a 78-year-old woman with burn-induced cervico-mento-sternal scar contracture was scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. during inhalational induction of sevoflurane, her airway patency deteriorated. the right lateral position and assist ventilation using a breathing bag dramatically improved her airway patency.

Studies of the cervico-ocular reflex and the vestibulo-ocular reflex have been carried out separately and in combination on a patient with gait ataxia due to a cerebellar tumour. With the head fixed in space, body rotation to the right (left neck torsion) induced marked nystagmus to the left in darkness. Vestibulo-ocular responses to sinusoidal rotation were symmetrical while the neck was immob...

Zaltoprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used as an analgesic, antipyretic, and antinflammatory agent. It selective COX-2 inhibitor also inhibits bradykinin-induced pain responses without blocking bradykinin receptors. prescribed for treating inflammatory conditions caused by various disorders such dental pain, musculoskeletal postoperative lumbar frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis cer...

Cervico-vaginal smears from 350 IUCD users were analysed to ascertain the range of abnormalities induced in the genital tract of these women. Alteration of the microbial environment, inflammatory, degenerative, reparative and proplastic epithelial changes were the salient cytological findings. The clinical implications of these are briefly discussed.

A 78-year-old woman with burn-induced cervico-mento-sternal scar contracture was scheduled for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. During inhalational induction of sevoflurane, her airway patency deteriorated. The right lateral position and assist ventilation using a breathing bag dramatically improved her airway patency.

Cervico-isthmic pregnancy is a rare and potentially life-threatening form of ectopic gestation in which the blastocyst implants in the uterine cervico-isthmus between the histological and anatomical internal os, followed by subsequent extension to the lower uterine segment. Early diagnosis may allow a conservative therapeutic approach that avoids catastrophic hemorrhage requiring hysterectomy. ...

Oesophageal cancer is frequently complicated by malignant fistulae. Necrosis of the tumour following radiotherapy or chemotherapy may lead to the development of fistulae between the oesophagus and adjacent tissues and organs. We report the expansion of an extra-luminal oesophageal cancer after resection, invading the cervico-thoracic spine, fortunately without neurological deficit, and leading ...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a chronic and progressive gynecological disorder and is manifest by dysmenorrhea and a major cause of infertility and chronic pelvic pain. The study was designed to compare the value of cervico-vaginal fluid of interleukin-1α (IL-1α) in patients with and without endometriosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty women were assessed in this case control study. The case grou...

Cheikh Ahmédou Lame, Birame Loum, Ibrahima Keita, Thierno Boubacar Diallo, Alamasso Sow Service d’ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal, Service d’Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal, Service de Chirurgie Générale, Hôpital Principal de Dakar, Sénégal Corresponding author: Cheikh Ahmédou Lame, Service d’ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-Facial...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between high vaginal pro-inflammatory cytokines and cervical shortening in women at high risk of spontaneous preterm labor and to assess the influence of cervical cerclage and vaginal progesterone on this relationship. METHODS This prospective longitudinal observational study assessed 112 women with at least one previous preterm delivery between 16 and ...