Tonsillectomy is old surgical procedure that has evolved to a more safe method that has lesser complications with little or no morbidity and mortality. Aim: this was comparative study which compared the old dissection tonsillectomy method and the newer method of tonsillectomy (ultrasonic scalpel and Laser tonsillectomy method). Methodology: Equal number of patients both in age and sexes had con...

BACKGROUND Foot dimension information on different user groups is important for footwear design and clinical applications. Foot dimension data collected using different measurement methods presents accuracy problems. This study compared the precision and accuracy of the 3D foot scanning method with conventional foot dimension measurement methods including the digital caliper, ink footprint and ...

Antimicrobial assays are important tools to test and screen the inhibitory effects of myriad compounds against microorganisms before establishing their inhibitory spectra (broad vs. narrow). Knowledge of the inhibitory spectra of antimicrobial compounds before their application in the fields of agriculture, biotechnology, and medicine is crucial. Various conventional and contemporary methods ar...

Tuberculosis is considered as the greatest cause of death worldwide. In the developing countries including Bangladesh, population density, poverty, malnutrition, and highly congested environment may create substantial risk for infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The principal obstacle in the treatment of tuberculosis is the consumption of time and inaccurate diagnosis as well. Therefore,...

BACKGROUND The classification of pulmonary stenosis (PS) severity based on the transpulmonary pressure gradient, which is affected by flow rate. CASE REPORT We report the first case of a pregnant patient with atrial septal defect (ASD) and pulmonary stenosis that was misclassified by conventional echocardiographic methods. Most importantly, three-dimensional transoesophageal echocardiographic...

BACKGROUND This study used a novel protocol to test the hypothesis that a plateau in oxygen consumption (VO(2 max)) during incremental exercise testing to exhaustion represents the maximal capacity of the cardiovascular system to transport oxygen. METHODS Twenty-six subjects were randomly divided into two groups matched by their initial VO(2 max). On separate days, the reverse group performed...

Filariasis is a major burden in India in states like Andhra Pradesh. With launching of global filariasis elimination program it has become necessary to use sensitive and accurate methods for diagnosis of filariae as compared to conventional methods. We in this study tried to compare the results of detection of microfilariae with conventional slide methods compared with the ELISA method. 90 samp...