There is scant evidence-based literature on the best strategies for short-term urinary catheter removal. This clinical trial explored the effects of an early urinary catheter clamping protocol on bladder function in neurosurgical patients. Eligible patients were divided into observation and control groups. Those in the observation group had their catheter clamped postoperatively on return to th...

BACKGROUND The study was performed to determine if endotoxin or the cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) are liberated from strangulated or partially ischemic small bowel. METHODS Strangulation obstruction was induced by elevating pressure in a gasket placed around a loop of ileum until venous pressure reached 50 mm Hg. Low arterial flow in a lo...

OBJECTIVE Our objective is to assess the safety of a surgical technique applied to the difficult left upper lobectomy. The inflow-outflow occlusion technique features: dividing the superior pulmonary vein first, then proximal control by clamping the main pulmonary artery (PA), and then distal control by clamping the inferior pulmonary vein. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of a prospectiv...

An Intelligent Fixturing System (IFS) is currently being developed to hold a family of thin-walled workpieces for machining operations. This is a cost-effective system which uses off-line optimisation of the clamps location and on-line adjustment of clamping forces. As adaptive clamping forces appropriate to the dynamic machining environment are employed, the IFS offers higher quality of machin...

Present situation in the industrial manufacture has brought new trends in the kind of flexibility and intelligence. That means new generation of intelligent manufacturing systems. New generation of clamping fixtures is represented by group of clamping fixtures which can be used in intelligent manufacturing systems. Important effect, which brings manufacturing times shortening, can be realized b...

To determine the safety and complications of chest tube clamping, a retrospective chart review was conducted at Baylor University Medical Center's level I trauma center. The records of 243 patients with pneumothoraces, hemothoraces, or a combination were identified and analyzed; 134 patients underwent clamping according to the care path, and 109 did not. The demographic characteristics of age, ...

Delayed umbilical cord clamping appears to be beneficial for term and preterm infants. In term infants, delayed umbilical cord clamping increases hemoglobin levels at birth and improves iron stores in the first several months of life, which may have a favorable effect on developmental outcomes. There is a small increase in jaundice that requires phototherapy in this group of infants. Consequent...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE There has been no report describing the optimal clamping method for biliary drainage tubes in living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT), although biliary splinting and drainage plays an important role in this procedure. METHODS When performing LDLT, we generally use a 2-mm drainage tube for the splint at the biliary anastomosis, and externalize it through the lower common b...

The hemodynamic consequences and myocardial blood flow alterations associated with cross-clamping of the thoracic aorta were studied during pentobarbital (control), halothane (1 MAC), and isoflurane (1 MAC) anesthesia in dogs with a critical stenosis of the left circumflex coronary artery. Aortic clamping at the level of the diaphragm resulted in significant and equivalent increases in mean aor...

BACKGROUND This study evaluated the frequency, the indications and techniques of vascular clamping during liver resection and during thermal destruction therapies, as currently used by hepatic surgeons throughout Europe. METHODS A web-based questionnaire was distributed among 621 physicians, including all members of the European Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association and the European Surgical A...