Correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr. Rona E. Cheifetz, c/o Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, 910 West 10th Ave., 3rd Floor, Vancouver BC V5Z 4E3 OBJECTIVE: To adapt an animal model of benign bile-duct stricture, sclerosing cholangitis and cholangiocarcinoma in order to determine if the expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) could be used to differentiate these le...

Objectives : By observing the effect of acupoint catgut embedding on intestinal flora ovariectomized osteoporotic rats, correlation between regulation and prevention treatment osteoporosis was discussed preliminarily. Methods Result: Compared with Group A B, bone mineral density (BMD) femur tibia in C decreased significantly (p<0.05), indicating successful modeling. C, BMD D increased (p<...

Preparation. The area of bulbar conjunctiva within the circumvallation was later removed en bloc with the 12 x 7 mm. area of sclera over the ciliary body. The bulbar conjunctiva was then incised just peripheral to the diathermy circumvallation and the incision was extended round the limbus to 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock. From each end radiating incisions 8 mm. long were made posteriorly. The conju...

was manipulated to relieve pressure on the skin over the dorsum of the foot, and a plaster-of-paris cast padded with sterilised cotton-wool was applied in the casualty-theatre, which is on the ground floor. Operation.-Next day he was operated on in theatre 1 of the main theatre suite (see figure). The skin of the ankle was incised, a large butterfly fragment of the fibula was wired, the torn jo...

bowel effected, but not without slightly enlarging the internal ring by a nick with the knife upwards. The sac was ligatured flush with the internal ring and cut off, and the ring constricted and the inguinal canal obliterated with a continuous blanket stitch of " thirty day " catgut, the skin incision closed and a gelatine dressing applied. For 24 hours after operation there was considerable d...