jaundice/dental caries

It is known that hemoglobin can be rapidly changed to bile pigment in a circulation confined to the head, neck, and thorax. This excludes direct liver participation (1). These experiments show that hemoglobin can be changed to bile pigment within the pleural or peritoneal cavities. This

Between 1980 and 1985, 40 patients were treated surgically for hydatid disease of the liver. In 4 cases (10%) jaundice was the first and most conspicuous sign of this disease. The patients originated from Spain, Morocco, Turkey and Lebanon. In 2 of these cases the initial diagnosis was hepatitis;

OBJECTIVE Cholecystectomy is one of the most common general surgical procedures performed today. The laparoscopic approach is beneficial to patients in terms of length of stay, postoperative pain, return to work, and cosmesis. Some drawbacks are associated with the minimal access form of

The results of the diagnosis and treatment of 134 patients with obstructive jaundice are analyzed. The diagnostic potentialities of the ultrasonic method and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCPG) are compared. ERCPG has been found more effective for the diagnosis of the causes,

On the basis of examination and treatment of 364 elderly and senile patients with obstructive jaundice and cholangitis, the authors conclude that the frequency of these complications is high and that cholangitis takes an atypical course in patients over 60 years of age. They determine the

An unusual case of obstructive jaundice due to foramen of Winslow hernia is presented. The hernia re-entered into the general peritoneal cavity through the lesser omentum and this appeared to be important in the pathogenesis of jaundice in this patient. Accurate pre-operative diagnosis of this

A case of pancreatic abscess with pancreaticobiliary fistula manifesting as obstructive jaundice of occult etiology is presented. Diagnosis was made preoperatively by skinny needle percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography. In addition, a communication between the biliary tree and the pancreatic

The authors analyze results of the investigation of hemodynamics in the abdominal cavity vessels by the method of duplex scanning in 30 patients with acute cholecystitis, in 30 patients with mechanical jaundice and cholelithiasis and in 30 healthy subjects. It was found that these patients had less

In 89 rats with experimentally induced mechanical jaundice the infectious process was modeled by intragastric administration of E. coli and B. subtilis. The study included the investigation of the main routes and time intervals of dissemination, organ content of microbes labeled with 3H-thymidine,

A 56-year-old man was diagnosed with immunoglobulin (Ig) A-κ multiple myeloma in July 2007. After three courses of vincristine, adriamycin, and dexamethasone (VAD) chemotherapy, autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation was performed and achieved a very good partial response. In February

Duodenal mucinous adenocarcinoma (DMA) is a malignancy with a rather low morbidity. However, its incidence in China has not been clearly determined. We herein report a case of a 70-year-old female patient who presented with ileus, obstructive jaundice and massive ascites simultaneously.

Laufe forceps are divergent forceps designed to reduce compressive forces upon the fetal skull during delivery from the pelvic outlet. Here we have undertaken a retrospective matched analysis in which Laufe (N = 75) and Barnes (N = 75) forceps were used for occipitoanterior mid-cavity forceps

A case of an amebic liver abscess with unusual clinical manifestations is presented. A middle-aged male with an abscess in both lobes of the liver presented with obstructive jaundice due to pressure on the porta hepatis with stasis of the bile in the intrahepatic biliary radicals. The patient did

We evaluated if the development of early childhood caries is associated with the severity of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia during the first 2 weeks after birth. We performed a retrospective case-control study of children less than 6 years of age seen for comprehensive dental examination by

The views upon the value of general antiprotease capacity of the blood in evaluation of endotoxicosis in purulent-inflammatory processes of the abdominal cavity are presented. One hundred and thirty one patient with diffuse peritonitis, acute pancreatitis and obstructive jaundice was examined. A