I N THE LAST few years the majority of pancreas transplants performed in this country have been drained through the bladder, l which is a modification of the original Stanl technique of pancreatic duodenal grafts drained into the small intestine? However, urologic complication rates related to bladder drainage (BD) have remained high, which has lead to increased morbidity,3 lengthy hospitalizat...

A study was conducted using four preruminant calves to determine the contribution of portal-drained viscera, liver, and hindquarters to circadian changes in total energy expenditure, after removing variations due to behavioral patterns. Indirect calorimetry and in vivo arterio-venous techniques were used. Standing time was longer (P < .01) after the meals and shorter (P < .01) at night. These v...

A field experiment was conducted to (i) examine the diurnal and seasonal soil carbon dioxide (CO(2)) fluxes pattern in rice paddy fields in central China and (ii) assess the role of floodwater in controlling the emissions of CO(2) from soil and floodwater in intermittently draining rice paddy soil. The soil CO(2) flux rates ranged from -0.45 to 8.62 µmol.m(-2).s(-1) during the rice-growing seas...

PURPOSE To compare the extramedullary femoral alignment guide system with the conventional intramedullary alignment guide system for bleeding and transfusion rate after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-nine female TKA patients were randomized into two groups: intramedullary (IM) group vs. extramedullary (EM) group. Drained volume of blood, hemoglobin concentration, h...

Variations in pulmonary veins can have a serious effect on patients undergoing lung surgery. But few clinicians are familiar with patients who have these variations, and few have been reported in the left pulmonary vein. We report the case of a lung cancer patient with a variant anatomy in the inferior segment of the lingular vein (V5) that drained into the left inferior pulmonary vein. A preop...

Lymphatic vessels are important in removing excess fluid from the intestine and transporting the fluid to veins in the neck. However, in some diseases, neck vein pressure is increased and the high pressure may slow lymph flow. This study was to test the hypothesis that lymphatic clearance of fluid from the intestine may be increased by draining the lymphatics. Inflatable cuffs were used to incr...

PURPOSE This study analyzed the type of acute urinary retention (AUR) and evaluated the treatments used, including trial without catheter (TWOC). MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was based on 299 patients who were treated for AUR from January 2007 to August 2009. The patients were classified into the spontaneous AUR group (group S) and the precipitated AUR group (group P), in which AUR was co...