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K T Foo

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PubMed1981

Current management of urinary tract stones.

A review of the current management of urinary tract stones as applied to the University Department of Surgery is presented. The use of allopurinol and alkalinisation of urine is effective in dissolution and prevention of uric acid stones. Cellulose phosphate and thiazide therapy for calcium stone formers have a limited place, as we are still unable to identify those who will benefit from such therapy in the local population. Antegrade pyelogram and percutaneous nephrostomy have useful roles to play in investigation and also management of patients with calculous anuria. The use of regional renal hypothermia has enabled us to operate with more confidence on branched or multiple renal calculi. With better visual lithotrite, more and bigger stones in the lower urinary tract can now be removed endoscopically.

Allopurinol↗
PubMed1978

Unusual small intestinal obstruction in adolescent girls: the abdominal cocoon.

Ten cases of small intestinal obstruction seen over a period of 6 years (1971-6) in young girls within the narrow age range of 13-18 years are described. The patients were all within 2 years of menarche. In all these cases the obstruction was due to a membrane encasing the small intestine in the manner of a cocoon. There was no previous history of abdominal operation, peritonitis or prolonged drug intake. The clinical features, operative findings and management of the cases are presented. Possible causes of the condition are discussed. In view of the similar clinical presentation in all these patients, their conditions can be grouped as a clinical entity--'the abdominal cocoon'.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Gastric sarcoidosis presenting with haematemesis.

Sarcoidosis is a very rare disease in Singapore. Sarcoid granuloma involving the stomach alone is even more rare, and only about 21 cases have been reported in the literature up to 1953 (Scott et alii, 1953). In a review of the literature, Wadina and Melamed (1966) found 34 cases of granulomatous involvement of the stomach, all purporting to be sarcoidosis. However, on closer examination of the evidence, many of these 34 cases of so-called sarcoidosis of the stomach were subject to doubt. Bleeding from gastric sarcoidosis is also rare, and only about eight cases have been reported in the literature up to 1970. The present report presents a further example of this rare cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding and attempts to review the significance of sarcoid granulomas in the stomach.

Female↗