Webbed penis.
A simpler technique to correct the webbed penis is described and the literature discussed.
Humans↗
Biomedical subjects
B G Currie
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Giant hemangioma of the arm associated with cardiac failure and the Kasabach-Merritt syndrome in a neonate.
We report a neonate who presented within hours of birth with severe congenital cardiac failure, thrombocytopenia, and consumption coagulopathy, caused by a massive hemangioma of the left arm. Initial treatment with glucocorticoids, platelet and clotting factor replacements, and cardiovascular support failed to control these hemangioma effects and amputation was avoided only when axillary artery ligation and an intermittent pneumatic compression device, manufactured in this hospital, achieved control of this lesion and hastened its subsequent resolution. The treatment of such lesions is reviewed, emphasizing individualized treatment protocols, and stressing that such lesions and their effects, cannot be regarded as variants of a single disease entity when planning management.
Anemia, Hemolytic↗
The presentation of malrotation of the intestine in adults.
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Torsion of the testis.
Torsion of the testis demands early diagnosis and urgent operative treatment. This study of all patients with torsion of the testis who were admitted to The Prince of Wales Children's Hospital, The Prince of Wales Hospital and The Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney, between 1965 and 1987, reinforces the need for urgent diagnosis and treatment and evaluates the diagnostic value of the sign of the contralateral horizontal testis. One hundred and thirty-one patients were studied; the majority was in the adolescent age-group. If operation were delayed beyond 24 hours without spontaneous relief of the symptoms or manipulative detorsion being performed, then at follow-up 5.5% of testes were normal; however, if operation were performed within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms, 90% of testes were normal at follow-up. In all cases in which it was sought, the sign of the contralateral horizontal testis was found, which confirms the bilaterality of the condition and that a high investment of the tunica vaginalis predisposes to torsion of the testis.
Adolescent↗
Ventriculopleural shunts for hydrocephalus: a useful alternative.
From 1969 to 1979, ventriculopleural shunts were inserted in 29 children with progressive hydrocephalus. A standard Pudenz pump with a Raimondi catheter was used for all but 1 child for whom a Holter valve was used. The shunt functioned adequately in 7, but in 18 it had to be changed as a result of symptomatic pleural effusion. From 1979 to 1982, a further series of 52 other patients received ventriculopleural shunts, and these cases have recently been reviewed. The apparatus used was a Portnoy ventricular catheter or a medium or high pressure Heyer Schulte pump with an antisiphon device and a Salmon distal catheter. Three patients developed a shunt infection. One died with a functioning shunt. Four catheters became blocked by adhesions, and in only 1 patient was a peritoneal shunt substituted as a result of symptomatic effusion.
Adolescent↗