BACKGROUND Irrigation of the root canal system is an essential step in the endodontic treatment. The aim of this article is to introduce continuous apical negative-pressure ultrasonic irrigation (CANUI), a new irrigation concept, and compare the characteristics of this new technique with current devices for activating the irrigant. MATERIAL AND METHODS CANUI is designed for cleaning and disin...

BACKGROUND The established treatment for bacterial arthritis of the knee joint is arthroscopic surgery with irrigation and debridement. The aim of this article is to summarize the relevant data in treating bacterial arthritis of the knee joint, and based on these findings to present a novel irrigation suction system, tested in a cadaver study, as an additional tool in the postoperative treatmen...

water stress is one of the main factors affecting the quantity and quality properties of sugar beet. the objective of this experiment was to study the effect of irrigation management on quality and quantity of sugar beet. the present research was conducted in motahary station of sugar beet seed institute,karajin two years, 2005 and 2006. the experiment was based on split plot design, in which e...

Objective: Reconstructive surgery of the lower urinary tract in children is reported with a high complication rate. The aim was to evaluate the complication rate at our institution. Material and methods: Between 2000 and 2010, 41 boys and 19 girls were consecutively operated on with augmentation with ileum (45), alternative CIC-channel (57) and bladder neck plasty (42) in isolation or as combin...

To minimize the operative time and to avoid open cystolithotomy in women with large bladder stone (>5 cm), we present here a modification of percutaneous cystolithotomy, a well-described standard procedure for urinary bladder stones. With this technique, suprapubic percutaneous access was achieved under cystoscopic guidance. The suprapubic tract was dilated and an Amplatz sheath of 30 Fr was pl...

Following a musculoskeletal injury to a nurse caring for a patient undergoing continuous bladder irrigation procedures, a workplace project was instigated. The project aimed to provide a more in-depth assessment of the manual handling task, by using four different tools and a participatory ergonomics approach. Each MSD tool confirmed the MSD risk. An evaluation survey by the eight workers invol...

CASE REPORT A 75-year-old man with a medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension underwent a transurethral prostatectomy with the Olympus bipolar TURis system. Unfortunately, inadvertent bladder instillation with overheated saline at the onset of the procedure complicated the surgery. Shortly after the onset of the operation, the bladder was contracted and could not be d...