BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The inferior petrosal sinus (IPS) is the main transvenous access route used to examine or treat lesions involving the cavernous sinus. To carry out these procedures successfully, one must have a detailed knowledge of the anatomy of the venous system around the junction of the IPS and the internal jugular vein (IJV). MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-three sides in 63 patient...

BACKGROUND Subcutaneous surgical drains are commonly used in abdominoplasties to prevent seromas but are not tolerated well by patients and add additional discomfort after the procedure. The lipoabdominoplasty modification may create a more favorable surgical field to reduce the need for surgical drains without increasing seroma formation. OBJECTIVES The goal of this review was to determine i...

Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum L.) and other aquatic macrophytes have historically been mechanically removed from the Rangiriri drain and Churchill East drain to maintain drain efficiency. As an alternative control method for the high plant biomass that accumulates at the end of summer, the effect of stocking diploid grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella L.) on the aquatic vegetation was evalua...

Background: Drains are hypothesized to cause surgical site infections (SSIs). However, research is scarce on how reduce SSIs after drain placement. We analyzed the association between specific characteristics and occurrence of SSI. also evaluated effects other known risk factors in patients undergoing plastic surgery SSIs.Methods: retrospectively reviewed medical charts 531 who underwent with p...

BACKGROUND Thyroidectomy is one of the most common procedures and feared complication hematoma that obstructs airway, which leads to use drains, although evidence benefits its limited. OBJECTIVE To analyze frequency type surgery hospital stay in patients undergoing thyroid surgery. METHOD We included with diverse diseases without drains. The information was gathered retrospectively, including p...

Introduction Same-day, outpatient Sistrunk procedure is commonly performed to manage thyroglossal duct cyst anomalies and may lead to postoperative complications. Surgical drains are placed to prevent complications, but recent observations show no advantage and rather increased health care costs and patient discomfort. Objective The study evaluated if drain placement in the Sistrunk procedure o...

Postoperative blood recovery in eighty elderly patients (11 male, 69 female) treated for femoral neck fracture was prospectively studied. Twenty-eight patients underwent hemiarthroplasty for intracapusular fracture and 52 underwent Dynamic Hip Screw fixation for extracapsular femoral neck fracture. The mean blood drainage in the postoperative period and the mean drop in haemoglobin level was hi...

Sir, We read with great interest the article by Vijayaraghavan et al., titled “Sonographic features of agenesis of dorsal pancreas,” which was published in the August 2013 issue of the journal.[1] The authors have narrated the clinical and radiological presentation of a rare entity in a suitable manner. In the discussion section, authors have mentioned that “the dorsal bud drains through duct o...

We prospectively randomised 78 patients into two groups, 'drains' or 'no drains' to assess the effectiveness of suction drains in reducing haematoma and effusion in the joint and its effect on wound healing after total knee replacement. Ultrasound was used to measure the formation of haematoma and effusion on the fourth post-operative day. This was a semi-quantitative assessment of volume estim...

This paper reports the results of dynamic centrifuge tests carried out on sandy models alternatively equipped with vertical or horizontal drains. The main aim experimentation was to investigate use drains mitigate liquefaction susceptibility deposits and validate their applicability as a remediation technique applicable in urban industrial areas protect existing buildings from liquefaction. ass...