The aim of this paper was to present the efficacy of surgically created orifice in the buccal mucosa in the treatment of parotid duct fistula. The treatment was performed in 7 patients with parotid duct fistula. The procedure comprised creation of an artificial orifice in the buccal mucosa by introducing a haemostat via an open extraoral wound and puncturing the mucosa. Through the newly create...

space near the mid-axillary line. The pleural cavity was exposed. Air was rushing in and out with respiration, with a peculiar hissing sound, and the dome of the diaphragm and the lower margin of the lung were seen moving up and down with expiration and inspiration. There was no subcutaneous emphysema. No blood could be seen in the pleural cavity. The margins of the wound were freely excised in...

Female genital cutting (FGC) is a tradition practiced in parts of Africa, Middle East and Asia. Type III FGC, also known as infibulation, involves removing part or all of the external genitalia, generally, the prepuce, clitoris, labia minora, and majora. The remnant raw surfaces are sutured together (infibulated) using catgut sutures, thorns, or other adhesive concoctions to cover the urethra a...

Chronic pain, resulting from nerve compression, is a common clinical presentation. One means of conservative treatment is low-level laser therapy, although controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of two doses of low-level laser, at 830 nm, on pain reduction in animals subjected to sciatica. Eighteen rats were used, divided into three groups: GS (n=6), sciatica and simul...

At the beginning of the present year I introduced an operation, which is in principle entirely distinct from the one previously practised. The first steps are the same as in the operation for excision of the sac. After careful shaving and thorough washing and cleansing of the parts, the scrotum is made tense by being firmly grasped in one hand, an incision is made along the whole length of it's...

A total of 165 camels of different ages were castrated through a small, prescrotal midline incision between January, 2010 and December, 2011. The incision was closed with one interrupted, horizontal mattress suture using USP-2 chromic catgut. In 14/165 animals (8.5%) postoperative infection (sepsis) developed, which healed in two to three weeks after open wound management. The remaining 151 ani...