INTRODUCTION Fracture of the penis is a condition where excessive force applied to the long axis of the penis in the erect state results in rupture of the tunica albuginea of the corpus cavernosum. Surgical management can be confusing and time-consuming due to the concealment of the tear in organized blood and edematous tissue, necessitating extensive dissection in friable traumatized tissues, ...

,YIn a previous study (Sevag and Gots, 1948) on the effects of various drugs on the pneumococcal dehydrogenase systems it was found that, whereas acriflavine, atabrine, propamidine, and optochin could inhibit these systems, high concentrations of sulfonamides had no effect. Other investigators (Mellon aind Bambas, 1937; Brazda and Rice, 1942; Fox, 1942; Clifton and Loewinger, 1943) have reporte...

Longitudinal cancer spread is very important for staging of resectability in bile duct cancer. We verified the difference in methylene blue staining properties between cancerous and noncancerous epithelia that are usually observed by cholangioscopy. We obtained 45 biopsy specimens from the common bile duct of 20 patients with bile duct disease using percutaneous transhepatic cholangioscopy (PTC...

BACKGROUND The personal and societal impact of chronic low back pain is considerable. The intervertebral disc is considered the etiologic source in up to 40% of patients, with considerable previous efforts directed at developing reliable and efficacious treatments. Recent publications, including a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, using a one-time treatment of methylene blue, ...

results it was found that in all studied wavelengths with or without methylene blue (mb), the level of all studied enzymes decreased remarkably when compared to dark controls. it was observed that the synthesis level of sod, glutathione peroxidase gp, and glucose 6 phosphate dehydrogenase g-6-pd in e. coli decreased significantly in red light with respect to white, blue, and green light in seaw...

Barron and coworkers (l--3) demonstrated nearly 30 years ago that the respiration of non-nucleated erythrocytes may be greatly stimulated by the addition of methylene blue to the buffer system. Explanations for this phenomenon have been given as increased oxidation of a degradation product of glucose (2), oxidation of lactate (4), increased reversible conversion of hemoglobin to methemoglobin (...

background and objective: there is a concern on safety of human fresh frozen plasma (ffp) as it is a source of some medicinal products. the possibility of transmission of blood-borne are reported often due to emerging viruses. there are some pathogen reduction technologies (prt) to inactivate viruses. methylene blue (mb) based method is one of them. the aim of this study was to examine new desi...

a new simple arid rapid catalytic kinetic method for determination of trace amounts of chromium (110 isdescribed. the method is based on the catalytic effect of chromium (iii) on the reduction of methylene blue byascorbic acid in acidic media. the reaction monitored smectrophotomenically by measuring the decrease ofabsorbance at 664 nm at 25 c. the fixed-time method was used for the first 300 s...

Vasoplegic syndrome is a recognized complication following cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. In several patients profound post-operative vasodilatation does not respond to conventional vasoconstrictor therapy. Methylene blue has been advocated as an adjunct to conventional vasoconstrictors in such situations. There is limited ...