Purpose This report documents six-month results of the first 50 patients treated in a prospective, multi-center study of a minimally invasive (MI) sacroiliac (SI) joint fusion system. Patients and Methods This cohort includes 50 patients who had MI SI joint fusion surgery and completed 6 month follow-up. Average age at baseline was 61.5, 58% were female, and SI joint-related pain duration was...

We explored the relative contributions of cortical and thalamic neuronal networks in the generation of electrical seizures that include spike-wave (SW) and polyspike-wave (PSW) complexes. Seizures were induced by systemic or local cortical injections of bicuculline, a gamma-aminobutyric acid-A (GABAA) antagonist, in cats under barbiturate anesthesia. Field potentials and extracellular neuronal ...

Pulmonary botryomycosis is a rare chronic, pyogranulomatous infection affecting the lung parenchyma. We describe here the clinical and histopathological findings of pulmonary botryomycosis reported for the first time in a Down syndrome female who required prolonged intensive care. This case has other different unique aspects. It is the first case to present with empyema, the second case involvi...

A 36−year−old man with organizing right pleural empyema was treated by decortication, however the lung failed to expand. Intraoperative bronchoscopy disclosed foreign body (chicken bone) obstructing the right main bronchus. Extraction of the foreign body was followed by immediate expansion of the lung and uneventful recovery. Pleural empyema may be caused by a foreign body obstructing bronchus....

Method A retrospective review of data for patients undergoing decortication for diagnosed stage III empyema was ascertained via prospectively recorded data. Histopathology and culture records were obtained from January 2011 to December 2014. A total of 67 cases were included. The study focused on intra-operative samples taken for microbiological analysis, cytology and histopathology. Material w...

Methods We reviewed our VATS decortication results in 26 patients with MPE over a 6 year period, compare with 40 patient treated with talk pleurodesis and drainage only. Major symptoms were chest pain, cough and dyspnea, and radiographic findings of pleural fluid. Trapped lung was demonstrated after MPE evacuation in all patients preoperatively. Patient with malignant mesothelioma end bronchial...

This prospective randomized split-mouth study was performed to compare the effects of augmented corticotomy with those of different nonautogenous bone graft materials combined with orthodontic tooth movement in dogs. Decortication was performed on the buccal bone surface of 6 male beagle dogs that were randomly assigned to receive grafts of deproteinized bovine bone mineral, irradiated cortical...

A 68-year-old white man with lung carcinoma underwent removal of the lower lobe of the left lung. Four months later, the patient developed a hemothorax requiring exploratory thoracotomy, evacuation of hemothorax, and decortication. Postoperatively a persistent airspace with prolonged air leak developed. Bronchoscopic application of fibrin glue failed to seal the leak. Percutaneous transthoracic...

Background/Introduction Tumor histology and stage are predictors of survival in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). The TNM classification that is widely accepted for MPM has its limitations. Significance of tumor volume, a better representation of tumor burden is not routinely determined. We hypothesized tumor volume is a better predictor of survival and complimentary to T and ...

A 52-year-old white man first became ill in September 1968. He was hospitalized at that time at another institution with a right-sided pyopneumothorax treated by thoracotomy with pleural decortication and drainage of the empyema. A lung biopsy was reported as pseudolymphoma. His recovery was uneventful. In October, 1970 he was hospitalized at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital because of in...