unilateral autologous breast reconstruction with a ...

Malrotation in children is due to either an incomplete or non-rotation of the foetal mid-gut during perinatal development. Presentation is usually in the first few weeks of life, often with life-threatening volvulus and ischaemia. However, it can be a rare cause of abdominal pain in older children and young adults. We present such a case, as a reminder to ...

Evaluation of the emergency department patient with acute abdominal pain may be challenging. Many factors can obscure the clinical findings leading to incorrect diagnosis and subsequent adverse outcomes. Clinicians must consider multiple diagnoses with limited time and information, giving priority to life-threatening conditions that require expeditious ...

The desmoid tumor is a rare tumor with an incidence of 2-4 cases per million people each year, and represents 0.03% of all cancers. The tumor is composed of fibrous tissue that produces masses of well-differentiated hard elastic consistency. According to their site of onset, the desmoid tumors are classified in abdominal, intra-abdominal, and ...

... limb-threatening; Nosocomial pneumonia (pneumonia acquired in the hospital): Community acquired pneumonia; Complicated intra-abdominal ...

... known immunosuppressive conditions, the infection causes diarrhea, abdominal ... chronic and life threatening in immunocompromised patients (Carter and ... ...

Oct 31, 2008... thousands avoid the potentially life-threatening complications of hypertension, abdominal aortic aneurysms and congestive heart failure. ...

Sep 22, 2008... thousands avoid the potentially life-threatening complications of hypertension, abdominal aortic aneurysms and congestive heart failure. ...

Sep 22, 2008... thousands avoid the potentially life-threatening complications of hypertension, abdominal aortic aneurysms and congestive heart failure. ...

A threatened miscarriage or spontaneous abortion occurs in approximately 10% of pregnancies between 7 and 12 weeks of gestation. Symptoms include vaginal bleeding, abdominal cramps, and low ...

... surgical, riot life- threatening, and, therefore, not reasons for medical ... cyst (OVCYST), ectopic pregnancy (ECIOPI), and inoxmplete abortion (INCAB ...

thousands of people avoid the potentially life-threatening complications of hypertension, abdominal aortic aneurysms, and congestive heart failure. ...

Various techniques have been suggested in the literature for umbilicoplasty. These techniques result in a reconstructed umbilicus with a deep cavity shape, and visible suture line. Furthermore, these techniques have in common the difficult step of suturing the umbilicus to the base of the abdominal fascia to create a periumbilical concavity. The new technique described in this ...

Laparoscopic surgery is the standard of care for many abdominal and pelvic operations and is widely applied today. LESS (Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site) surgery, originally attempted in the 1990s, is an advanced minimally invasive approach that allows laparoscopic operations to be undertaken through a small (<15?mm) incision in the umbilicus, a preexisting ...

Splenosis is a benign condition caused by ectopic autotransplantation of splenic tissues after splenic trauma or surgery. It is usually diagnosed accidentally. However, occasionally splenosis poses a significant diagnostic dilemma, especially when this condition presents as a metastatic malignant disease on abdominal imaging. This is the case report of a 54-year-old woman, who ...

A 90-year-old woman was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital with abdominal pain and a fever of up to 39�C. She had a history of hysterectomy about 30 years previously, and redness and swelling were seen at the abdominal median scar. Serum biochemistry showed minor elevation of C-reactive protein and creatine ...

BackgroundPostoperative adhesions occur when fibrous strands of internal scar tissue bind anatomical structures to one another. The most common cause of intra-abdominal adhesions is previous intra-abdominal surgical intervention. Up to 74% of intestinal obstructions are caused by post surgical adhesions. Although a variety of methods ...

Elasmucha ferrugata (Fabricius, 1787) (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) provides maternal care of eggs and larvae. Adults of both sexes have functional anterior dorsal abdominal scent glands (DAGs). Study of all internal and external cuticular structures of DAGs revealed that no DAGs are fully functional in the 1st larval instar, and very probably they are only slightly ...

Early recognition of strangulation obstruction of the small intestine is important in order that surgical relief may be undertaken before the bowel has been irreversibly damaged or the condition of the patient has so deteriorated as to make immediate operation unreasonably hazardous. In the presence of other symptoms, an operative scar, particularly on the lower abdomen, ...

Aim? Minimally invasive surgery is advancing with single port access (SPA). We describe a technique for a SPA transabdominal combined with transanal approach to perform laparoscopic proctectomy with total mesorectal excision (TME) and intersphincteric resection of low rectal adenocarcinoma. Method? Transanal intersphincteric resection was followed by laparoscopic abdominal ...

Abdominal wall hematoma is a rare and life-threatening complication after carotid artery stenting (CAS), but it can occur when activated clotting time is prolonged. We report a right lateral abdominal wall hematoma caused by rupture of the superficial circumflex iliac artery after CAS in a 72-year-old man with severe stenosis of the ...

PurposeSeprafilm� was initially used successfully as a membrane to reduce abdominal adhesions. Subsequently it was tried in a number of other areas to reduce postoperative scarring. Seprafilm� was employed in this study to see if it would reduce postoperative scarring after supraclavicular thoracic outlet decompression for ...

Background:A cosmetically pleasing postoperative scar is an important aim of all aesthetic surgeries. Use of proper suture materials for delicate and gentle suturing of the operative injury is an important requirement for achieving satisfactory scars. However, closure of the edges of wounds by means of conventional suture materials does not always meet the ...

This study examines the vascular anatomy of the TRAM flap and evaluates risk factors associated with complications among 556 women who had TRAM flap breast reconstruction. Fifty-nine patients (10.6 percent) developed fat necrosis involving 10 percent or more of their breast. Risk factors associated with fat necrosis were a history of chest-wall irradiation (p = 0.001), significant ...

Background:Intussusception is a condition found primarily in the pediatric population. In the adult population, however, intussusception is usually due to a pathological process, with a higher risk of bowel obstruction, vascular compromise, inflammatory changes, ischemia, and necrosis. Radiographic and sonographic evidence can aid in the diagnosis. Surgical intervention involving resection of ...

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Background:Pioneers in natural orifice transvaginal cholecystectomy are in search of an approach that uses less percutaneous assistance. The approach must be safe and affordable. The authors present a successful cholecystectomy using a technique of transvaginal operative laparoscopy with no abdominal ports.Methods:A 24-year-old female patient with gallbladder lithiasis ...

Recurrence of hydatid cyst is one of the important complications of primary hydatid surgery. Here we present a very rare case of recurrent hydatid cyst inside an incisional hernial sac. A 50-year old male operated on for hydatid disease of the liver twice in 1998 and 2001 was admitted to our hospital for an abdominal mass formed under the old median incisional ...