BACKGROUND Transperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) urethrovesical anastomosis is a critical step. Although the prevalence of urine leaks ranges from 4.5% to 7.5% at high-volume RALP centers, urine leaks prolong catheterization and may lead to ileus, peritonitis, and require intervention. Barbed polyglyconate sutures maintain running suture line tension and may be advant...

Abdominal wall hernias are surgical problem that are easily solved with laparoscopic surgery. The determining factor for the success of the operation is the right choice and use of surgical mesh as the support material. The most common complication of surgical mesh placement is the formation of adhesions. Aim of this paper is to determine whether there is a statistic difference in formation of ...

In vitro antibacterial efficacy of Vicryl plus suture (coated Polyglactin 910 with triclosan) using zone of inibition assays Objectives: This study evaluates the in vitro antimicrobial efficacy, of an absorbable suture coated with triclosan (Vicryl Plus) against two bacteria, potential responsible for the development of oral diseases: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Streptococcus mutans. Methods: Vi...

A large-scale field experiment was used to test whether exposure to a suite of potential environmental factors (flow speed, temperature, salinity, and low dissolved oxygen) influences the level of parasitic infection of the oyster Crassostrea virginica. The parasite was the protozoan Perkinsus marinus, which has decimated populations of oysters in estuaries of North America. The environmental f...

Self-incompatibility (SI) in Brassica is controlled by a single locus, termed the S locus. There is evidence that two of the S locus genes, SLG, which encodes a secreted glycoprotein, and SRK, which encodes a putative receptor kinase, are required for SI on the stigma side. The current model postulates that a pollen ligand recognizing the SLG/SRK receptors is encoded in the genomic region defin...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between visual score of emphysema and homology-based emphysema quantification (HEQ) and evaluate whether visual score was accurately predicted by machine learning and HEQ. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 115 anonymized computed tomography images from 39 patients were obtained from a public database. Emphysema quantificat...