OBJECTIVE To determine if intraoperative frozen sections of the bladder neck during radical prostatectomy (RP) could decrease the incidence of final positive surgical margins at the bladder neck. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective cohort study included 51 consecutive men who underwent anatomic RP at University of Florida & Shands Jacksonville. All patients had intraoperative frozen sectio...

Background & Aim: DBS (deep brain stimulation) is a new and successful technique in treatment of symptoms of Parkinsonism especially after drug resistance. Research in this field is mostly designed for evolution of this technique. The present study aimed at evaluating the relationship between the angle formed in midsagittal and STN (sub-thalamic nucleus) axis line and recording l...

purpose: to evaluate visual outcomes after deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) in patients with keratoconus. methods: in this interventional case series, patients with moderate to advanced keratoconus underwent dalk. inclusion criteria consisted of contact lens intolerance or poor spectacle-corrected visual acuity. dalk was performed using the big-bubble technique introduced by anwar and...

purpose : to review the visual outcome and complications of deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (dalk) using the big-bubble technique in patients with corneal ectasia methods : eighteen consecutive patients with keratoconus or post-lasik ectasia with poor spectacle-corrected visual acuity and/or contact lens intolerance were enrolled in this study between october 2005 and september 2006. dalk b...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effectiveness of two mechanical methods of blood conservation in reducing the need for allogeneic red blood cells or coagulation products during cardiac surgery. DESIGN Randomised controlled trial. SETTING Regional cardiac centre in a teaching hospital in Southampton. PARTICIPANTS 263 adults aged 18-80 years undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery entere...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of intraoperative pancreatoscopy with the ultrathin pancreatoscope for the main pancreatic lesions of mucin-producing tumors of the pancreas (MPT). DESIGN Prospective diagnostic test study with a criterion standard of pathologic examination and masked comparison. SETTING A university hospital. PATIENTS Twenty-four consecutive patients with MPT...

Background. In surgical treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), hybrid universal clamp system has been used by some authors. We aimed to compare the clinical and radiologic outcome of hybrid universal clamp with hybrid thoracic hook lumbar screw. Methods. A prospective study was performed on 56 consecutive patients with AIS, who had alternatively undergone a posterior spinal fusion ...