Biomedical subjects

T Buchmiller

Publications and source records attributed to T Buchmiller.

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PubMed2001

Scrotal abscess following appendectomy.

Postoperative infectious complications in children following perforated appendicitis present in diverse ways. We present two unusual complications of appendectomy for perforated appendicitis: an acute scrotum after open and laparoscopic appendectomy. A retrospective review of two cases of scrotal abscess following appendectomy at our hospital as well as a MEDLINE search was performed to review the clinical presentation, etiology, type of treatment, and outcome of these patients. Although scrotal inflammation occurring postoperatively in a patient with perforated appendicitis may be due to an incarcerated hernia, it is much more likely to be due to a scrotal abscess. Patients without a patent processus vaginalis or inguinal hernia at initial presentation of peritonitis must be carefully followed in the postoperative period and explored early if testicular or scrotal pain becomes manifest.

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PubMed2001

Surgical treatment of severe colonic inertia with restorative proctocolectomy.

Patients with severe constipation due to colonic inertia who remain symptomatic after extensive medical therapy or partial colonic resection have occasionally been treated with ileostomy as a last resort. The hospital records of five patients with persistent symptomatic idiopathic colonic inertia were reviewed. Each of the patients had undergone extensive medical management, and eventually four underwent one or more colonic resections to relieve the recurrent abdominal distention and pain. Three of the patients eventually received a distal ileostomy, which functioned well. Anorectal manometric studies were within normal range for each of the five patients. Restorative proctocolectomy (J pouch) was therefore performed for each. With a mean follow-up of 42 months after restorative proctocolectomy each of the five patients was relieved of constipation and small bowel distention. The average number of bowel movements per 24 hours at 6 months was 4.8. All patients were able to discriminate flatus from stool, could hold back for up to 1.5 hours after the initial urge to defecate, and had total daytime continence. Each returned to work or school within 3 months, and each reported greater satisfaction with bowel function than with the ileostomy. Restorative proctocolectomy with a J pouch provides a satisfactory option for the management of patients with persistent abdominal distention and pain due to idiopathic colonic inertia.

Adolescent↗

PubMed2000

A novel technique for correction of intestinal atresia at the ligament of Treitz.

PURPOSE: After reconstruction of jejunal atresias at the ligament of Treitz, many patients do not respond to simple tapering and anastomosis requiring repetitive operations because of dysfunction of dilated proximal bowel. A new operative approach using lateral duodenectomy and duodenojejunostomy (LDAD) is reported. METHODS: Three infants with atresias within 10 cm of the ligament of Treitz were treated with LDAD, and their records are reviewed retrospectively. The entire duodenum is visualized after creating a malrotation; this is followed by opening the dilated duodenum and resecting dilated proximal jejunum. The resection is extended proximally, incorporating the lateral duodenal incision, excising the lateral duodenal wall, and preserving the ampulla. The residual duodenum is fashioned into a tube and anastomosed to the spatulated distal jejunum. RESULTS: Three infants underwent this procedure over a 4-year period. Two had undergone tapering enteroplasties previously but were unable to tolerate oral feedings; 1 infant had LDAD primarily. All were ultimately successfully managed by LDAD and were feeding within 14 days. Follow-up is from 14 to 49 months. CONCLUSION: Although experience is limited to 3 patients, the prompt return of intestinal function with LDAD may justify primary use of this more radical procedure in difficult-to-treat proximal atresias.

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PubMed2000

Bronchial perforation after closed-tube endotracheal suction.

Iatrogenic bronchial perforation is an uncommon complication in intubated premature infants. The authors present 2 cases of bronchial perforation caused by closed-tube endotracheal suction catheters. These presented in the first 3 days of life with pneumothorax requiring chest tube placement. Medical management was unsuccessful because of the high-volume air leak present and surgical intervention was required. A bronchial perforation of the right lower bronchus was identified in both cases and was repaired in the second case. This represents the first report in the literature of iatrogenic bronchial perforation in premature infants by closed-tube endotracheal suctioning catheters. Bronchial perforation requires early recognition and prompt repair if successful outcome is to be obtained.

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