Biomedical subjects

A E Mackinnon

Publications and source records attributed to A E Mackinnon.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1979

The scrotal pouch operation for undescended testis.

Patients who had undergone a total of 167 orchidopexies by the scrotal pouch technique were followed up for 1-3 years. The technique is described in detail. At follow-up 6 testes were found to have retracted out of the scrotum and these were successfully dealt with at a second operation. One testis was hypoplastic in the scrotal pouch and another infarcted in the groin after the first stage of a planned two-stage procedure. The remaining 159 tests were entirely satisfactory, giving an overall success rate of 95.2%. This technique compares favourably with other methods of orchidopexy, both in achieving a satisfactory anatomical position and in avoiding damage to the testis.

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PubMed1978

Archenteronoma (yolk sac tumors).

Ten cases of archenteronoma are reviewed with a follow-up between 2 mo and 7 yr. Their presentation was similar to that of rhabdomyosarcoma except for testicular tumors that may present as a hydrocele. A good prognosis was found with tumors amenable to primary resection and chemotherapy. Other tumors are best treated initially with chemotherapy before relatively conservative surgery, radiotherapy being used either pre- or postoperatively.

Abdominal Neoplasms↗

PubMed1977

Treatment of pneumatosis cystoides coli by oxygen inhalation.

Endotracheal intubation and intermittent positive pressure ventilation were used to overcome the difficulties of oxygen therapy for pneumatosis cystoides coli in a 9-year-old child with Down's syndrome and a congenital heart defect. As compared to previously reported cases, a shorter duration of treatment and a lower arterial oxygen tension proved successful.

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