We have studied the effects of preoperative administration of diclofenac on suxamethonium-induced myalgia, plasma met-enkephalin-like activity (E-LA), prostaglandin E2-like activity (PGE2-LA), leukotriene C4-like activity ...

Electrodesiccation or chemical agents, such as thrombin and fibrin sealant, may be used to control oozing in the peritoneal cavity, Electrodesiccation is time consuming and associated with adjacent thermal damage. Adhesion ...

Botulinum toxin type A (BTA) treatment is an alternative to strabismus surgery. In this retrospective study the data on 45 esotropic and 49 exotropic patients with concomitant strabismus who were treated with BTA were ...

We report a case of extradural haematoma occurring after extradural anaesthesia in an anticoagulated patient. The diagnosis was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging and the haematoma was evacuated surgically. A search ...

The loss of heterozygosity (LOH) at the bcl‐2 gene locus and the expression of the bcl‐2 gene were examined in gastric and colorectal carcinoma cell lines and carcinoma tissues. LOH at the bcl‐2 locus was detected in 24% ...

Cervical aortic arch is a very rare anomaly presented as a pulsatile mass on the neck and usually with symptoms of dysphagia, cough and hoarseness. Rarer than the cervical aortic arch, is the aneurysm formation and, despite ...

Giant-cell tumours of the spine are very rare. They occur mainly in long bones. We report a patient with a giant-cell tumour of the lumbar spine which had been operated on at another hospital 5 months previously as a ...