Fifty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats used in the present study to investigate the role of baroreceptor sensitive neurons of the nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS) in the regulation of cardiovascular inhibition during acupuncture at the auricular point Heart, single unit recording was made in anesthetized Sprague-Dawley rats. A neuron was considered to be excited or inhibited by acupuncture stimul...

Introduction:Pancreatic pseudocysts belong to a large and heterogeneous group of cystic pancreatic lesions and represent a complication of acute or chronic pancreatitis. The objective of this observational study was to study the different etiologies, clinical features, investigations and management of pseudocyst of pancrease in patients being treated at KMC hospital Manipal. Methodology:A prosp...

BACKGROUND About 45% of all pregnant women suffer low back pain and/or pelvic girdle pain (LBPGP). This study seeks to evaluate the effect of auricular acupuncture on LBPGP compared with placebo auricular acupuncture and with standard obstetric care in the field of primary health care. METHODS AND DESIGN This study will be a four-parallel-arm, multicentre, randomised, placebo-controlled trial...

Laparoscopic cystogastrostomy is an established procedure for the drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts. Cysts are mainly present in the lesser sac (retro-gastric), which is completely amenable to cystogastrostomy. We discuss the problems faced and simple solutions to the problems in managing a huge pancreatic pseudocyst of 22 cm×18 cm in a young boy 18 y of age.

OBJECTIVE To compare the auricular projection results across 3 different techniques of sulcus construction in microtia repair (using a temporoparietal fascial flap, a retroauricular fascial flap from the mastoid region, or a superficial muscular aponeurotic system advancement flap). METHODS All the patients had been photographed at least 3 months after the second stage (construction of the re...

The incidence of auricular deformities is believed to be ∼11.5 per 10,000 births, excluding children with microtia. Although not life-threatening, auricular deformities can cause undue distress for patients and their families. Although surgical procedures have traditionally been used to reconstruct congenital auricular deformities, ear molding has been gaining acceptance as an efficacious, noni...

treatment methods have been proposed, however recurrence and cosmetic problems are still noted in some cases. The aim of this article was to discuss our experience of surgical treatment of intractable auricular pseudocysts. Methods: Fourteen patients with auricular pseudocysts who were unresponsive to simple aspiration followed by intralesional steroid injections or who declined conservative tr...

Dear Editor, Patients with communication between pancreatic pseudocysts (PPC) and pancreatic duct (PD) require a longer duration of drainage, due to the short-term drainage resulting in very high recurrence rates. However, with prolonged drainage period, the risk of septic complications is also potentially increased.1-3 The aim of the study was to evaluate the results of prolonged percutaneous ...

OBJECTIVE Sensory disturbance due to excision of the great auricular nerve in patients who have undergone parotidectomy sometimes causes discomfort to the patients. In order to reduce the postoperative discomfort of the pinna, we tried to preserve the posterior branch of the great auricular nerve. METHODS Forty patients with parotid tumor were included in this study. Twenty-one of these patie...