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.

Age.?Minimum, 18 ; maximum, 34; average, 233. Presentation.?Vertex, 30 ; pelvic, 2 ; face, 1. Position.?Left occipitoanterior, 23 ; right occipito-posterior, 5 ; right occipitoanterior, 2; left mento-auterior, 1; left sacroanterior, 1; right sacro-posterior, 1. Duration of Labour.?First stage: Minimum, 4 h. 30 m.; maximum, 62 h.; average, 15 h. 5 m. Second stage : Minimum, 25 m.; maximum, 6 h.:...

Introdução: O retalho de McGregor, utilizado em reconstruções cabeça e pescoço, a depender da condição clínica do paciente, pode ser mais vantajoso benéfico no que tange, principalmente, à redução morbidades. Objetivo: Relatar caso cirúrgico reconstrução mento, utilizando diante complicação perda prévio por técnica usual. Método: Apresentação paciente diagnosticado com Carcinoma Espinocelular (...

Alburnus sava, new species, is described from the Kolpa River. The Kolpa is a tributary of the Sava, a major tributary of the Danube River, in the Black Sea basin. Alburnus sava is distinguished from its congeners in the Danube drainage, A. mento and A. sarmaticus, by having 23-27, usually 24-26, gill rakers; the ventral keel usually completely covered by scales (scaleless part maximum 15% of t...

OBJECTIVE Scar contracture of the neck after a burn-injury can cause both functional and aesthetic problems, and still presents a challenge for plastic surgeons. The anatomic area and adjacent structures such as the lower lip, trachea and neuro-vascular structures which are affected by the scar make treatment diffucult. Scarring and contracture of the neck region may severely limit function, ca...

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The wimple piranha, Catoprion mento, has a narrow-range natural diet with fish scales comprising an important proportion of its total food intake. Scales are eaten throughout most of ontogeny and adults feed almost exclusively on this food source. Catoprion exhibits a novel prey capture behavior when removing scales for ingestion. Scale feeding strikes involve a high-speed, open-mouth, ramming ...

Received February 5, 2013; Revised April 4, 2013; Accept From the Departments of Surgery (Utter) and In (Romano), and the Center for Healthcare Policy and Cox, Romano), University of California, Davis Medic mento, CA and US Department of Health and Human for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Ow Correspondence address: Garth H Utter, MD MSc, Surgery, University of California, Davis...