BACKGROUND Greenlight laser transurethral resection of prostate (TURP) is a standard surgical method used to treat patients with prostate gland enlargement, it is safe and effective. CASE PRESENTATION We report two cases of sudden occurence of hypotension and bradycardia during greenlight laser TURP. Two patients with benign prostatic hypertrophy were scheduled for greenlight laser TURP under...

atopic dermatitis is one of the most common allergic diseases that almost always respond to conventional therapies with topical emollient, topical corticosteroids, systemic antihistamines and allergic abstinence. however few cases of atopic dermatitis with severe course do not respond to conventional therapies and high dose of intravenous immunoglobulin or cyclosporine are recommended for them....

Abstract Plasmonic nanostructures offer wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic functionalities for biomedical applications. Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) present one the most explored nanomaterial in this field, while titanium nitride (TiN is a new promising with superior plasmonic properties biomedicine. However conventional chemical techniques synthesis these nanomaterials cannot always match...

The contributions of angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) and type 2 (AT2) receptors to the control of regional kidney blood flow were determined in pentobarbital-anesthetized rabbits. Intravenous candesartan (AT1 antagonist; 10 microg/kg plus 10 microg x kg(-1) x h(-1)) reduced mean arterial pressure (12%) and increased total renal blood flow (29%) and cortical laser-Doppler flux (18%) but not medullar...

Micropulse Diode Laser Photocoagulation (MD) is designed to target The Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE) melanocytes while avoiding photoreceptors damage. The term “subthreshold” refers to photocoagulation that does not produce visible intraretinal damage or visible scarring either during or after treatment. It is well known that burns cannot be detected by clinical examination or by Intravenous...

The use of lasers during surgery in the airway of the horse bears various hazards of which airway combustion is the most severe. This risk is of particular concern in anesthetized animals breathing an oxygen-rich gas mixture. Though total intravenous anesthesia has been commonly advocated for laser procedures, laser surgery in the airway of the horse can be performed more safely under inhalatio...

Purpose. Retrograde neurotrophic factor transport blockade has been implicated in the pathophysiology of glaucoma. Stem cell transplantation appears to ameliorate some neurodegenerative conditions in the brain and spinal cord, in part by neurotrophic factor secretion. The present study was conducted to determine whether local or systemic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplan...

A 56-year-old diabetic man presented with left upper lobe collapse and postobstructive pneumonitis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed an endobronchial mass obstructing the left mainstem bronchus. The lesion resembled a bronchial adenoma; however, cytologic and histologic examination revealed invasive mucormycosis. The patient was treated with intravenous amphotericin B followed by endoscopic las...

Melasma is difficult to treat. Vitamin C, topical and by iontophoresis, has been shown to be useful. When lasers are used, there is a significant incidence of post-laser hyperpigmentation. There is no single established treatment for the latter. The case history of a 51-year-old Chinese woman is presented. Intravenous vitamin C appears to be useful in treating this complication.

Twenty4hree out of forty-four adolescents affected by acute and progressive tuberculosis were administered a complex treatment based on the intravenous laser irradiation of blood. This treatment started 2 to 4 weeks after the beginning of chemotherapy. The efficiency of the treatment was assessed by clinical and laboratory criteria obtained after 1.5 to 2 months. It was found that the applicati...