SUMMARY This study is designed to confirm the changes of various bones in the osteopetrotic op/op mouse. The female adult mouse were sonicated in papain solution. After the complete treatment, the bones (Skull, Mandible, Scapula, Humerus, Radius, Ulna, Hip, Femure, Tibia, Atlas, Axis and 5th Lumbar vertebra) were measured three dimensionally using of high quality scale and low power binocular ...

Background: Blood glucose levels are elevated during the perioperative period as a result of the neuro-endocrine response to the stress of surgery. In nondiabetic patients, blood glucose levels are not a part of routine preoperative testing nor are they monitored during surgery or in the post anesthesia care unit (PACU). We measured blood glucose levels in nondiabetic patients during the periop...

INTRODUCTION Transsphenoidal surgery (TSS) is the treatment of choice for Cushing`s disease (CD). A proper assessment of the efficacy of surgical treatment is crucial in terms of patient prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of serum cortisol measurements performed on the first post-operative day as a predictor of TSS outcome. MATERIAL AND METHODS This prospective st...

OBJECTIVE To identify factors that predict complete response of cervical nodal disease to radiation therapy (RT) in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OP-SCCA). DESIGN Histologic analysis of prospectively collected specimens and retrospective medical chart review. SETTING Tertiary referral center. SUBJECTS Sixty-nine patients with OP-SCCA treated from January 1, 2002, th...

This work proposes the biorefining of eucalyptus residues (ER), wheat straw (WS) and olive tree pruning (OP) combining hydrothermal pretreatment (autohydrolysis) with acid post-hydrolysis of the liquid fraction and enzymatic hydrolysis of the solid fraction towards maximal recovery of monosaccharides from those lignocellulose materials. Autohydrolysis of ER, WS and OP was performed under non-is...

ABSTRACT Appropriate post-operative (post-op) pain control has been shown to reduce length of stay and facilitate day case surgery. Periacetabular injection bupivacaine is effective in reduction after hip arthroscopy. This study aims evaluate the anterior superior iliac spine (ASIS) as an anatomical landmark needle insertion prior fluoroscopy. The meeting point derived from a vertical line one ...

introduction: mucous retention cysts are a subtype of intracordal vocal cysts that may occur spontaneously or may be associated with poor vocal hygiene, and which require optimal treatment. the objective of this study was to present a new laser-assisted microsurgery technique for treating intracordal mucous retention cysts and to describe the final outcomes.   materials and methods: in this pro...

BACKGROUND Duodenal gangliocytic paraganglioma is an extremely rare tumor and few cases have been reported to date. CASE PRESENTATION The authors report a case of gangliocytic paraganglioma verified by post-op pathology after pancreaticoduodenectomy for a tumor in the ampulla of Vater. The 56-year-old male patient concerned visited our emergency room with melena that started one week prior to...

They are used as pesticides but can also be used as 'nerve gas'. This is prohibited under the Geneva Convention but could be used by terrorists or rogue regimes. There is some suggestion that the use of OP pesticides may have caused some neurotoxicity and be responsible for 'Gulf War syndrome'. Certainly, insecticides were freely used, as were many other chemicals. The syndrome is inconsistent ...