HYPOTHESIS Characteristics of intra-abdominal abscess can be used to predict successful outcome for percutaneous catheter drainage (PCD). METHODS We performed a multicenter prospective study of patients who had intra-abdominal infections treated with PCD and intravenous antibiotics. Multivariate regression analysis determined predictors of successful outcome. RESULTS The study included 96 p...

Suction caisson is a type of floor foundation for the offshore structures that is also called suction pile, bucket foundation, suction anchor, or sometimes ridge foundation depending on its application. In two past decades, this type of foundation has been widely used around the world as the fixed offshore foundation, anchor of the floating platforms, as well as the foundation of other marine s...

Reflux after Ivor Lewis esophagectomy has a deleterious effect on anastomotic wound healing and is a risk for pulmonary aspiration [1]. We report endoscopic negative pressure therapy, using a novel double-lumen open-pore film drainage method, for prevention of postoperative reflux. A 70-year-old patient underwent Ivor Lewis esophagectomy because of carcinoma of the distal esophagus (pT2pN0), ha...

Usually, vertical drains are widely used to improve land reclamation and construction of urban planning, transport road construction, agriculture. Vertical drainage systems that use pumped wells, open dug or tube wells. There calculation methods based on pumping curves the filtration equation hydraulic drainage. In proposed system, jet apparatus is in systems. Jet pumps designed such a way they...

Draf's drainage surgery, an endonasal micro-endoscopic approach to establish one of three types of frontal sinus drainage, is becoming the standard operative procedure in Europe and America especially for recurrent cases. We reported a recurrent frontal sinus cyst that we treated in accordance with Draf's drainage surgery under the navigation system. The patient was an 81-year-old male, who com...

M e t h o d s Design: Randomized placebo-controlled trial (First Multicenter Intrapleural Sepsis Trial [MIST1]). Allocation: Concealed.* Blinding: Blinded (clinicians, patients, and outcome assessors).* Follow-up period: 12 months. Setting: 52 centers in the United Kingdom. Patients: 454 patients with macroscopically purulent pleural fluid or fluid that had a positive culture for bacterial infe...

Improvements in imaging studies and a better understanding of the natural history of pancreatic fluid collections (PFCs) have allowed the different types to be clarified. Stratification of PFCs into subgroups should help in selecting from the increasing current available treatment options, which include percutaneous, endoscopic and surgical drainage. Percutaneous catheter drainage is safe and e...

BACKGROUND The gynoidlypodystrophy, known as cellulitis or cellulite, refers to a condition that gives the skin an undulating and uneven appearance, affecting 80-90% of women after puberty. OBJECTIVES to investigate the efficacy and safety of manual lymphatic drainage for cellulite management. METHODS this was an open, prospective, intervention study including 20 women aged from 20 to 40 ye...