An alternative method to laparoscopic surgery has been developed for urological procedures. The surgery is minimal access because the length of the single skin incision ranges from 3-6 cm depending on the type of operation. It is direct access because the surgeon sees the operative area directly and stereoscopically by eye without video-optical support. The procedure requires a special open-lum...

Two species of the genus Ophelina Örsted, 1843 (Annelida, Opheliidae) are reported from coast Kuwait (Arabian Gulf) after specimens collected in intertidal and shallow subtidal, namely arabica sp. nov. grandis (Pillai, 1961). The new is mainly characterised by features anal tube, which provided with about 25 annulations at each side; ventral margins fully fused while dorsal most their length bu...

BACKGROUND In patients with major comorbidities undergoing complex cardiothoracic surgery, incision management is critical. This retrospective review evaluated negative pressure over closed sternal incisions in cardiac patients with multiple comorbidities within 30 days post-median sternotomy. METHODS Records of post-sternotomy patients treated with Prevena™ Incision Management System (KCI, a...

OBJECTIVES We describe the results of over one hundred nephrectomies performed using a subcostal mini incision. INTRODUCTION A major effort has been undertaken to encourage living donor renal transplantation. New techniques that use minimally invasive approaches to perform donor nephrectomy have been progressively accepted. Among these new procedures is the mini-incision approach. METHODS W...

Wound retraction system (WR; Alexis Wound Retractor, Applied Medical, CA, USA), designed for laparoscopic abdominal surgery, is instrumental in offering retraction and protection when an organ or specimen requires removal through a small incision. We performed lobectomy or segmentectomy with systematic lymph nodes dissection by video-assisted mini-thoracotomy for patients with primary lung canc...

become disorganized, were removed. The flap was secured by hare-lip pins and silver stitches. Union by the first intention took place. About a month after the operation, a swelling was perceived at the frontal sinus and bridge of the nose extending towards the roof of both orbits ; it rapidly increased, and it was evident that the tumour had recurred. An incision was therefore made above and al...

Intertrochanteric fractures are significantly increasing in older adults. Treatment choices for trochanteric include intramedullary nail and extra medullary fixation, even though the appropriate treatment such remain controversial. The present study was aimed to assess optimal option intertrochanteric determine which method i.e. proximal femoral nailing (PFN) dynamic hip screw fixation (DHS) gi...

Background Subclavian and axillary arteries true aneurysms are rarely seen. The best incision for surgical approach is median sternotomy for intrathoracic right subclavian artery aneurysm, left thoracotomy for intrathoracic left subclavian artery aneurysm and supraclavicular incision for extrathoracic ones. Many surgeons approaches as subclavicular incision, subclavicular incision extending to ...

Objective-comparative evaluation of different surgical methods of vesicoureteral reflux induction in rabbits.Design- Elective experimental study.Animals- sixteen healthy male rabbits.Procedures- sixteen healthy NewZiland White male rabbits were randomly divided in four equal groups. All rabbits were preoperatively evaluated with retrograde cystography for the presence or absence of congenital o...