A wide range of diseases may be the cause of an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space. Pleural effusion is a major diagnostic problem, since the pleura is an inner cavity with no direct access. The aim of this review is to provide a practical approach to the investigation of the patient presenting with pleural effusion. This should help to accurately diagnose pleural effusion and keep time...

Most thoracic surgeons have encountered a number of situations in which a specimen was too large to fit through a small intercostal incision. This report highlights a useful technique for specimen extraction from the thorax using a vinyl bag and a sucker. The sucker creates negative pressure, and the liquid and air components from the specimen are removed. The specimen can be deflated and remov...

Background The use of the Buccal Fat Pad (BFP) as a pedicled graft in the closure of intra-oral defects after oncological resections has gained in popularity, it is probably due to the ease of access, the rich blood supply and the low morbidity. The purpose of this study is to show our clinical experience and the results related to the use of the BFP in the repair selective malignant lesions of...

Recently, functional endoscopic sinus surgery is the state of the art in the surgical treatment of endonasal pathology. For a more accurate access planning including 3D measures of the cavity, especially in complex cases of tumor diseases, a segmentation of the paranasal sinus is certainly a useful tool. Unfortunately, this structure is quite complicated and difficult to segment. In our contrib...

The purpose of this study was the application of both digital three-dimensional image processing and virtual reality techniques in endodontics. Three-dimensional volume representations of 2 teeth from each tooth category, 16 teeth in total, have been reconstructed. All teeth were embedded in polyester resin, and serial cross-sections 0.75-mm thick were taken from each tooth by using a special m...

This chapter aims at highlighting the influence of the electrical access of different kinds of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL) (Rissons & Mollier, 2009). By presenting an overview of electrical equivalent circuit modeling and characterization for the VCSEL chip, based on the Scattering parameters, an overview of the VCSEL performance is given in order to provide a good knowledge ...

AIM To evaluate the effectiveness of haptic virtual reality (VR) simulator training using microcomputed tomography (micro-CT) tooth models on minimizing procedural errors in endodontic access preparation. METHODOLOGY Fourth year dental students underwent a pre-training assessment of access cavity preparation on an extracted maxillary molar tooth mounted on a phantom head. Students were then r...

A set of new instruments was designed to establish an access to the abdominal cavity for NOTES via the rectosigmoid. It comprehends a metal overtube which is positioned using a modified TEM device. The entry point is targeted by transrectal ultrasound and secured by a purse-string suture. Closure is achieved by means of a linear stapler application. The applicability of the system could already...

Optical studies of nanoscale magnets promise access to ultrafast magnetization dynamics but are challenging because of limited spatial resolution. We demonstrate that cavity enhancement of the magnetooptical Kerr effect increases the sensitivity in nanomagnetooptics significantly. Magnetization switching in individual single-domain magnets in both far-field and near-field Kerr microscopy is obs...

A wide range of diseases may be the cause of an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space. Pleural effusion is a major diagnostic problem, since the pleura is an inner cavity with no direct access. The aim of this review is to provide a practical approach to the investigation of the patient presenting with pleural effusion. This should help to accurately diagnose pleural effusion and keep time...