HYPOTHESIS India ink tattooing at the time of colonoscopy increases the yield of lymph nodes found in pathological analysis of colectomy specimens. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. PATIENTS Two hundred nine patients with colorectal cancers underwent surgical resections between April 5, 2006, and June 25, 2009, at one institution. MA...

BACKGROUND Ear tattooing is a routine procedure performed on laboratory, commercial and companion rabbits for the purpose of identification. Although this procedure is potentially painful, it is usually performed without the provision of analgesia, so compromising animal welfare. Furthermore, current means to assess pain in rabbits are poor and more reliable methods are required. The objectives...

BACKGROUND A case is presented describing an association between obsessive-compulsive disorder, tattooing and unusual sexual practices. METHOD A single case report. CONCLUSIONS Tattooing and unusual sexual practices are compulsive behaviours associated with the subject's obsessive-compulsive disorder. Such associations have not previously been described in the literature.

to investigate the association between tattooing and hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag), sera form 49 tattooed individuals, mostly men aged 15-62 years, and 82 healthy controls matched for age, sex and social class were tested for hbsag and anti-hbsag. hbsag was detected more significantly in tattooed cases than in controls, 24.5% and 6% respectively. seven (33%) of the individuals who had bee...

PURPOSE Surgical excision is the definitive treatment for localized recurrence of papillary thyroid carcinoma. Reoperation for recurrence, however, is challenging and associated with increased operative times and complication rates. For safe and effective reoperation, ultrasound-guided charcoal tattooing localization can be used. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility and safe...