HYPOTHESIS The hand-assisted laparoscopic technique may be applied to the treatment of liver tumors. DESIGN A case series with mean follow-up of 13 months. SETTING University-affiliated tertiary care center. PATIENTS A total of 15 patients with hepatic neoplasms underwent screening tests, including appropriate tumor marker analyses, abdominal sonography, and computed tomographic scan and,...

During my 40 years of involvement with hand surgery, I have witnessed the following major breakthroughs:-Tendon surgery and tendon program-Development of artificial finger joints-Microsurgery-Various fixation systems for fractures-Wrist arthroscopy Certain breakthroughs are appearing in the horizon:-3-D printing-Tissue engineering-Genetic engineering-Intra-uterine surgery At organizational leve...

101 Laparoscopy traces its modern beginnings to the turn of the 19th century. In a 1901 presentation to the 73rd Congress of German Natural Scientists and Physicians, Georg Kelling described the use of lufttamponade (airtamponade) or pneumoperitoneum for management of abdominal bleeding. Kelling used a Nitze cystoscope to observe the intraabdominal effects of lufttamponade on a live dog and cal...

W. M. McQuillan. (Pp. 74; figs. 38. 10s 6d). Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1967. THE speciality of hand surgery owes a lot to Bunnell whose pupil was Prof. Erik Moberg of of Goteborg, the author. This small monograph was originally written in Swedish, it was rewritten in German and this is a translation from the German by the senior lecturer in Orthopaedic Surgery in Edinburgh Univ...

A randomised trial was performed in 100 patients in order to evaluate the effectiveness of three commonly used methods of exsanguination (simple elevation, squeeze method and Esmarch bandage) in a clinical setting. The quality and quantity of the exsanguination was evaluated every 5 min by the surgeon and the amount of oozing was observed. Although there was no significant difference between sq...

OBJECTIVES Theories of patient satisfaction with treatment outcome have not been developed and tested in healthcare settings. The objectives of this study were to test a new theory linking patient satisfaction and embodiment (body--self unity) and examine it in relation to other competing theories. DESIGN We conducted a prospective cohort study. SETTING This study was conducted at a tertiar...

Internal curvilinear distraction is successful in achieving clinically significant distraction with stable occlusion in our patient population of infants, adolescents, and adults. When distracting the mandible, the curve of the distractor, the position of the distractor, and the osteotomy site are accountable for the final result. The curved distractor can mimic part of the natural logarithmic ...