Corneal grafts at St John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, January 2001-November 2002

Corneal grafts at St John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, January 2001-November 2002.

AIM To compare a cohort of corneal graft patients in east Jerusalem with one in Sweden, concerning diagnosis, sex, patient age, preoperative visual acuity in both eyes, and type of operation. METHODS Standard forms developed for the Swedish Corneal Transplant Register were used for data collection at the time of operation. RESULTS In east Jerusalem, keratoconus accounted for 51% of the graf...

Prosthetic valve obstruction at Tygerberg Hospital between January 1991 and February 2001.

BACKGROUND Prosthetic valve obstruction is a relatively rare, but potentially fatal complication in patients with prosthetic heart valves. The diagnosis and appropriate management of these patients present a challenge to both the cardiologist and the cardiac surgeon. Despite efforts over the last 30 years to prevent this complication, it remains a lifelong risk. Obstruction is caused by pannus ...

November 2002 Extramurally Speaking

CA Corresponding Author Te l/fax : (+55 ) 16 6232792 Email: shfe rre [email protected] N-NITRO-L-A RG ININE m ethyl este r (L-NAME) has been used ex tensive ly as a paradigm atic in h ibitor of NO synthase and has been show n to cause an tinociception in several ex perim ental m odels. We describe here how L-NAME produced a dose-dependen t an tinociceptive effect when in jected intraperitoneally in...

January 30th 2001

NMML Acquisitions: January 2002