Furcation lesions are associated with increased risk of progressive loss of connective tissue attachment, alveolar bone resorption, and tooth mortality (Bjorn and Hjort, 1982; Becker et al, 1984; Wang et al, 1994; Wood et al, 1989; Hirshfield and Wasserman, 1978; McFall, 1982; Carranza and Jolkovsky, 1991), representing one of the greatest challenges in periodontal therapy. Surgical management ...

This paper presents the procedure for designing a waveguide E-plane diplexer for Ku band with inserted metal septa. The diplexer is designed with filters of the fifth order and with T-junction in E-plane for the purpose of easier integration with microwave transceiver. The aim of this work is to master the design of a diplexer that should obtain 60 dB insulation between receiver and transmitter...

A gene of interest can be efficiently modified using transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) (Christian et al., 2010;Li et al., 2011). However, if a target gene is essential for development, growth and fertility, use of TALENs with high mutagenic activity in F0 frogs could result in developmental disorders or sterility, which would reduce the number of F1 progeny and make F1 ph...

To cite: Li J, Kong JY, James TELH, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016215275 DESCRIPTION A female infant weighing 530 g was born at 24 weeks of gestation. Antenatal ultrasounds were unremarkable. She was intubated and given surfactant at birth. Umbilical venous (UV) and arterial (UA) catheters were inserted through the identified separate ...

Aim: To present our early experience of transperitoneal laparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) with regards to its safety, applicability, difficulties of the procedure and outcomes. Background: Laparoscopic adrenalectomy is a promising alternative to open surgery as proved in many centers in the world. Setting: Al-Jumhori Teaching Hspital Design: Prospective case-series study PATIENTS and Method: this...

Introduction: Transhiatal esophagectomy is a widely accepted approach for palliative resection of subcarinal esophageal cancers. This study was designed to evaluate the necessity of routine thoracostomy tube insertion in this technique.  Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 123 consecutive patients with esophageal cancers undergoing transhiatal esophagectomy from March 2001 to Fe...

Background: Central Venous Catheters (CVCs) are flexible long catheter that inserted in central veins may placement subclavian, internal jugular and femoral vein or arm. Aims of the study: to evaluate knowledge for nursing staff concerning venous care al-Nasiriyah cardiac center. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional design was carried out at AL-Nasiriyah Cardiac Center during period from ...

The research aims at revealing the sources of religious heritage from which Ibn al-Wardi obtained his inserted texts are available in folds collected prose particularly poetical works. They represented by Holy Qur’an and its stories, noble prophetic hadith, as well figures. adopted mechanisms that employed was highlighted directly (such quoted were mentioned author or not), indirectly disassemb...