We report the first case of near serious lingual nerve injury in an 80-y-old female caused by the Rigid GlideScope Stylet. This complication was discovered during oral surgery and may have been missed if the site of surgery was not oral cavity.

A fundamental challenge in conduction system pacing [CSP] is determining appropriate lead deployment. With either fixed core or stylet driven leads, the input number of turns may not match resultant rotations achieved by helix. To date, no validated ex-vivo experimental model has been developed to enable quantitative assessment ratio helix rotation. develop a quantitatively describe CSP tip tis...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether a preliminary aspiration (ASP) of the cystic component and/or using spinal needles in complex thyroid nodules (CTN) could improve the adequacy of cytological sampling. METHODS Between January 2004 and December 2006, 386 consecutive patients with CTN were enrolled in this prospective investigation. Ultrasound (US) fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) of the soli...

In this study mono and dual ovaries, which belonged to female individuals of different plant parasitic nematode species that were obtained from the quince (Cydonia oblonga Mill.) (Rosales: Rosaceae) cultivated areas in Sakarya Province (Turkey), classified. The total number 109 121 nematodes, taken soil, used 2016, July 2017, July, respectively. Overall body length (L), spear (Stylet) tail/dist...

A patient developed sepsis syndrome with shock 7 h after an anaesthetic for a shoulder replacement. Tracheal intubation had been difficult and required the use of a stylet and gum-elastic bougies. A gastrografin swallow subsequently demonstrated an oesophageal perforation and mediastinitis was diagnosed at surgical exploration. She survived after a prolonged period of intensive care treatment.

The airways of children with many craniofacial and mandibulofacial malformations often present unique challenges to the anesthesiologists. We report the application of Shikani Optical Stylet (SOS) in facilitating the tracheal intubation of four children with history of difficult airway management. The SOS combines the benefits of the lightwand and fiberoptic bronchoscope.

Cypris metamorphosis was followed using video microscopy in four species of cirripeds representing the suspension-feeding pedunculated and sessile Thoracica and the parasitic Rhizocephala. Cirripede metamorphosis involves one or more highly complex molts that mark the change from a free cypris larva to an attached suspension feeder (Thoracica) or an endoparasite (Rhizocephala). The cyprids and ...

report that the incidence of unexpected difficult airway is 5.8% from a retrospective review of electronic medical records at a single university hospital, and that most cases were managed effectively. Among the numerous intubation difficulty scales (IDS) [2], the Cormack–Lehane grade is generally considered the most sensitive measure for predicting difficult intubation. Alternative techniques ...

To steer a soft robot precisely in an unconstructed environment with minimal collision remains open challenge for robots. When the environments are unknown, prior motion planning navigation may not always be available. This paper presents novel Sim-to-Real method to guide cable-driven static under Simulation Open Framework Architecture (SOFA). The scenario aims resemble one of steps during simp...