OBJECTIVE Most reusable biopsy forceps and all of the currently available single-use biopsy forceps do not have a port that allows fluid flow down the inner tubular shaft of the device. Reusable biopsy forceps are widely used and reprocessed in healthcare facilities, and single-use biopsy forceps are reprocessed either in-house (eg, in Canada and Japan) or by third-party reprocessors (eg, in th...

background: to determine the mean eruption time of permanent teeth of pakistani children and to evaluate the effects of gender, type of schools, height, weight and body mass index on it. methods: this cross sectional study was conducted from september 2007 to april 2008.  4370 children of ‘just erupted' teeth were obtained from 102 randomly selected schools from 18 towns of karachi, using syste...

Eruption hematoma is a macular elevation in the soft tissue of alveolar mucosa seen nearly during the tooth eruption. Commonly, it does not have any clinical symptoms. In most cases, the black dome shape appearance of eruption hematoma worries parents about malignancy. Since the physicians are often the firsts who examine the affected child, this lett...

BACKGROUND Pain at intrauterine contraception (IUC) fitting may be a deterrent for women and any reduction in discomfort would be likely to be beneficial to both women and clinicians. AIM This study investigated the associated pain and the ease of use of two different stabilising forceps at the time of IUC placement. DESIGN Single-blinded randomised controlled trial. One hundred parous wome...

Different methods such as standard, hot, and jumbo forceps are used in endoscopic treatment of diminutive colon polyps. In the current study, it was aimed to compare efficacy and safety of standard and jumbo forceps polypectomy methods in treatment of diminutive colon polyps of 5 mm. Polyps with 5 mm which were excised during colonoscopy by using standard or jumbo forceps were evaluated. Standa...

BACKGROUND Transbronchial biopsy (TBB) which is performed with metal forceps (forceps TBB) has been accepted as a useful technique in establishing diagnoses of diffuse lung diseases (DLDs). The use of cryoprobes to obtain alveolar tissue (cryo-TBB) is a new method which is currently used by our institute as well as others with excellent results. OBJECTIVES To assess the safety of cryo-TBB com...

Females of many species select their mates on the basis of the size or intensity of sexual ornaments, and it has been suggested that these provide reliable signals of a male’s ability to resist parasites and pathogens. European earwigs, Forficula auricularia , are sexually dimorphic in forceps shape and length. Male forceps are used as weapons in male contests for access to females, but recent ...

A new method, applied for the first time in this research, was used for measurement of tooth extraction forces. The research has been done in a group of 50 examinees to whom the tooth extraction has been done with lower premolar forceps - forceps "13" and in the control group of 54 examinees in whom the tooth extraction has been done with upper incisive forceps - forceps "1". The measurement in...