OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Currently available silicone and metallic stents for tracheal stenosis are associated with problems of granulations, mucus trapping, and difficult removals. Our aim was to develop a novel bioabsorbable tracheal stent with mitomycin C (MMC) drug elution to circumvent such problems. STUDY DESIGN A randomized animal study. METHODS Twenty-five rabbits were randomly assigne...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Studies have suggested that arachnoid villi or granulations found in the walls of the cranial dural sinuses, olfactory mucosa, and cranial nerve sheaths function as outlets for intracranial CSF. However, their role as CSF outlets has not yet been verified. Here we show that arachnoid protrusions and contiguous diploic veins provide an alternative drainage route for intrac...

Studies on a quantitative separation and analysis of chloroplastic matter by different investigators have revealed that chlorophyll is held by chemical forces on proteinaceous matter. This matter, named phyllochlorin by MESTRE (17), chloroplastin by STOLL (37), photosynthin by FRENCH (8), and chloroglobin by RABINOWITCH (21), is presumably identical with the substance composing the stroma of ch...

E since the kidney has been implicated as a major factor in the genesis of hypertension, search for morphologic alterations which could account for this relationship has been intensive. However, Castelman, Smithwick, and Palmer, who published, in 1941, the results of renal biopsies in 100 cases of hypertension, were unable to detect any specific abnormality except changes in blood vessels simil...

To investigate role of delayed operation to stimulate growth of strong external callus in high-energy fractures, and explore a new way for bone healing. Twenty adult dogs were employed, and randomly divided into four groups, including group A-D. The dogs underwent osteotomy by wire saw in middle of femur, electric coagulation damaged surrounding periosteum, forming a 1 cm defect. Group A were i...

Exper iments conducted by Dr. Carrel in this labora tory revealed t ha t chicken fibroblasts underwent a ve ry characterist ic change when cul t ivated in serum which had been submit ted to irradiat ion b y cathode rays. The cells resembled in appearance those of colonies cul t ivated in proteoses or peptones. Their cytoplasm was completely filled with granulations but , unlike degenerating cel...

Villi arachnoidales undergoes in the course of life changes in relation to the skull bones and sinuses. Our aim was to determine the relations of the villi arachnoidales to the skull bone and/or sinuses from the neonatal period to adults. The investigations were performed on collection of 50 disarticulated macerated skull bones from the new-born to 30 years of age and on 20 skulls from individu...

Colloidal gold was used as a marker for immunoelectron microscopy to localize lactoferrin (LF) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) in human peripheral blood neutrophils. Cells were reacted with monospecific antibodies against LF or MPO and then with gold-labeled antiglobulin. MPO cytochemistry was also associated with immunologic detection of LF. Immunologic labeling of thin sections after embedding in g...

The cerebrospinal fluid pressure at the foramen of Monro in man in the recumbent position is less than 100 mm water relative to atmospheric pressure. The oscillations in the pressure wave due to respiration and cardiac pulsation vary with the actual pressure and increase as the overall pressure rises. In man lying horizontally the oscillation at the foramen of Monro is usually less than 50 mm w...

OBJECTIVE Among the many therapeutic options for treating tracheal stenosis (e.g. bouginage, laser resection and stenting), segmental resection and reconstruction with end-to-end anastomosis is the method of choice. We verified this in an analysis of clinical material. PATIENTS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 110 tracheal sleeve resections performed between 1985 and 2001. Data before...