In a recent paper, Oughterson and Harvey" reported experiments on dogs in which they produced local compression of a part of a lung by the use of a distensible rubber bag. They stripped the periosteum from several ribs, displaced the pleura, periosteum and intercostal structures inwards and introduced a rubber bag into the space thus created beneath the ribs. The bag, filled with a liquid, held...

: Air plombage is a surgical procedure that reduces the pleural space. In 1953, Dr. Chamberlain designed original “extraperiosteal plombage” to prevent complications after pulmonary segmentectomy for tuberculosis. This technique was developed formation of an intrapleural pocket dead space, and allow collapse cavity obliteration extrapleural Thus, this has been called as “(extraperiosteal) air p...

The mammalian skeleton performs a diverse range of vital functions, requiring mechanisms of regeneration that restore functional skeletal cell populations after injury. We hypothesized that the Wnt pathway specifies distinct functional subsets of skeletal cell types, and that lineage tracing of Wnt-responding cells (WRCs) using the Axin2 gene in mice identifies a population of long-lived skelet...

Purpose: To identify the right plane in augmented rhinoplasty to help facilitate the facial plastic surgeons in creating more natural look in oriental noses. Materials and methods: One hundred and ten adult Thai cadavers comprising 61 males and 49 females from Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University were included in this study. Augmentation rhinoplasty with the closed tech...

Silky fowl, a breed of chicken, is hyperpigmented in its various internal tissues. The pigment was extracted from various tissues of two strains of Silky fowl to determine its molecular structure and internal distribution. Analysis by infrared spectroscopy showed two spectrum patterns of the pigment in Silky fowl; one is from ovary and testis, the other is from periosteum and feather. The diffe...

The histology and mechanics of leg lengthening by callus distraction were studied in 27 growing rabbits. Tibial diaphyses were subjected to subperiosteal osteotomy, held in a neutral position for 10 days and then slowly distracted at 0.25 mm/12 hours, using a dynamic external fixator. Radiographs showed that the gap became filled with callus having three distinct zones. Elongation appeared to o...

Complete experimental brachial plexus neurectomy was performed in twenty four, 2-3 days old newly born rabbits. Clinical, radiological, macroscopic, electron-microscopic histopathological changes in the muscle and periosteum as well as changes in length and thickness of the long bones were recorded 3, 6 and 12 months postoperatively. The data indicated slight reduction in length of the denervat...