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Stomas are traditionally constructed through the belly of the rectus muscle. Parastomal herniation is common with the use of mesh prophylaxis still deliberated.

A novel trephine, the lateral rectus abdominis positioned stoma or LRAPS, that minimises damage to the musculature of the anterior abdominal wall, has been used in the construction of end colostomies, loop ileostomies and ileal conduits.

In a cohort of 106 patients with end colostomy, the cumulative rate of parastomal herniation at 1, 2 and 3years were 6, 10 and 17%, respectively. In 56 patients in whom an ileal conduit was performed, there was no clinical or radiological evidence of parastomal herniation at 1year.

In contrast to a traditional trephine through the belly of the muscle, this technique avoids damage to the rectus abdominis muscle. Early symptomatic parastomal herniation is unusual after LRAPS.
In contrast to a traditional trephine through the belly of the muscle, this technique avoids damage to the rectus abdominis muscle. Early symptomatic parastomal herniation is unusual after LRAPS.This paper responds to the need to understand mechanisms in the pathways of risk from depression in mothers to their children's functioning. We systematically reviewed evidence in support of one often-proposed mediational model that problematic parenting at least partially explains associations between mothers' depression and children's adverse functioning. We further aimed to understand the conceptual and method-based moderators. Eligible studies had to be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal, include data on mothers' depression and parenting and child functioning, and have a study design whereby measurement of depression in mothers preceded the measurement of parenting, which preceded the measurement of child outcome. Overall, across the 40 papers (37 "studies") that met our inclusion criteria, we found a significant, albeit small effect (r = .016), for the mediational model as a whole. This effect size was robust to context (poverty and ethnicity), children's characteristics of age and gender, and parenting quality (positive or negative). The model was significant for multiple domains of child functioning, although effect sizes varied across domains. We also found support, with small effect sizes, for all three pathways in the mediational model and some support for moderation of those pathways. Overall, the findings provide empirical support for parenting (both positive and negative) as a mediator of associations between mothers' depression and a broad range of child functioning and suggest that interventions should target samples that represent the population in terms of poverty and ethnicity and children's gender, with priority going to interventions targeting the youngest children.Assessment of left ventricular (LV) output in hospitalized patients with heart failure (HF) is important to determine prognosis. Although echocardiographic LV ejection fraction (EF) is generally used to this purpose, its prognostic value is limited. In this investigation LV-EF was compared with other echocardiographic per-beat measures of LV output, including non-indexed stroke volume (SV), SV index (SVI), stroke distance (SD), ejection time (ET), and flow rate (FR), to determine the best predictor of all-cause mortality in patients hospitalized with HF. A final cohort of 350 consecutive patients hospitalized with HF who underwent echocardiography during hospitalization was studied. At a median follow-up of 2.7 years, 163 patients died. Non-survivors at follow-up had lower SD, SVI and SV, but not ET, FR and LV-EF than survivors. At multivariate analysis, only age, systolic blood pressure, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers and SVI remained significantly associated with outcome [HR for SVI 1.13 (1.04-1.22), P = 0.003]. In particular, for each 5 ml/m2 decrease in SVI, a 13% increase in risk of mortality for any cause was observed. SVI is a powerful prognosticator in HF patients, better than other per-beat measures, which may be simpler but partial or incomplete descriptors of LV output. SVI, therefore, should be considered for the routine echocardiographic evaluation of patients hospitalized with HF to predict prognosis.To investigate changes in two-dimensional myocardial strain echocardiography (2DSTE) indices following a dipyridamole stress test (DIPSE) in relatively healthy hypertensive patients and healthy controls. Forty-seven male hypertensive patients (aged 57±9 years) with normal ejection fraction and without left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and 20 healthy male subjects were studied with conventional and 2DSTE echocardiography at rest and post DIPSE. Coronary flow reserve (CFR) in the left anterior descending artery following DIPSE was also evaluated. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) and TWIST were higher while UNTWIST rate was lower in hypertensives versus controls (p  0.05 for all). DIPSE-induced improvement in GLS was associated with higher CFR only in hypertensive patients (r - 0.372, p = 0.010). The current study showed that well controlled hypertensive patients have only mild echocardiographic differences compared to controls; some of these differences appear to depend on age and BMI. Reverse Transcriptase inhibitor A 'hyper-rotation' phenomenon (i.e. higher TWIST) early in hypertension may be a compensatory mechanism to preserve global systolic LV function. Coronary microcirculatory function was impaired in hypertensive patients, albeit within normal range, and was associated with DIPSE-induced changes in myocardial long-axis systolic function.The purpose of this study was to evaluated the clinical characteristics of calcified nodule-like in-stent restenosis (ISR) lesions using optical coherence tomography (OCT) in vivo. A total of 124 ISR lesions that were treated with a repeat coronary intervention under OCT guidance were included in this analysis. ISR neointimal morphology was classified as "calcified nodule-like ISR", that appeared as a high-backscattering protruding mass with an irregular surface covered by signal-rich bands, or "non-calcified nodule-like ISR". The maximum arc and thickness of calcium behind the stent struts was also measured. Of the 124 ISR lesions, calcified nodule-like ISR was observed in 11 lesions (9%). OCT analysis data showed that the maximum arc of calcium and the maximum calcium thickness behind the stent were significantly larger in the calcified nodule-like ISR lesions than in the non-calcified nodule-like ISR lesions (269 ± 51 vs. 179 ± 92°, p less then 0.01 and 989 ± 174 vs. 684 ± 241 μm, p less then 0.01, respectively).
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