Jet-washing of the uterine cavity for cytological examination has been performed in 200 patients. The results were compared with the histological diagnoses obtained by curettage. In 24 patients with endometrial carcinoma, both methods showed one specimen to be 'not adequate' while the other showed malignancy. A combination of jet-wash and curettage gave a diagnosis in 96% of patients while cure...

Peritoneal trophoblastic implant can occur after treatment of ectopic pregnancy. Similarly, after termination of intrauterine pregnancy, trophoblastic implants are rare but can be a complication of perforation during dilatation and curettage. We report an extremely rare case of trophoblastic implant on the myometrium, ovarian surface, and peritoneal wall 4 months after uncomplicated dilatation ...

Leaking in water pipe is a critical issue in Middle Eastern countries such as Kuwait where water is scarce. In-pipe robots can be dispatched to discover the network and inspect the inner surface of the pipe. This thesis describes the design and characterization of suction pads for in-pipe robots. The suction cups are made of hyperelastic materials that contain air channels inside. Instead of us...

PURPOSE To evaluate refractive outcomes of two management approaches after suction loss during the small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) technique. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective and comparative study was conducted at the El-Gowhara Private Eye Center. It included 26 consecutive eyes of patients who experienced suction loss during the SMILE technique. Patients were divided into...

Laminar-turbulent breakdown in a swept-wing boundary layer is typically caused by secondary instabilities of steady crossflow vortices (CFVs). So far, boundary-layer suction for laminar flow control in three-dimensional boundary layers has been applied to reduce the crossflow and thus the growth of the primary vortices only. We investigate the influence of strong, localized suction (pinpoint su...

The e!ect of air viscosity on suction force of vacuum pumps for holding micro-components was investigated. The experimental data show that suction force micro-components is much larger than the calculated results without considering in#uence of the lower pressure between the suction plate and the micro-component. According to the dimensional analysis, a theoretical formula of suction force was ...

The purpose of this study was to histologically analyze the influences of intraalveolar curettage on the chronology of wound healing after tooth extraction in rats. From this study it was concluded that intra-alveolar curettage delayed the chronology of wound healing after tooth extraction.

BACKGROUND Conventional treatment of interstitial pregnancies includes systemic methotrexate, direct methotrexate injection, wedge resection, or hysterectomy. We present two cases of interstitial pregnancies that were successfully managed by different minimally invasive surgical techniques. We also report the novel use of hysteroscopic urologic stone retrieval forceps in the transvaginal remova...

Objective Pituitary adenomas are typically soft. The prevalence of fibrous adenomas is ∼ 5 to 13%. Firm tumors are difficult to remove by curettage or suction. Predicting fibrous adenomas by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is typically difficult and unreliable. We propose a new prediction method based on MR T2-sequence intensity. Methods The MRIs of 36 consecutive patients with nonsecreting mac...