Case Report A 60-year-old Chinese male, with no signifi cant medical history, underwent uncomplicated right phacoemulsifi cation surgery with a 5.5 mm capsulorrhexis and implantation of a single piece 4-loop aspheric acrylic PCIOL (Bausch & Lomb Akreos® Adapt AO,+20.0D, Rochester, NY, USA) into the capsular bag in March 2009. There was no zonular dialysis intraoperatively and no signifi cant ca...

PURPOSE To elucidate the impact of phacoemulsification on aqueous monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) levels, and identify its cell origin. METHODS For clinical study, aqueous humor samples were collected before and after surgery (17.0 ± 4.0 months postoperatively) from 21 cataract cases that underwent phacoemulsification and intraocular lens (IOL) implantation. Aqueous MCP-1 levels we...

Marked hyperglycemia (blood glucose ∼15 mmol/l) affects gastrointestinal motor function and modulates the perception of gastrointestinal sensations. The aims of this study were to evaluate the effects of mild hyperglycemia on the perception of, and motor responses to, duodenal distension. Paired studies were done in nine healthy volunteers, during euglycemia (∼4 mmol/l) and mild hyperglycemia (...

BACKGROUND & AIMS In patients with functional gut disorders, abdominal distension has been associated with descent of the diaphragm and protrusion of the anterior abdominal wall. We investigated mechanisms of abdominal distension in these patients. METHODS We performed a prospective study of 45 patients (42 women, 24-71 years old) with functional intestinal disorders (27 with irritable bowel ...

WE would like to report the occurrence of congenital paunch calf syndrome in Ireland. This is a homozygous recessive condition in the Romagnola breed that causes congenital deformities as described by Gentile and others (2004). Carrier animals appear normal. A full-term stillborn purebred Romagnola calf examined at Kilkenny Regional Veterinary Laboratory had severe abdominal distension (hence t...

Presbyopia still remains the last frontier of refractive surgery. Its surgical management is under constant evolution due to the limitations that exist today with respect to its management, which is probably in relation with the multifactorial basis in which presbyopia is clinically developed in the human. Until currently, virtually all surgical techniques that have been proposed for its correc...

BACKGROUND The extent of the decentration and tilt was prospectively compared between one piece polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) and three piece PMMA intraocular lenses (IOLs) which were implanted in the capsular bag after performing continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis. METHODS 91 patients underwent a one piece PMMA IOL implantation in one eye as well as the implantation of the three piece PMM...

Arthroscopy is not as commonly performed at the shoulder as at the knee, but in both cases distension of thejoint by injection ofsaline is used to facilitate insertion of the arthroscope. At the knee the prominence of bony landmarks makes injection a simple procedure. The shoulder is deeply situated and more difficult to palpate, so that inadvertent injection of saline into the soft tissues aro...