we describe bladder and urinary tract abscess with concomitant hip arthritis in a 64-year-old male patient on hemodialysis. the patient recovered promptly after abscess draining and antibiotics. this case is reported with a brief discussion of risk factors of this condition.

The implant design, surgical technique, and pharmacological methods of controlling bleb fibrosis, used to treat neovascular glaucoma, are described, together with the results of 14 operations performed on 12 eyes.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To clarify hemodynamic risk factors for hemorrhage in arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), the mean transit time (MTT) of feeding arteries and draining veins in AVMs with and without hemorrhage was measured and analyzed. METHODS Morphological features such as the number and diameter of draining and feeding vessels and the AVM nidus volume were evaluated in 30 patients wi...

Background and Purpose—To clarify hemodynamic risk factors for hemorrhage in arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), the mean transit time (MTT) of feeding arteries and draining veins in AVMs with and without hemorrhage was measured and analyzed. Methods—Morphological features such as the number and diameter of draining and feeding vessels and the AVM nidus volume were evaluated in 30 patients with...

INTRODUCTION Tympanostomy tube placement is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in children. Approximately 1 million tympanostomy tube placement procedures are performed on a yearly basis in the United States. The literature reports varying rates of postoperative tympanostomy tube otorrhea, ranging from 1.7% to 83%. Reported rates of recurrent postoperative tube otorrhea are 7....

The low precursor frequency of individual virus-specific CD8(+) T cells in a naive host makes the early events of CD8(+) T cell activation, proliferation, and differentiation in response to viral infection a challenge to identify. We have therefore examined the response of naive CD8(+) T cells to pulmonary influenza virus infection with a murine adoptive transfer model using hemagglutinin-speci...

OBJECTIVE Conventional, separate mediastinal and pleural tubes are often inefficient at draining thoracic effusions. DESCRIPTION We developed a Y-shaped chest tube with split ends that divide within the thoracic cavity, permitting separate intrathoracic placement and requiring a single exit port. In this study, thoracic drainage by the split drain vs. that of separate drains was tested. MET...