HOW TO REMOVE PUS TUBES WITHOUT RUPTURE.

To remove or not to remove: Review of cases of medial migration of tympanostomy tubes.

OBJECTIVE Few cases of medial migration of tympanostomy tubes have been reported and its optimal management has not been well delineated especially in asymptomatic patients. The aim of this review is to present all cases of medialized tympanostomy tubes reported in the literature in order to provide the most beneficial management option. METHODS Eligible articles were identified through a com...

How to remove impalpable Implanon implants.

Airway rupture from double-lumen tubes.

A DOUBLE-CUFFED double-lumen endobronchial tube (DLT) was used for the first time during thoracic surgery almost 50 years ago to isolate and selectively ventilate the lungs. The benefits of DLTs in terms of improved surgical exposure mad their ability to isolate and protect the lungs during thoracic operations are now widely recognized. Although DLTs are safe and easy to use, complications occu...

How pollen tubes grow.

Sexual reproduction of flowering plants depends on delivery of the sperm to the egg, which occurs through a long, polarized projection of a pollen cell, called the pollen tube. The pollen tube grows exclusively at its tip, and this growth is distinguished by very fast rates and reaches extended lengths. Thus, one of the most fascinating aspects of pollen biology is the question of how enough ce...

More on how to remove a Chinese IUD

Madam I am somewhat concerned that in the same issue of the Journal as the statistical paper entitled ‘Size does matter’1 there was an Overview on ‘Homeopathy treatments for premenstrual symptoms’2 which may be considered to have depended on evidence that contradicted the statistical paper. I would be grateful for your opinion as to the reliability of the one clinical trial by Yakir et al.3, wh...