purpose : contrast sensitivity (cs) evaluation by sv–1000e chart in all spatial frequencies after micro incision cataract surgery (mics) and its comparison between two thin lenses after optical correction in natural and glare conditions methods : in this cross sectional study, 100 eyes having mics with dodick arc phacolaser system were evaluated. 50 thinoptx lenses and 50 acrismart lenses were ...

BACKGROUND We have previously reported a hybrid procedure that uses a combination of laparoscopic mobilization of the liver and subsequent hepatectomy under direct vision in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). We present the details of this hybrid procedure and the outcomes of the procedure. METHODS Between January 1997 and August 2014, 204 LDLTs were performed at Nagasaki University H...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to present the clinical results of our retrospective series of carpal tunnel release (CTR) operations. For these operations we used a unique type of incision, for the first time, for treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) consisting of a 1-cm semi-vertical (SV) incision made into the wrist crease for macroscopic open CTR. MATERIAL AND METHODS This ret...

DAVIEL (1753) described the first satisfactory method of cataract extraction before the Academie Royale de Chirurgie in 1752. He opened the eye with an instrument similar to the modern keratome and enlarged the incision with scissors. This method gradually displaced the ancient practice of couching until von Graefe described his cataract knife for making the incision in 1865. Von Graefe's catar...

Background: complex proximal tibial fractures (Types V & VI of Schautzker classification) are the major problems in orthopedic surgery and associated with high complication rates. There are many alternatives in treatment of these fractures. Aim: to evaluate the results of double plating with single anterior incision in complex proximal tibial fractures (Types V & VI of Schautzker classification...

Objectives: Surgical reports on incidental splenectomy usually lack necessary details particularly during any other abdominal operative procedures. This retrospective study was conducted in order to analyze our institutional clinical experience in iatrogenic splenectomy and to evaluate the predisposing factors. Patients and Methods: The patients who underwent splenectomy were retrospectively ev...

PURPOSE The objectives of this study are to describe the outcome of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) patients treated with Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) plus supplementary minimal incision in the lumbar region for thoracic and lumbar deformity correction and fusion. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a case series of 13 patients treated with VATS plus lumbar mini-open surgery fo...