The ductus arteriosus is a large fetal vessel connecting the pulmonary artery with the aorta and allowing right ventricular blood to bypass the unexpanded lungs. At birth, with the start of lung ventilation and the attendant rise in blood oxygen tension, the ductus closes and the cardiovascular system acquires its final arrangement. However, in the prematurely born infant, this shunt may remain...

Surgical closure of patent ductus arteriosus in adults involves a number of risks because there are associated anatomic and histologic alterations. Between October 1992 and August 2008, 23 patients were referred to our department with isolated patent ductus arteriosus. Their age ranged from 16-75 years (median 25.5 years) and their weight from 52-80 kg (median 57 kg). The pulmonary diameter ran...

Received: December 02, 2016; Accepted: December 21, 2016; Published: December 23, 2016 Intestinal bile salts are bio-surfactants existing in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) which have essential role either on fat and lipid digestion or absorption [1]. Acidic lipases, which are secreted by the gastric chief cells in the fundic mucosa of the stomach, regulate10-30% of the lipid hydrolysis. In th...

Objective: To study the outcome of endoscopic endonasal dacryocystorhinostomy in our hospital.Methods: Design: Prospective Study Setting: Tertiary rural government teaching hospital Participants: 40 patients with chronic dacryocyctitis with nasolacrymal duct obstruction over a period of 2 years from January, 2010 to December, 2012 who attended in ENT outpatient department of Burdwan Medical Col...

The aims of this study were (a) to find a regime of immunization with cholera toxoid in rats which would establish a high density of antitoxin containing cells (ACC) in the lamina propria of the intestine and (b) to determine the origin of the ACC. The best cellular response was achieved by a single i.p. dose of toxoid in FCA followed by an intraintestinal boost 2 wk later. ACC appeared in the ...

Objective: The aim of our study was to report the outcome and immediate complications of PDA device closure, comparing ducts according to Krichenko classification. Study Design: Quasi experimental study. Place and Duration of Study: Pediatric Cardiology Department of Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology / National institute of Heart Diseases (AFIC/NIHD) from 1st May 2012 to 30th Nov 2013. Patie...

Ceforanide levels in plasma, gallbladder bile, gallbladder tissue, and common bile duct were studied in 10 patients with normal biliary tracts and in 35 patients with biliary disease at various intervals after intravenous injection of 1 g of the drug. Peak blood levels were obtained within 1 h of administration (mean, 67 +/- 15 micrograms/ml). Patients with a normal bilary tract, as well as pat...

CASE DESCRIPTION An 8-year-old Hanoverian mare was presented for chronic mucopurulent discharge in the left eye, which was responsive to topical antibiotic therapy. CLINICAL FINDINGS The nasolacrimal orifice was absent in the left nasal meatum, and anterograde irrigation of left nasolacrimal duct was not possible. Dacryocystorhinography was performed and revealed about 4-6 cm of distal nasola...

We report 210 cases of external biliary fistula treated in our clinics between 1970-1992. In 7 cases, fistulas were formed after iatrogenic bile duct injury, in 4 cases after exploration of common bile duct, in 4 cases due to disruption of biliary-intestinal anastomosis, and in 2 cases due to liver trauma. In 85 cases bile leak was observed after cholecystomy, in 103 cases after hydatid disease...