Indications for keratoplasty operation and operation techniques

Indications for operation in abdominal trauma.

I N general, traumatic wound therapy in civilians foIIows military practice. After WorId War II it was inevitabIe that the war time management of abdominal wounds should carry over into the peace time emergency rooms and operating theaters. The miIitary practice of routineIy performing earIy expIoration was based on the almost uniformly fatal outcome of non-operative treatment of patients with ...

Acute Appendicitis: Its Diagnosis and the Indications for Operation

Indications for Operation in Disease of the Internal Organs

This book is written essentially for the practitioner, in order to enable those who are not in hospital practice to arrive at an independent opinion on the advisability of operation in cases of internal lesion. In each chapter there are remarks on etiology, pathological anatomy, clinical course, diagnosis, and differential diagnosis, to give a general grasp of the condition under consideration,...

Analysis of the Changes in Keratoplasty Indications and Preferred Techniques

BACKGROUND Recently, novel techniques introduced to the field of corneal surgery, e.g. Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty (DMEK) and corneal crosslinking, extended the therapeutic options. Additionally contact lens fitting has developed new alternatives. We herein investigated, whether these techniques have affected volume and spectrum of indications of keratoplasties in both a center m...

The Indications for Operation in Myo-Fibroma of the Uterus

Whilst there are some who appear to advise the removal of all myo-fibromatous tumours of the uterus, others incline to non-operative treatment throughout. More lives will, however, be saved by a judicious selection of cases for the respective forms of treatment. The mere presence of a tumour is not a sufficient excuse for operation, and it is clearly the duty of every surgeon, before he advocat...