The Kissing Balloons Technique

A Technique to Predict Clefting of Lobed Super-Pressure Balloons

Improved Technique for Estimating Pleural Pressure from Esophageal Balloons.

MILIC-EMILI, J., J. MEAD, J. M. TURNER, AND E. M. GLAUSER. Improved technique for estimating pleural pressure from esophageal balloons. J. Appl. Physiol. I g(2) : 207-2 I I. I g64.-Esophageal pressure has been measured in eight healthy men during breath holding (glottis open) at various fixed lung volumes with a rubber balloon (length: IO cm; perimeter: 3.5 cm; wall thickness: ca. 0.06 mm) cont...

The kissing virus.

THE Epstein-Barr virus, also called "The Kissing Virus", is perhaps the commonest of all viruses that infect human beings. It usually causes no ill-effects whatsoever, but it does cause glandular fever or infectious mononucleosis, and there is substantial evidence linking it with two human cancers, not usually found in this part of the world. It was discovered through the co-operation of surgeo...

The "kissing spine" revisited.

A 46-year-old woman presented to our department with persistent low back pain, which increased by back flexion and was released by flexion. On clinical examination, localized midline lumbar tenderness was noted. MRI showed a soft tissue lesion between the adjacent spinous processes of L3 and L4. The lesion was of low signal intensity on T1-weighted images (WI) (Fig. A, arrow), and hyperintense ...

Stent-supported reconstruction of the aortoiliac bifurcation with the kissing balloon technique.

BACKGROUND Bilateral iliac artery obstructions involving the aortic bifurcation or high-grade stenosis of the abdominal aorta are not usually considered an indication for percutaneous treatment. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the initial and long-term results of primary stent implantation for reconstruction of the aortic bifurcation. METHODS AND RESULTS In 48 patients with o...