PURPOSE To assess the efficacy of high-frequency ultrasound biomicroscopy (UBM) in improving the accuracy of phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) sizing by increasing the incidence of acceptable postoperative vault. SETTING Multiple private practices, United States. DESIGN Evaluation of diagnostic test or technology. METHODS This prospective multicenter clinical study evaluated eyes having pIOL...

OBJECTIVE To compare vaginal anatomy and sexual function after the conventional posterior and anterior sacrospinous vault suspension. METHODS A retrospective repeated measures cohort study included all 168 consecutive sacrospinous vault suspension procedures between July 1990 and February 1997. The posterior suspension (n = 92) used a posterior vaginal incision and pararectal dissection. Ante...

Super-large span twin tunnels, which can relieve traffic burden and improve the efficiency of roads, have been rapidly popularized in urban construction. Hence, it is very important to master share rate support structure this sort tunnel correctly. In paper, some field monitoring numerical simulation work has carried out such a Daling, China. The content consisted vault settlement, stress concr...

BACKGROUND Wound healing complications can occur after calvarial vault expansion due to tension on the scalp flaps. OBJECTIVES To compare wound healing outcomes in patients with craniosynostosis undergoing calvarial vault expansion with and without intraoperative tissue expansion of the scalp. METHODS The present analysis was an institutional review board-approved, retrospective cohort stud...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of posthysterectomy laparoscopic vaginal vault excision and its long-term effects on chronic pelvic pain, dyspareunia, quality of life, and patient satisfaction. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective cohort study (Canadian task force classification II-3) incorporating case note review and a postal questionnaire. It describes 22 consecutive patie...

OBJECTIVE Posterior vault remodeling by distraction osteogenesis is a relatively new technique used for initial correction of turribrachycephaly in children with bicoronal craniosynostosis. We present a new potential complication from this procedure; a case of pan-suture synostosis subsequent to posterior vault distraction. METHODS We report an infant girl who presented with bicoronal synosto...

Light plays an important role in the valuation of architectural elements, and it is a factor in designing spaces. Elements have no visual identity without light. This paper is intended to analyze the lighting in the vault of Shahrak-e-Gharb Jame Mosque with an emphasis on the role of daylight in order to find out how the designer has viewed the use of daylight in designing this mosque. The main...