Clinical experience with Gelfoam embolization for arterial hemorrhage in 55 patients is described. This technique controlled hemorrhage in 51 patients (92.7%). Two patients (3.6%) died of complications related to embolization. Gelfoam can be a permanent occluding agent which does not require subselective catheter position for effectiveness and safety. The advantages of Gelfoam are its availability, low cost, the ease and speed with which it can be applied through conventional catheters, and its safety and effectiveness if properly applied. The data presented here, and those in the literature, indicate that transcatheter therapeutic embolization for arterial bleeding below the diaphragm is by far the safest and most effective method available.
Am 2. Juli 1942 verschied in StraWburg nach kurzer Krankheit der Ordinariusfiir anprganische Chemie, Prof. Dr. W i l h e l m J a n d e r .Sein Tod, der ihn auf der Hohe des Lebens und der Schaffenskraft iiberraschte, war fur seine Familie ein Schlag von besonderer Tragik, er bedeutet fur die Chemie unserer Generation und vor allem fur die werdenden Chemiker einen schweren Verlust; denn unsere Zeit ist nicht allzu reich an Hochschullehrern, die sich mit gleicher Liebe und mit gleichem Erfolg ihrer Lehre und ihrer Forschung zu widmen vermogen, wie J a n d e r es tat. Durch sein ganzlich unerwartetes Hinscheiden wurden auch zahlreiche Zukunftsplsne zerstort und FHden zerschnitten, die er und seine Kameraden an der neuen Universitat StraWburg fur die kiinftige Zusammenarbeit gesponnen hatten. W i l h e l m J a n d e r wurde am 2. Juli 1898 in Alt-Dobern geboren. E r begann seinen wissenschaftlichen Lebensweg nach seiner Riickkehr von den Kampfen im Raltikum 1919 in Gottingen und promovierte 1922 bei Tammarm. (Bild~tellz des VDCh. Photo: Tita Biin.) R e d a k t i o n : Dr. W. Foerst. Re d a k t i o n : Berlin W 35, Potsdarner StraBe 111. Fernrprecher: Samrnelnummer 219501, Nachtruf 211606. -G e r c h a f t r r t e l l e d e r V D C h : Berlin W 35, Potrdamer Strafle 111. Fernrprecher: Sammelnummer 21 9501, Nachtruf 21 01 34. Telegramme: Chemikerverein Berlin. Postscheckkonto Verein Deutscher Chemiker, Berlin 78853.
The coexistence of renal artery stenosis and pheochromocytoma has been recognized since 1958 and a total of 36 patients reported. This article provides an additional patient with an extra adrenal pheochromocytoma and fibrous bands constricting the left renal artery. Hypertension was confirmed to occur from both excess catecholamine production and hyperreninemia from the left kidney. Surgical removal of the functioning paraganglioma and correction of the renal artery stenosis restored the postoperative plasma catecholamine, renin, and blood pressure to normal. A literature review confirmed the coexistence of these two lesions but failed to provide a common etiology to explain the pathophysiology encountered. However, when the two diseases occur simultaneously, both must be diagnosed accurately and treated in a definitive manner.
Postinflammatory and posttraumatic urethral strictures present a significant clinical problem. Conventional dilatation techniques are usually associated with recurrence and aggravation of the strictures. This is attributed to the mucosal and periurethral trauma associated with conventional dilatation methods. The initial results in seven patients undergoing balloon dilatation for urethral strictures are presented. The method is relatively atraumatic and painless, and better long-term results are anticipated.
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