OBJECTIVE To evaluate the incidence and risk factors for reoperations on the pre-isthmic aorta after repair of type A acute aortic dissection. METHODS From January 1979 to December 1996, 178 patients (125 males and 53 females with a mean age of 57 +/- 9 years) underwent emergency surgery for acute type A aortic dissection with an overall operative mortality rate of 21%. One hundred and forty-...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of acepromazine or xylazine on Schirmer tear test 1 results in clinically normal cats. ANIMALS Sixteen healthy cross-breed cats. PROCEDURE The animals were randomly divided into two groups of eight cats each. The first group was sedated with acepromazine alone (0.2 mg/kg) and the second group received only xylazine (2 mg/kg). All cats had Schirmer tear test ...

Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), a chronic immune mediated disease associated with xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sicca, may occur alone (primary SS) or with other autoimmune diseases (secondary SS). The benefits of substitution treatment for dry eyes and mouth seem very variable. This survey assessed patients’ experience of the wide variety of tear and saliva substitutes available. Patients with ...

Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), a chronic immune mediated disease associated with xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis sicca, may occur alone (primary SS) or with other autoimmune diseases (secondary SS). The benefits of substitution treatment for dry eyes and mouth seem very variable. This survey assessed patients’ experience of the wide variety of tear and saliva substitutes available. Patients with ...

The lacrimal gland plays an important role in maintaining a homeostatic environment for healthy ocular surfaces via tear secretion. Dry eye disease, which is caused by lacrimal gland dysfunction, is one of the most prevalent eye disorders and causes ocular discomfort, significant visual disturbances, and a reduced quality of life. Current therapies for dry eye disease, including artificial tear...

What are the indications for shoulder replacement surgery? The most common indication for shoulder replacement remains primary glenohumeral osteoarthritis. Other indications include complex proximal humeral fractures, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthropathies, humeral head osteonecrosis, instability arthropathy, posttraumatic arthritis, chronic fixed glenohumeral dislocation, ro...

Aim—To demonstrate the eYcacy of a petrolatum based calcium ointment applied to the lower lid skin in the management of dry eye. Methods—In a controlled double masked study, the eVects of water free petrolatum ointment containing calcium carbonate (10% w/w) on tear functional factors and ocular surface vital staining in dry eye patients were observed. Petrolatum without calcium carbonate served...

this study compared tear function tests and cytologic changes on the conjunctival surface in asymptomatic patients wearing contact lens of different materials. included in this study were 40 eyes wearing daily wear 4 week replacement hydrogel (h) lenses, 32 eyes wearing silicone hydrogel (sih) lenses, 18 eyes wearing rigid gas-permeable (rgp) lenses, and 21 healthy eyes (no lenses) as the contr...

•TTE is a valuable cardiac imaging tool given its availability.•TTE can be used for the evaluation of cardiothoracic surgical complications.•Imaging modalities aid in supplementing information postoperative patients.•Sternal wire fracture may cause laceration. Complications after surgery carry wide differential diagnosis and pose life-threatening consequences. The causes hemodynamic instability...