SUMMARY 13 Consecutive patients who underwent endoscopic Nd - Y AG laser therapy for palliation of advanced esophageal cardnoma were treated between Oct 1989, and July 1991 , in Khatam - al -Anbia Hospital. All patients had severe dysphagia and conventional methods such as surgery , Radiotherapy and chemotherapy failed to treat them. Undoubtedly without laser therapy these patients did not see...

introduction : laser therapy prevents complications of proliferative diabetic retinopathy (pdr), central retinal vein occlusion (crvo) and branch retinal vein occlusion (brvr), but its effect on visual acuity is controversial. this study evaluated the effect of laser on visual acuity in these patients. materials and methods: this interventional study conducted before–after treatment and evaluat...

AIM The innovations for disease management need to be thoroughly evaluated so that their benefits and potential downsides can be compared with the already existing approaches. Endovascular laser (EVL) treatment for varicose veins offers today several advantages over surgical standard stripping. The Italian Endovenous-laser Working Group (IEWG) is a homogeneous group of surgeons and phlebologist...

Limited single-center studies suggest that a combined endocardial-epicardial (endo-epi) ablation strategy may be superior to endocardial (endo) alone in patients with recurrent ventricular tachycardia (VT). However, small sample size impedes determining the precise impact, as well risks, associated strategy. To compare safety and acute long-term clinical outcomes of endo-epi endo scar-related V...

The hyperbaric oxygen inhaled at the pressure od 2-3 atmospheres raises considerably the blood concentration of the gas, which becomes sufficient for tissular needs sometimes without soliciting hemoglobin intervention. This makes possible the survival of some tissues insufficiently supplied with blood. We forecast therapeutical indications in diabetic retinopathy, hypertensive retinopathy, reti...

A 24-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus had decreased visual acuity, retinal cotton-wool spots, venous dilations, and multiple arteriolar occlusions around the optic disc in her left eye. The right eye showed good visual acuity and a few small retinal hemorrhages. Although abnormal serologic findings and systemic manifestations quieted with corticosteroid therapy, the retinopathy ...

BACKGROUND We investigated the benefits of the more physiological activation achieved by left ventricular (LV) endocardial pacing (ENDO) as compared with conventional epicardial (EPI) LV pacing in cardiac resynchronization therapy. METHODS AND RESULTS In 8 anesthetized dogs with experimental left bundle-branch block, pacing leads were positioned in the right atrium, right ventricle, and at 8 ...

Staphylococcal infection leading to periorbital complication is known but is rare. Various complications including cavernous sinus thrombosis and extension to the ethmoid sinus can occur. Rapid recovan outpatient clinic Khirurgiia-Mosk 1990; 12: 93-96. 8. Sugrue ME, Careolan J, Leen EJ, Feeley TM, Moore DJ, Shanik GD. The use of infrared laser therapy in the treatment of venous ulceration. Ann ...

Venous hypertension from failure of proper venous valve function in the veins of thelower extremities causes changes over time in the microcirculation of the skin of the distal extremity. These changes set the stage for the development of a chronic nonhealing ulceration, which typically occurs at the ankle. The mainstay of treatment has been conservative, with compression dressings and elevatio...