Objective: To compare the efficacy and tolerability of surgical excision and radiotherapy with those of cryotherapy and intralesional steroid treatment of keloids. Subjects and Methods: Twenty-six patients with a total of 76 keloids were enrolled in this study. Nineteen patients with 44 keloids underwent surgical excision combined with immediate 12-Gy irradiation (group A) while the remaining 9...

Submitted for the MAR11 Meeting of The American Physical Society Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigations of the Potential Energy Surfaces of Molecules with Intramolecular π-type Hydrogen Bonding1 ESTHER OCOLA, HEE-WON SHIN, ABDULAZIZ AL-SAADI, JAAN LAANE, Texas A&M University — Spectroscopic methods and theoretical calculations have been utilized to investigate the conformations of several...

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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of preoperative intravenous or peritonsillar infiltration of ketamine for postoperative pain control in children following adenotonsillectomy. Patients and Methods: 78 children between 5 and 18 years of age who were scheduled for elective adenotonsillectomy were randomly assigned to four groups: group 1 (n = 19) received intravenous ketamine (0.5 mg/kg), grou...

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of preoperative intravenous or peritonsillar infiltration of ketamine for postoperative pain control in children following adenotonsillectomy. Patients and Methods: 78 children between 5 and 18 years of age who were scheduled for elective adenotonsillectomy were randomly assigned to four groups: group 1 (n = 19) received intravenous ketamine (0.5 mg/kg), grou...

Tight oil reservoirs have been a concerned of the industry due to their substantial influence on production. Due poor permeability, numerous problems are encountered while producing from tight reservoirs. Petrophysical and geomechanical rock properties essential for understanding assessing fracability reservoirs, especially enhance permeability. In this study, Saadi B reservoir in Halfaya Iraqi...