Case 1. L.L. (M.G.H. 860748), a 52-year-old man, was admitted to the private service of the Massachusetts General Hospital on July 7, 1961, because of shortness of . . . Select the format you want to ...

An aortocaval fistula is a rare complication of an abdominal aortic aneurysm that requires immediate surgical repair. Doctors can choose to treat it with either open or endovascular surgery. An ...

Although the exact incidence of superior vena cava syndrome remains unknown, the condition affects about 15 000 patients in the United States each year.1 It has mainly malignant causes. Nonmalignant ...

New research is challenging what many obstetricians and physician anesthesiologists believe is the best way to position women during labor. According to a study, the traditional practice of ...

The excellent exposure that was found to be afforded by this approach greatly facilitated nephrectomy in these difficult cases and led to much enthusiasm on our part, our first few cases being ...

A man who went to hospital with a stomach ache is finally feeling better after doctors discovered and removed a 2st 10lb tumour. The huge mass was attached to the 60-year-old man's right kidney and ...