on use of a pneumothorax catheter fur treatment of pneumothorax as well as drainage of pleural effusions. In my own practice I have used this catheter quite frequently and have found results very similar to those in the study. As they suggested, I have found the catheter to be useful in draining malignant effusions and in completing successful chemical pleurod-esis. One problem with the cathete...

To the Editor: A 48-yr-old man with a persistent left bronchopleurocutaneous fistula (BPCF) and empyema thoracis following pneumonectomy presented for bronchial stump closure and left thoracoplasty. The patient refused any attempts at awake intubation. He was placed in semi-recumbent position with the left side down after topicalization and mask induction. Right-sided double-lumen tube (DLT) pl...

here, we report on a ten-year-old girl with chronic draining nonhealing ulcer in her neck and unilateral cervical chronic lymphadenopathy. her ulcer had poor clinical response to broad spectrum antibiotics and anti-tuberculosis treatment. she had undergone several wound biopsies with no conclusive results. she was otherwise healthy with no known underlying disease. final wound excisional biopsy...

We performed preliminary tests of the feasibility of multi-detector computed tomographic lymphography (MDCT-LG) with interstitial injection of iopamidol for mapping cutaneous lymphatic drainage pathways. MDCT-LG images were obtained following cutaneous injection of a total of 1ml iopamidol bilaterally into hind legs of 10 dogs. The locations of the first draining lymph nodes were marked on the ...

When a long gas bubble travels in horizontal liquid-filled channel of circular cross-section, liquid film is formed between the and wall. At low Reynolds Bond numbers, inertial buoyancy effects are negligible, thickness function capillary number only. However, as tube diameter increased to millimetre scale, both forces may become significant. We present results systematic analysis shape, inclin...

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