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F Svendsen

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PubMed1987

Tuberous sclerosis. CT findings versus clinical state.

Even though tuberous sclerosis has been known and diagnosed for almost a century, it is the last decade which has contributed with the largest amount of information of this entity, especially intracranially due to the widespread use of CT investigations. Like any other type of diagnostic radiology, CT will not always correlate to clinics as expected, which we would like to demonstrate in these two case-stories.

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PubMed1987

Uremia in a family with tuberous sclerosis.

Tuberous sclerosis (TS) is characterized by the triade of epilepsy, mental retardation, and adenoma sebaceum. Although the kidneys are affected in 40-80% of the patients uremia is a rare finding. We here describe a family with TS, where uremia was a major feature of the disease, causing the death of 2 family members and requiring active replacement therapy in a third person, who now 11 years after renal transplantation, has normal renal function.

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Randomized comparison of conventional and gasless laparoscopic cholecystectomy: operative technique, postoperative course, and recovery.

The positive CO2 pneumoperitoneum needed to create the working space for laparoscopic surgery induces cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and renal changes. Concern about these pathophysiologic changes has led to the introduction of a gasless technique. Fifty consecutive patients with symptomatic gallstones were randomized to conventional (CLC) or gasless laparoscopic cholecystectomy (GLC), with special reference to overall patient satisfaction, technical difficulties, duration of surgery, postoperative pain, and recovery. The overall exposure of the operative field was extremely poor in the GLC group, whereas the duration of surgery, steps involved in the cholecystectomy technique, length of hospital stay, and postoperative pain score did not differ significantly. After discharge, the median time to complete relief of pain tended to be shorter in the gasless group (5 days [range 1 to 15]) vs. the conventional group (8 days [range 1 to 15]). The period to return to normal activity was shorter in the GLC group (6 days [range 1 to 15]) compared to the CLC group (8.5 days [range 1 to 15]) (P = 0.031). No differences were found in terms of fatigue, dizziness and nausea, and overall satisfaction with the outcome. This study demonstrates a significantly shorter convalescence after laparoscopic cholecystectomy by means of the gasless technique compared to the conventional CO2 technique. Exposure of the operative field was less than optimal using the gasless technique.

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Arterial injuries. Review of 12 years experience with 32 patients.

Thirty-two patients with 41 injured arteries were operated upon during a period of 12 years. Three quarters were men, and the median age was 33 years. Accompanying lesions were seen in 87.5% of the patients. Nearly half the lesions were related to blunt trauma. Occupational accidents constituted the largest group. The diagnosis was made on clinical grounds in most cases. The median time lapse from trauma to operation was 5 hours. The principles of treatment were those that are generally accepted. No patients died, the amputation rate was 12.5%. Median follow-up was 8 months. A successful arterial reconstruction contributed to a good functional result. Postreconstruction thrombosis of arteries were found to occur within the first hours or days after reconstruction. Late thrombosis was rare and the overall long-time patency was 61.4%. Patency of repair of upper limb small vessels was 54.5%.

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