In traumatic lacrimal duct injury, stent placement and anastomosis are commonly performed soon after injury. However, selection for pediatric injuries has rarely been discussed. Herein, we present three cases (one 1-year-old two 3-year-olds; all patients were males) of injury discuss them along with a literature review. The site was the canaliculus in cases. Two treated nylon thread stents one ...

The laryngeal tube suction II (LTS-II; VBM, Medizintechnik GmbH, Sulz, Germany) is a recent version of the laryngeal tube (LT) family of supraglottic airway devices originally intended for emergency airway management including out of hospital use 1,2 and unexpected difficult airway situations 3,4, but which are currently also used during general anaesthesia 5-11. The original LT consists of an ...

Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) after esophagectomy is a morbid outcome and significantly hinders quality of life for end-stage esophageal cancer patients. In the pre-stent era, palliation consisted of chemotherapy, radiation, tumor ablation, or stricture dilation. In the current era, palliative stenting has emerged as an additional tool; however, migration and tumor ingrowth are ongoing chall...

Purpose. To report a new approach for removal of silicone oil. Methods. All surgeries were performed using 23-gauge vitrectomy system with two transconjunctival sutureless cannulas. At the beginning, most of the silicone oil was removed by traditional microinvasive vitrectomy system through inferior-temporal cannula. Then, the blood transfusion tube is removed from the inferior-temporal cannula...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare the effects of Merocel nasal packs and silicone nasal septal splints with integral airway on the ventilation and pressure of the middle ear when applied intranasally after septoplasty for isolated septal deviation. STUDY DESIGN A prospective, randomized trial. SETTING A tertiary referral center. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Fifty-one patients who underwent sep...

This paper deals with composite structures for biomedical applications. For this purpose, an architectured tubular structure composed of Nickel Titanium (NiTi) Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) and silicone rubber was fabricated. One of the main interests of such structures is to ensure a good adhesion between its two constitutive materials. A previous study of the authors (Rey et al., 2014) has shown t...

PURPOSE Prediction of difficult tracheal intubation is not always reliable and management with fibreoptic intubation is not always successful. We describe two cases in which blind intubation through the intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA FasTrach) succeeded after fibreoptic intubation failed. CLINICAL FEATURES The first patient, a 50 yr old man, was scheduled for elective craniotomy for i...