Primary pulmonary tumors in small children have remained a challenge for pediatric surgeons. Pneumonectomy and radical lobectomy are limitedly indicated due to surgical difficulties and sequelae. Here, we present our experience with a 4-year-old patient who suffered from an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor. A left lower sleeve lobectomy was performed, and the patient recovered significantly a...

Staged bariatric procedures in high risk patients are a common used strategy for morbid obese patients nowadays. After previous sleeve gastrectomy, surgical treatments in order to complete weight loss or comorbidities improvements or resolutions are possible. One strategy is to perform a novel technique named SADI (single anastomosis duodenoileal bypass-sleeve). We present the technique for tot...

Thymic carcinoid tumour associated with pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma is very rare. We present a case of synchronous lung cancer and mediastinal tumour treated with simultaneous video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) sleeve lobectomy and thymectomy. A 67-year old man presented with cough and bloody sputum. Chest computed tomography showed an anterior mediastinal mass with a right hilar...

A stump neuroma is caused by the disorganised growth of axon cylinders into proliferating granulation tissue, but this is stopped by an undamaged epineural sleeve. We report experiments in the rat in which the epineural sleeve of the stump of the sciatic nerve was freed from nerve fascicles for about 5 mm and then sealed with a synthetic tissue adhesive. Neuroma formation was largely prevented ...

THE principle of altering the thickness of a solution during spectroscopic examination is of course an old one, but the writer has not seen a published account of a simple and inexpensive apparatus. That described below can easily be made in the laboratory for a few shillings, and requires little skill mechanically or in glass-blowing. It has the great advantage that 5 ml. of solution can be ex...

Sample preparation is still considered the bottle-neck of whole analytical process. Nowadays, several sample techniques are available, however all them suffer from lack selectivity. At this regard, molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) excellent materials able to perform selective extractions. Recently, new objectives in have been set, including use smaller initial sizes; facilitate automation;...

Modelling A decision tree model was used, with sleeve lobectomy and pneumonectomy as the options at the decision node. The model assumed that isolated local recurrences after sleeve lobectomy could be treated in a variety of ways, including reresection (completion pneumonectomy), whereas isolated local recurrences after pneumonectomy could not be treated by further resection. It was assumed tha...

Sleeve fractures of the upper pole of the patella in children are rare; only 2 cases have been reported in the English literature and 1 case in the German literature. We present a case of this unusual lesion in order to stress the importance of being aware of the existence of upper pole sleeve fractures of the patella. We review the literature and we describe the symptoms, the clinical and radi...

Since 1981, high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) has been used in 300 patients undergoing surgery, most commonly during i.v. general anaesthesia for endoscopy and surgery of the airways: laryngoscopy, bronchoscopy, laryngeal microsurgery and laser surgery (more than 230 patients); repair of tracheal stenosis, tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy and tracheal sleeve lobectomy. HFJV was administered th...

*Medical University of Silesia, Department of Physiology, ul. Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice Ligota, Poland Abstract Presented are the results of investigations into the preparation of a peripheral nerve prosthesis. The prosthesis is built up of a multichannel core having a diameter of 2 to 5 mm. The core prepared by freeze drying is housed in a polymeric sleeve. The prosthesis core is made of mic...