an effect differing absolutely from the effects of ordinary destructive fulguration, Doyen's electrocoagulation or the diathermy fulguration electrode. All are produced by high frequency currents, but the former requires a unipolar high tension current and a long spark, while the others are produced by low tension currents, generally bi-polar, and with the spark eliminated or very short; the la...

AIMS To prospectively compare the efficacy and safety of pressure topical anaesthesia in punctal occlusion by using cautery in the treatment of dry eye syndrome (DES) with that of conventional treatment by using needle injection of anaesthetic agents. METHODS In a randomised controlled trial, 18 consecutive adult patients with DES requiring punctal occlusion were recruited over a 10 month per...

Three patients with caustic substanceinduced near-total antropyloric obstruction with recurrent vomiting were found to have a totally blocked antropyloric region with no flow of contrast distally (●" Fig.1). Patient characteristics, the treatment provided, and the outcome are summarized in●" Table1. After the patient had given informed consent, esophagogastroscopy was carried outwith the patien...

OBJECTIVE To compare cold dissection to monopolar tonsillectomy in terms of operative time, intraoperative bleeding, post operative bleeding, and pain. METHODS The study included 100 children who underwent tonsillectomy between January 2002 and January 2004. This study was carried out at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Patients were randomly selected to h...

BACKGROUND Since a long time skin incisions have routinely been made with scalpels. Now a day there is a shift in trend from this method to electrosurgical skin incisions. However, fear of bad scars and improper wound healing has prevented its wide spread use. This Study aimed to compare both methods of skin incisions for different variables. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to examine in...

Objective: The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of laparoscopic ovarian drilling (LOD) with monopolar diathermy and CO2 laser on the serum levels of hormone and pregnancy outcome in clomiphene citrate (CC) resistant infertile women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). Materials and Methods: Thirty women underwent laparoscopic ovarian diathermy (group A) and thirty w...