BACKGROUND/AIMS To describe the use of intraoperative online optical coherence tomography (iOCT) for improving deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) surgery. METHODS Retrospective case series of 6 eyes of 6 male patients with keratokonus, corneal dystrophy or herpetic stromal scars undergoing DALK were investigated using intraoperative optical coherence tomography and postsurgical image/...

the problem of combined heat and mass transfer of an electrically conducting fluid in mhdnatural convection adjacent to a vertical surface is analyzed, taking into account the effects of ohmic heatingin the presence of suction or injection. an approximate numerical solution for the steady laminar boundarylayerflow over a wall of the wedge in the presence of species concentration and mass diffus...

Injection of chemicals into the brain has been considered as an important technique to study various functions of the brain. In these studies, as a rule, only one bilateral injection is given in one animal. This study was undertaken to evaluate the quality of the body temperature data obtained after first and second injections of methoxamine and artificial cerebrospinal fluid into the medial pr...

Acute pulmonary oedema can be induced by intraperitoneal injection of Escherichia coli endotoxin in the mouse. A fall in serum angiotensin converting enzyme activity is found in mice given endotoxin and in patients with septic adult respiratory distress syndrome, and has been proposed as an indicator of lung microvascular injury. Protein concentration and angiotensin converting enzyme activity ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the amount of fluid required and the sensitivity of the saline load test to identify an intra-articular arthrotomy of the elbow. METHODS A cadaveric study was conducted using 36 thawed, fresh-frozen forequarter amputations. An elbow arthrotomy was made in the posterocentral arthroscopic portal site with a 4.5-mm trochar. To confirm intra...

introduction: in this study human follicular fluid has been used as an enzyme- rich solution to prevent embryo implantation in mice which resulted in reduction of pregnancy rate. materials & methods: 2-6 month nih female mice were used to study the effect of interauterine follicular fluid on the fertility rate. 226 plugged female mice were caged in three groups: control, placebo, and experiment...

BACKGROUND Blind injection of the subacromial-sub-deltoid bursa (SSB) for diagnostic purposes (Neer test) or therapeutic purposes (corticosteroid therapy) is frequently used. Poor response to previous blind injection or side effects may be due to a misplaced injection. It is assumed that ultrasound (US)-guided injections are more accurate than blind injections. In a randomized study, we compare...

BACKGROUND Ibuprofen is the most commonly used nonsteroidal, antipyretic, antiinflammatory analgesic in children. Nonsteroidal, antipyretic, antiinflammatory analgesics act in both the peripheral tissues and the central nervous system. The central nervous system penetration of ibuprofen has been described in adults but not in children. OBJECTIVES Our goals were to investigate the cerebrospina...

OBJECTIVES Intraarticular injection is used for pain relief in knee osteoarthritis (OA), but there is not a well defined profile of patient who could get more benefit from it. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of pain relief at one year after corticosteroids intraarticular injection and to identify clinical factors associated to response in patients with knee osteoarthriti...