Cotton-Tip Applicator Lid Retraction Technique for Controlled Intravitreal Injection Intravitreal injection of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents for retinal, vascular, and macular disease has become one of the most commonly performed medical procedures worldwide. Safety, cost, and patient comfort issues are thus of huge importance. The majority of retina specialists uses a lid spec...

A young parous female of 30 years of age presented to the Department of Gynecology with presenting complaint of lower abdomen pain with recent two episodes of Pilimiction (Figure 1) and burning sensation. There was no history of hematuria or colour change in urine. Menstrual cycles were regular with non complicated previous obstetric history. Clinical examination showed no major upper abdominal...

These paper deals with 45 taxa, seven of which are new to the Balearic Islands flora: Agrostis capillaris L., Centaurea solstitialis L. Chenopodium strictum Roth, Datura wrigthii Regel, Kickxia elatine (L.) Dumort. subsp. elatine, Ranunculus xatardii Lapeyr. and Senecio inaequidens DC. On the other hand, six taxa [Catananche caerulea L., Centaurea apula Lam., Filago micropodioides Lange, Legous...

A novel biopsy technique for harvesting tonsillar tissue from unanaesthetized swine was developed, using conventional restraint and a mouth speculum. After application of a local analgesic, a disposable dermal biopsy punch was used to collect the tissue. The technique was applied to a total of 112 swine from three herds, with animals ranging in weight from 10 to 225 kg. Sixty-one days later, a ...

Radical and repeated cone biopsies are associated with a high risk of spontaneous preterm birth. A 30-year-old gravida 1 presented with a spontaneous dichorionic twin pregnancy. She had a history of two radical surgical conizations. By speculum examination, no cervical tissue was detected. A history-indicated transabdominal cervicoisthmic cerclage was performed at 12 + 4/7 gestational weeks bec...

Longitudinal vaginal septum is a rare Müllerian malformation that may be associated with dyspareunia, dysmenorrhea, primary amenorrhea, and infertility. In this report, the authors present a case of longitudinal vaginal septum in a 15-year-old patient with a full-term pregnancy whose diagnosis was only made during labor following bidigital vaginal and speculum examination. Septoplasty was perfo...