PURPOSE To evaluate the postoperative outcome of the multiple slit on plaque plication technique for the treatment of Peyronie's disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 22 patients who underwent plaque incision with penile plication for the surgical treatment of Peyronie's disease, who had failed medical treatment between 2009 and 2014. Patients were grouped by preoperativ...

Introduction. Laparoscopic greater curvature plication is an operation that is gaining ground in the treatment of morbid obesity, as it appears to replicate the results of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with fewer complications. Aim. Review of current literature, especially results on weight loss and complications. Method. 11 (eleven) published articles on laparoscopic gastric plication, of wh...

OBJECTIVES Paralysis of the diaphragm is an uncommon condition, which may result in dyspnoea on excertion and in orthopnea. In patients who have symptoms, the paralysed diaphragm is often plicated to prevent its paradoxical movement on inspiration. This procedure brings relief to many patients, but the mechanism for this improvement is not well understood. METHODS Nine symptomatic patients wh...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess the feasibility and clinical outcome of bilateral plication of the diaphragm in patients with bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis (BDP) caused by neuralgic amyotrophy (NA), a mononeuritis of the phrenic nerves. DESIGN Prospective, case-control study over a 1-year period. SETTING A university hospital in The Netherlands. PATIENTS Six patients who presented with BDP...

mong all the forms of sculpture, the most interesting from a mathematical point of view may well be paper fold ing. In support of this assertion I would point out that paper folding requires a distinctive leap of the imagination from Flatland into Roundworld, from two dimensions to three. A sculptor who carves stone or models clay begins with a medium that is already three-dimensional, but the ...

Baculoviruses are large DNA-containing viruses which replicate in the nucleus of invertebrate cells. The viruses contain supercoiled DNA of tool. wt. about 8 x l 0 7 (Bud & Kelly, 1977) and the multiply enveloped nuclear polyhedrosis virus of Trichoplusia ni used in this study has a genome size of 8.3 x 107 (Bud & Kelly, 1980). Little is known about the replication of baculoviruses in molecular...