BACKGROUND FlowSafeTM (BeckerSmith Medical, Irvine, CA, USA) is a novel, robotic, external lumbar drainage (ELD) system, which was designed to control cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage, reduce complications, and decrease treatment costs. METHODS  Forty-seven consecutive neurosurgical patients requiring ELD were treated using the FlowSafe system. RESULTS In 39 of 40 patients with traumatic ...

BACKGROUND Commercial closed-suctions drainage systems are commonly used in the United States and many other countries for use in neurosurgical cases. However, in Tanzania and other developing nations with fewer resources, these are not available. This report explores another option for a closed-system drainage system utilizing inexpensive supplies found commonly in hospitals around the world. ...

PURPOSE To evaluate prognostic factors affecting silicone tube intubation outcomes in Asian patients with lacrimal drainage system stenosis. METHODS A retrospective review was conducted on the medical records of 822 patients (1,118 eyes) who had undergone silicone tube intubation to treat lacrimal drainage system stenosis between January 2011 and December 2012. Patients were divided into two ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of topical antiglaucoma medications on the lacrimal drainage system. METHODS In a prospective controlled blind observational case series, 627 eyes of 384 patients (219 males, 165 females) were screened. Data recording (demographics and history taking), allocation in case (on topical antiglaucoma medications) and control (no glaucoma) groups, and examinations (ey...

Flooding in urban areas is an inevitable problem for many cities in Asia. In Bangladesh, Dhaka has serious problems related to urban flooding. The situation was highlighted in September 1996 when residences experienced ankle to kneedeep water on the streets. Daily activities in parts of the city were nearly paralyzed and heavy traffic jams occurred due to stagnant water on the streets. The stud...

BACKGROUND Recent studies using colour-coded Doppler sonography showed that chronic impaired venous drainage from the central nervous system is almost exclusively found in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. This study aimed to investigate the intracranial and extracranial venous anatomy and the intracerebral venous flow profile in patients with MS and healthy controls using magnetic resonance ve...

In this paper, the river network is divided into sub-networks forming a hierarchy of drainage systems following the Horton order. Then, drainage systems are rearranged based on their pattern to obtain more homogeneous drainage systems which do not necessarily follow the Horton order. Such reorganization facilitates the description of the network system. Such organization can be useful for terra...

danehkhoshk anticline is a typical growing anticline in kermanshah province which is located in folded zagros belt. the purpose of this research is to evaluate the effect of tectonic on the triangular facet characteristics, the drainage density and on the drainage pattern formed on anticline. dimensions of triangular facets were determined by means of quickbird satellite images and field works....