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1) Seven patients were seen and treated over a 1-year span with forearm hematoma and median nerve neuropathy following brachial artery puncture. All seven were anticoagulated. 2) A careful examination established the diagnosis. Prompt operative intervention is recommended. 3) The brachial artery should be avoided as a source for arterial blood gas sampling in the anticoagulated patient.
An asymptomatic migration of a foreign body from the axilla to the neck was diagnosed mistakenly as an infected thyroglossal duct sinus. Cure was effected by removal.
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Proper suspension of a tongue flap is necessary to prevent detachment and allow proper healing when used to repair palatal fistulae. Our use of an aluminum suspension basket to prevent flap tension and motion has facilitated inset of the flap resulting in healing per primum in 31 consecutive patients.
This study sought to determine if tumor immunity was impaired by regional lymphadenectomy when performed at different stages of tumor growth. Regional lymphadenectomy significantly reduced tumor specific immunity when performed soon after tumor inoculation. However, removal of the regional lymph nodes later but before the tumor was clinically detectable did not affect the development of tumor immunity. Similarly, regional lymphadenectomy after the tumor was palpable did not decrease tumor immunity. Therefore, prior to the time that the tumor is clinically detectable, immunologic sensitization has become a systemic phenomenon and is no longer confined to the regional lymph nodes.
Long-tern follow-up of patients having abdominal aneurysmectomy and graft replacement will show that a considerable number develop false aneurysms at the anastomotic sites. This is the particularly true in situations in which silk suture was used for the vascular anastomoses. Successful management of this problem necessitates an awareness that unsuspected, asymptomatic ureteral obstruction can be a complicating factor. Preoperative work-up of all abdominal aortic problems should include an intravenous pyelogram. When evidence of ureteral obstruction is encountered, retrograde ureteral catheterization is important to precisely identify the point of obstruction and to aid in the ureterolysis at the time of operation. Inadvertent injury and contamination from an obstructed ureter is a situation which must be avoided when prosthetic grafting is anticipated.
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