Residual effeet of a eoneentrated and depotassitied beet vinasse on growth and mineral eomposition of taH feseue (Festuca arundinacea) was studied. Results were compared with those obtained for a mineral fertilizer treatment and a control. Vinasse and inorganie fertilizer had been previously applied to two different soils at two rates for tive years. High doses of vinasse produeed the highest y...

A completely implantable, one piece electromechanical total artificial heart (TAH) intended for permanent human use was developed. It consisted of left and right conically shaped pusher-plate blood pumps sandwiching a thin centerpiece with a compact, efficient electromechanical actuator. The actuator consisted of a direct current brushless motor; a planetary roller screw fit the space between t...

Hysterectomy remains one of the most common gynaecological procedures performed in the UK. However unlike other parts of Europe and America, where laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH) rates have significantly increased, in the UK abdominal hysterectomy (AH) rates remain high and often the first choice for many surgeons. The minimal access route offers significant patient benefits over open surgery an...

APD: autoimmune progesterone dermatitis EM: erythema multiforme HSV: herpes simplex virus IDP: intradermal progesterone TAH-BSO: total abdominal hysterectomyebilateral salpingo-oophorectomy INTRODUCTION HIV infection is a known risk factor for a host of mucocutaneous conditions, most notably drug hypersensitivity reactions. We describe an unusual case of mucosal autoimmune progesterone dermatit...

Thangam and associates [1] report the case of an unfortunate elderly male with history of coronary artery disease who developed an acute myocardial infarction due to occlusion of the right coronary artery. This was complicated by the development of a ventricular septal defect and refractory heart failure requiring implantation of cardiac devices including intra-aortic balloon pump, ventricular ...

: Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block provides a novel approach for analgesia in abdominal surgery by blocking the sensory nerve supply of anterior wall. We evaluated analgesic efficacy TAP with ropivacaine patients undergoing total hysterectomy (TAH). 60 adult ASA Grade 1 and 2 elective TAH were randomized into two groups this double blind study. All received standard general anaesthetic b...

A new cell line named the tilapia heart (TAH-11) was established from of (Oreochromis niloticus) by enzymatic digestion and mechanical separation. The TAH-11 has been stably subcultured for over 80 generations resuscitated after being frozen in liquid nitrogen six months, with exuberant growth. optimal culture condition is L-15 medium supplemented 10% fetal bovine serum at 25 °C. Sequencing mit...

BACKGROUND Loco-regional recurrences after laparotomic surgery for early endometrial carcinoma have an incidence of 3-8%. This study examined the pattern of recurrences and survival after full laparoscopic hysterectomy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January 1997 and December 2002, 113 consecutive patients with pre-operative Stage I endometrial cancer, self-referred to two different surgical te...

BACKGROUND/AIM To evaluate whether non-closure of the visceral peritoneum after total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH) and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) in patients with uterine corpus carcinoma influences the volume of the small intestine within the irradiated volume during adjuvant radiotherapy or late radiation intestinal toxicity. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 152 patients after TA...