BACKGROUND Typically, fibrin sealants (FSs) and fibrin glues (FGs) are used to strengthen dural repairs during spinal surgery. In 2014, Epstein demonstrated that one FS/FG, Tisseel (Baxter International Inc., Westlake Village, CA, USA) equalized the average times to drain removal and length of stay (LOS) for patients with versus without excess bleeding (e.g. who did not receive Tisseel) undergo...

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BACKGROUND Patients are often referred to thoracic units for management of empyema after the acute phase has been treated with antibiotics but without adequate drainage. This study evaluates the effects of delay in surgical treatment of empyema thoracis on morbidity and mortality. METHODS Thirty nine consecutive patients were studied from January 1991 to June 1992. Two groups (group 1, 16 pat...

The echoendoscopic biliary drainage is an option to treat obstructive jaundices when ERCP drainage fails. These procedures compose alternative methods to the side of surgery and percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage, and it was only possible by the continuous development and improvement of echoendoscopes and accessories. The development of linear setorial array echoendoscopes in early 1990...

The fused bis-butterfly-shaped title compound, [Fe(4)(CS(4))(CO)(12)], possesses an orthothio-carbonate (CS(4) (4-)) ligand that acts as a bridge between two Fe(2)(CO)(6) units. A short intra-molecular S⋯S contact [2.6984 (8) and 2.6977 (8) Å] occurs in each S(2)Fe(2)(CO)(6) fragment.

The paper describes the modernization of ash slurry drainage and handling from Units A1 A2 devices for receiving, extinguishing transporting bottom fly boiler grate to silos mass/volume process water sumps, with new technical solutions experiences in exploitation. main goal system TPP Kostolac A is improve operation reduce number deadlocks during operation.

BACKGROUND The nonsurgical medical approach with use of fibrinolytic agent is an alternative modality in management of chronic empyemas. With the introduction of purer forms of streptokinase, there has been renewed interest generated in the use of intrapleural thrombolytics with documented successful drainage of difficult to drain chronic empyemas. To evaluate the utility of streptokinase in th...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of ultra-low dose one million kallikrein inhibitor units (KIU) of aprotinin on bleeding and the need for transfusion after cardiac surgery. METHODS We carried out this randomized clinical trial on 162 cardiac surgery patients in Shahid Madani Hospital, Tabriz, Iran from April 2004 to December 2005. The patients were randomly divided into 2 groups of 81 individu...

© 2012 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1229 Journal Compilation © 2012 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory disease resulting from occlusion of the pilosebaceous units within the intertriginous regions of the body. It is characterized by very tender papules, nodules, and neutrophilic abscesses. Sinus tracts with malodorous drainag...