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Colonic Diseases/etiology , Peptic Ulcer/etiology , Stress, Physiological/complications , Acute Disease , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Postoperative ComplicationsSubject(s)
Lasers , Urinary Bladder/pathology , Animals , Dogs , Intestines/pathology , Lasers/adverse effects , Methods , Mucous Membrane/pathology , Muscle, Smooth/pathology , Necrosis , PostureABSTRACT
Common bile duct stones developed around non-absorbable suture threads that had migrated into the common bile duct in three patients. Two cases were typical in that they involved migration of the gallbladder stump ligature thread, associated in one cases with that of the arterial ligature. the third, rather more unusual case, involved the formation of stone on a nylon thread fifteen years after removal of the head and body of the pancreas following an injury, without any intervention on the biliary tract. The only explanation possible for the presence of a thread in the biliary tract is that it migrated through the Wirsung's duct. The published literature on the particular subject of common bile duct stone formation on non-absorbable suture material is reviewed.
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Foreign Bodies/complications , Foreign-Body Migration/complications , Gallstones/etiology , Adult , Aged , Common Bile Duct/surgery , Female , Gallstones/pathology , Humans , Male , Surgical InstrumentsSubject(s)
Digestive System Neoplasms/surgery , Hemangioma/surgery , Laser Therapy , Lasers , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Lasers/adverse effects , Male , Middle Aged , Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic/surgeryABSTRACT
Argon laser photocoagulation was applied at the time of endoscopy in 60 patients actively bleeding from gastric and duodenal ulcers. Initial haemostasis was achieved in 48 patients (80%), of whom 5 re-bled within the same hospital admission.
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Duodenal Ulcer/complications , Hemostasis, Surgical/methods , Laser Therapy , Lasers/methods , Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage/surgery , Stomach Ulcer/complications , Aged , Argon , Duodenum , Endoscopy , Gastroscopy , Humans , Middle Aged , Postoperative CareSubject(s)
Common Bile Duct/injuries , Postoperative Complications , Adult , Aged , Cholelithiasis/surgery , Common Bile Duct/surgery , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Time FactorsSubject(s)
Pancreatitis/surgery , Acute Disease , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pancreatitis/diagnosis , Retrospective StudiesABSTRACT
The authors describe the pathological lesions caused by argon laser emitted rays on the healthy gastric mucosa in 22 dogs. They compare 126 photocoagulated areas while varying the intensity and the exposure time of the laser ray in order to determine the ideal constants of an efficient photocoagulation, devoid of risk and with rapid healing of the lesions.
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Gastric Mucosa/surgery , Hemostatic Techniques , Laser Therapy , Lasers/methods , Animals , Dogs , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Gastric Mucosa/injuries , Gastric Mucosa/pathology , Gastroscopy , Time Factors , Wound HealingABSTRACT
The authors made a histopathological study of 53 haemorrhagic ulcers of the gastric mucosa of the dog, photocoagulated using an Argon laser apparatus (delivering a power of 6 watts at the tip of the fibre). Haemostasis was obtained in less than 10 sec. in all cases where photocoagulation was performed by small applications of 1.5 sec. to the edges of the ulcer. There were no cases of perforation or muscularis damage. Healing of the lesions was complete or well under way at 15 days.