Open-Window Schoolrooms

The Open Window

SOME months ago Dr. Brice Clarke invited me on your behalf to be present at this meeting and gave me the privilege of addressing you on some subject of local, medical, historical interest. A few days later I received a very kind letter from Dr. Stephen Hall, in which he indicated his belief that the Belfast Medical School had produced some notable and eccentric figures in the last cenitury, and...

Prosthesis for Open Pleurostomy Versus Open Thoracic Window

We read with great interest the article by Filomeno et al. They reported the follow-up of 44 patients with chronic pleural empyema treated with an ingenious prosthesis for open pleurostomy (POP), as an alternative to open thoracic window (OTW). However, some aspects need to be considered. First, the early closure of the stoma created at an OTW seems to be more related to individual technical pr...

Treatment of post pneumonectomy pleural empyema by open window thoracostomy.

In 13 patients an open window thoracostomy (OWT) was performed for post pneumonectomy pleural empyema. The operation, and life with an OWT cavity, were tolerated well. Early closure of an OWT is not advisable because of a high chance of recurrence of the infection and, in lung cancer patients also the risk of tumour relapse within two years after tumour surgery.

The Penguin’s Window: Corporate Brands From an Open-Source Perspective

Telomeres open a window on stem cell division

Measuring the length distribution of telomeres can reveal information about biological processes that are otherwise difficult to analyze experimentally.