BACKGROUND Rupture is an important complication of breast implants. Before cohesive gel silicone implants, rupture rates of both saline and silicone breast implants were over 10%. Through an analysis of ruptured implants, we can determine the various factors related to ruptured implants. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of 72 implants that were removed for implant rupture between 2...

BACKGROUND Complete removal of the cortex has been advocated to prevent posterior capsular opacification but carries the risk of zonular dehiscence, hence there is a need for a safe maximal cortical cleanup technique in eyes with severe diffuse zonulopathy in subjects above age 90. METHODS We used bimanual central cortical cleaning by elevating central fibers and aspirating them toward the pe...

OBJECTIVES To compare the improvement in degree of lameness following surgical repair of cranial cruciate ligament rupture in dogs using computer-assisted gait analysis. METHODS Two groups of 14 dogs were used. One group was treated by a capsular-fascial imbrication method, and the other group by tibial plateau levelling osteotomy (TPLO). All dogs underwent gait analysis prior to surgery, as ...

BACKGROUND To introduce a novel surgical technique for optic capture by residual capsular opening in secondary intraocular lens (IOL) implantation and to report the outcomes of a long follow-up. METHODS Twenty patients (20 eyes) who had received secondary IOL implantation with the optic capture technique were retrospectively reviewed. We used the residual capsular opening for capturing the op...

A 25 year old female presented to our emergency as a case of G3P2+0 (2A and H), full term pregnancy with intrauterine foetal demise with obstructed labour with severe anaemia. In view of obstructed labour with severe anaemia suspicion of rupture uterus was raised. Abnormal contour of abdomen also raised suspicion of bladder tumour. Here emergency caesarean section was done, peroperatively she w...

UNLABELLED Spontaneous rupture of the tibialis anterior tendon is infrequently seen as a clinical entity. In this report, we describe the case of a diabetic neuropathic patient that underwent successful surgical repair of a spontaneously ruptured tibialis anterior tendon with no other factors that would render the tendon susceptible to injury or rupture. LEVEL OF CLINICAL EVIDENCE 4.

TBE3 lens capsule has long been regarded as a homogeneous 'glass' or hyaline membrane with no discernible microscopic structure, although certain observations, .for example, that of Salzmann (1912), who noted step-like fissures at the sites of rupture in the capsule, had led some earlier investigators to consider that it might have a stratified architecture. The recent advent of two new histolo...