OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To report a technique for septal perforation repair that does not rely on intraoperative mucosal closure of the perforation defect. STUDY DESIGN Case series with prospective and retrospective data collection. METHODS Nine patients received multilayer interposition grafts and no attempt at intraoperative mucosal closure for repair of septal perforations. Eight patients ...

Objective: To assess the long-term results of re-do surgery for recurrent varicose veins using polytetrafluoroethylene patch interposition to correct a recurrent varico-femoral junction (RVFJ). Methods: In 170 extremities (137 patients) with RVFJ greater than 3 mm in diameter, re-do surgery was done with patch interposition and without extensive resection of neovascularisation. Follow-up data b...

This paper presents a method for extending operating system functionality in a way that is secure, eecient, simple, requires no kernel source changes, and is compatible with existing application binaries. Our approach is to enable extensions of the system call interface by loading a device driver into the kernel that redirects system calls to extension code running either in the kernel or in a ...

Temporomandibular joint ankylosis is the most common cause of facial deformity.1-4The main etiology TMJ include trauma and infection3,5.TraditionallyTemporomandibular Ankylosis patients had been managed with different treatment options including Gap arthoplasty6,Interpositiongap arthroplasty ,distraction osteogenesis total replacement.To prevent reankylosis interposition fascia or muscle docume...

The management of caustic and peptic oesophageal strictures refractory to medical treatment and repeated dilatations continues to be a challenge. Colonic interposition with subtotal oesophagectomy is felt by many surgeons to be the best treatment. Complications in the short and long term are, however, frequent. We report a case of a colonic carcinoma originating in a colonic interposition and g...

Colonic interposition grafts are commonly used as an esophageal conduit following esophageal resection. Significant morbidity is associated with this reconstruction due to the nature of the operation. Many of the complications associated with this procedure have clear management strategies; however, there is a paucity of data when it comes to managing rare complications. In this report, we disc...

Tuning parallel applications requires the use of effective tools for detecting performance bottlenecks. Along a parallel program execution, many individual situations of performance degradation may arise. We believe that an exhaustive and time–aware tracing at a fine–grain level is essential to capture this kind of situations. This paper presents a tracing mechanism based on dynamic code interp...

One difficulty encountered by intrusion and misuse detection systems is a lack of application level audit data. Frequently, applications used are written by third parties and may be distributed only in a binary format. In this paper we present a technique to generate application level audit data using library interposition. Interposition allows the generation of audit data without needing to re...

BACKGROUND Interposition arthroplasty with bioreplaceable poly-L/D-lactic acid (PLDLA) implants has been studied in Finland with promising results in reconstruction of the rheumatoid hand. We evaluated this material in a series of patients with rheumatoid forefoot deformities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-five patients were randomized to either PLDLA metatarsophalangeal joint interposition ar...