The clinical results of open surgical treatment for hemodialysis-related arthropathy in the shoulder were evaluated, and the pathology was investigated. Fifteen shoulders of 11 patients (6 female and 5 male) were treated during the past 6 years. The average age was 56.7 years. The duration of hemodialysis averaged 17.5 years. Simple curettage was performed in 7 shoulders, and curettage and bone graft were performed in 5 shoulders. Repair of the rotator cuff was performed in 3 shoulders. Pathologic foci always existed in the intertubercular sulcus and the greater tuberosity of the humerus. Marked proliferations of the bursa and multiple cystic bone lesions were found, and amyloid depositions were observed on histologic evaluation in all cases. Open surgical treatment was quite effective, and relief from the clinical symptoms was maintained for a satisfactory period of time. Enthesopathy induced by the amyloid deposition is considered the main pathology.

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Surgical treatment for biliary lithiasis in patients associated with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis.

BACKGROUND: Incidences of the variety of postoperative complications in surgical treatment for patients with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis is the clinically accepted opinion. The aim of this study was to ascertain the safety of surgical treatment for patients of biliary lithiasis with chronic renal failure on hemodialysis. METHODS: Eleven consecutive patients with biliary lithiasis, who had a history of chronic renal failure treated with hemodialysis, were selected. The peri-operative course in-each of these cases was investigated. RESULTS: There was no incidence of peri-operative problems and postoperative complications in cases treated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. One case treated with cholecystectomy with laparotomy had a slight degree of postoperative pneumonia, which soon improved after administration of antibiotics. Only one case, treated with choledochotomy, resulted in operative death due to accidental septic shock from an unknown origin. CONCLUSIONS: Surgical treatment of patients with biliary lithiasis and chronic renal failure on hemodialysis can be safely performed with appropriate operative indications and noninvasive surgical techniques.

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