he risk of infection is generally based on the susceptibility of a surgical wound to microbial contamination. Clean surgery carries a 1-5% risk of postoperative wound infection, and in dirty procedures that are significantly more susceptible to endogenous contamination, 27% risk of infection has been estimated.1 The Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999 issued by the Centers...

The bionomics of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) were studied for two successive years (January 1996-December 1997) at 12 collecting stations representing six sectors of the province of Al-Baha, Saudi Arabia. The predominant species was Phlebotomus bergeroti (41.7%), followed by lesser numbers of Phlebotomus sergenti (11%), Phlebotomus arabicus (10.6%), Sergentomyia tiberiadis (1...

Five bee-fly species (Bombyliidae, Diptera) have been listed in this paper as new to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Four of the recorded species have been identified to the level of species, namely: Bombomyiadiscoidea (Fabricius, 1794), Spogostylumcandidum (Sack, 1909), Exoprosopalinearis Bezzi, 1924, and Exoprosopaminos (Meigen, 1804), while the fifth one only to genus, Desmatoneura sp. The spec...

Individuals with unilateral hearing loss of severe-profound degree face listening difficulties while localizing a sound source and while perceiving speech in the presence of noise. The objective was to compare the efficacy of the digitally programmable bone anchored hearing aid (BAHA), trimmer digital BAHA and the transcranial contralateral routing of signal (T-CROS) in improving the listening ...

OBJECTIVES To highlight the importance of recognizing and managing severe peri-operative and post-operative soft tissue complications of baha™ osseointegrated implants. To discuss a patient with severe post-traumatic peri-operative and post-operative scalp complications following baha™ surgery, including management options. STUDY DESIGN Case report and literature review of post-operative soft...

The poetic witness has a great effect in the Arabic lesson, ancient and modern, whether lesson is grammatical, linguistic or rhetorical. By quickly following references sources of Arabic, researcher notes that appears once body, another an explanation, third summary abbreviation. Perhaps this due to fact general rhetoric particular at time carved educational approach, so it noted verse was used...

OBJECTIVES Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHA) occasionally cause soft tissue problems due to abutment. Because Sophono does not have abutment penetrating skin, it is thought that Sophono has no soft tissue problem relating to abutment. On the other hand, transcutaneous device's output is reported to be 10 to 15 dB lower than percutaneous device. Therefore, in this study, Sophono and BAHA were co...

Penelitian ini mengkaji kontestasi ideologi pluralisme agama para pendakwah dalam menginterpretasi Al-Qur’an di media sosial Youtube. Ruang lingkup kajiannya akan difokuskan pada penafsiran Muhammad Quraish Shihab, Buya Syakur Yasin, dan Ahmad Bahauddin Nursalim (Gus Baha’) terhadap surah al-Ḥajj/22: 17. Tiga tokoh atas dianggap mewakili kecenderungan pemikiran Indonesia. tergolong jenis peneli...

OBJECTIVE To compare hearing and speech understanding between a new, nonskin penetrating Baha system (Baha Attract) to the current Baha system using a skin-penetrating abutment. METHODS Hearing and speech understanding were measured in 16 experienced Baha users. The transmission path via the abutment was compared to a simulated Baha Attract transmission path by attaching the implantable magne...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate patients' opinions of the bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) compared with a conventional hearing aid. DESIGN Prospective study with two questionnaires. Questionnaire A consisted of questions that compared patients' previous hearing aid with the BAHA. Questionnaire B consisted of questions about the patients' experiences with the hearing aids. PATIENTS Sixty-five consecu...