The effect of size of giant pancreatic pseudocysts on the outcome of internal drainage procedures. Surgery Gynecology & Obstetrics 173, 111m174. Pancreatic pseudocysts (PP) that fail to resolve spontaneously are optimally treated by internal drainage to a viscus. Pseudocysts adherent to the stomach are usually drained by way of cystgastrostomy. Recent experience with giant pseudocysts > 15 cent...

Malignant pericardial effusion (MPE) is a serious complication of several cancers. The most commonly involved solid tumors are lung and breast cancer. MPE can give rise to the clinical picture of cardiac tamponade, a life threatening condition that needs immediate drainage. While simple pericardiocentesis allows resolution of the symptoms, MPE frequently relapses unless further procedures are p...

BACKGROUND Results of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUBD) are unknown in case of proximal stricture. The aim is to assess clinical outcomes of EUBD in patients with malignant hilar obstruction. METHODS Patients undergoing EUBD with hilar strictures were prospectively included. Primary outcome was clinical success at 7 and 30 days (defined by 50% bilirubin decrease). Secondary...

The impacts of AMD pollution on biological systems are mostly severe and the problem may persist from many decades to thousands of years. Consequently AMD prior to being released into the environment must be treated to meet government standards for the amount of metal and non-metal ions contained in the water. One of the best available technologies for the removal of metals from AMD is precipit...

Automatically extracting drainage networks from digital elevation models coupled with the constant stream threshold value is a regular method. These extracted networks can be verified by comparing the channel initiation points with those from real networks. From the results analysed, the differences in channel initiation points will affect the network geometries, geomorphological indices and hy...

During the design of storm drainage system, many decisions are involved on the basis of rules of thumb, heuristics, judgment, code of practice and previous experience of the designer. It is a suitable application field for application of the recent artificial intelligence technology. This paper presents the knowledge representation of the design of storm drainage system in a prototype knowledge...

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis(DNM)is a rare,however,highly fatal disease originating from odontogenic, pharyngeal, or cervical infectious sources that descend along facial planes into the mediastinum. We report a case who underwent surgical drainage using a mediastinoscope for the treatment of DNM and had successful postoperative course. Cervicothoracic CT should be performed immediately...