BACKGROUND There is an urgent need to develop safe and effective treatments for patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Several neurosurgical procedures have been developed to treat the dysfunctional brain circuits implicated in major depression. OBJECTIVES This review describes the most common ablative procedures used to treat major depressive disorder: anterior cingulotomy, subc...

The intense pulsed light (IPL) and laser technologies are widely used for skin rejuvenation and for treating several dermatological disorders such as skin dyschromia and acne, and for non-ablative dermal remodeling of rhytides and hypertrophic scars. Technological evolution is rapid. The High Power Pulsed Light™ [HPPL™] and Incoherent Fast Light™ technologies [IFL™, Novavision Group S.p.A., 208...

OBJECTIVE: Trigeminal neuralgia is a disorder associated with severe episodes of lancinating pain in the distribution of trigeminal nerve. The majority of these patients eventually requires surgical management to achieve remission of symptoms. Microvascular decompression addresses the root cause of the disease and is more effective than ablative procedures at preventing recurrence of symptoms. ...

Linear theory of the ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability in anisotropic diffusive materials is presented. This analysis indicates that enhancing diffusion in a plane transverse to the mean longitudinal flow can strongly reduce the growth of the instability. In the context of inertial confinement fusion, it is shown that anisotropic diffusion can be achieved using a laminated ablator made of su...

The purpose of this article is to present in a concise manner an overview of the most widely used locoregional transcatheter and ablative therapies for solid malignancies. An extensive MEDLINE search was performed for this review. Therapies used for liver cancer were emphasized because these therapies are used most commonly in the liver. Applications in pulmonary, renal, and bone tumors were al...

A new era in dermatological cosmetology, especially in the field of nonsurgical skin rejuvenation, started with ablative resurfacing, at first by carbon dioxide laser and later by Er:YAG or their combination. Although ablative lasers result in major improvements in photodamaged skin, the related postoperative recovery time and side effects are currently unacceptable for most patients. During th...

In the present studies, silicon based low-density ablative material has been studied for its performance to protect flight hardware from temperature raises due aerodynamic forces a longer duration. The oxyacetylene flame test estimates properties at 100–120 W/m2 heat flux. time duration is taken 200 s. shows low mass and linear ablation rate with high effectiveness. degradation kinetics of abla...

Non-ablative skin tightening is a newer approach to tissue remodeling and skin rejuvenation employing noninvasive procedures. These procedures produce less dramatic effects in comparison to traditional ablative laser resurfacing, but also significantly less healing time and patient discomfort. A variety of non-ablative procedures have been developed to achieve skin tightening through dermal the...