Biomedical subjects
J H Sullivan
Publications and source records attributed to J H Sullivan.
Cryotherapy of basal cell carcinoma in oculoplastic surgery.
Cryotherapy was an effective modality in the treatment of basal cell carcinoma in the eyelid and periorbital area and cured 93% of the 29 lesions in 25 patients. This method was especially advantageous in patients with blood clotting disorders; those with medical contraindications to, or who refused, classical surgery; patients who had prior radiation or surgery; patients with the basal cell nevus syndrome or xeroderma pigmentosa; and in patients with medial canthal tumors. Experimental cryotherapy in the albino rabbit showed their lacrimal system is not adversely affected by freezing in the temperature range required for tumor death.
Lower eyelid reconstruction by tarsal transposition.
We reconstructed the lower eyelids of 13 patients using a tarsoconjunctival flap from the upper eyelid. The laterally based pedicle flap permitted a one-stage repair without prolonged occlusion of the eye. The technique was best suited to lesions involving the lateral aspect of the lower eyelid, but can be applied to lesions of the central and medial eyelid. The functional and cosmetic results were equal or superior to tarsoconjunctival advancement flaps.
Cryosurgery for treatment of trichiasis.
We cryosurgically destroyed eyelashes in rabbits and applied the technique to treat 23 selected patients with trichiasis. Liquid nitrogen was sprayed on the eyelid margin by using a double, rapid-freeze, slow-thaw cycle monitored by a subcutaneous thermocouple to -30 degrees C. It was an improvement on electrolysis and a simple alternative to surgery.
Cryosurgery for treatment of trichiasis.
We cryosurgically destroyed eyelashes in rabbits and applied the technique to treat 23 selected patients with trichiasis. Liquid nitrogen was sprayed on the eyelid margin by using a double, rapid-freeze, slow-thaw cycle monitored by a subcutaneous thermocouple to -30 degrees C. It was an improvement on electrolysis and a simple alternative to surgery.
Decompression of the perioptic meninges for relief of papilledema.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Severe hearing defects in the pre-school child.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Pesticide residues in imported spices. A survey for chlorinated hydrocarbons.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Nursing research at a VNA.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
The pathogenesis of retinal detachment with morning glory disc and optic pit.
A child with nonrhegmatogenous retinal detachment associated with morning glory disc underwent first a vitrectomy and then, some months later, an optic nerve sheath fenestration. The latter procedure led to retinal reattachment. It also produced a biopsy specimen that confirmed the perineural herniation of poorly differentiated retinal tissue in this condition, similar to that in congenital pit of the optic nerve. It demonstrated continuity of the vitreous cavity with the perineural space, both histologically and by the fact that gas injected through the pars plana into the vitreous cavity bubbled out the window in the optic nerve sheath. The authors suggest that morning glory disc and optic pit share similar anatomic features, differing more in degree than in kind, and that the porous nature of the poorly differentiated tissue herniated around the optic nerve into the subarachnoid space in these conditions makes several sources of subretinal fluid possible.
Sullivan hopeful on AB (Assembly Bill) 350 Task Force outcome.
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
The use of cryotherapy for trichiasis.
Cryosurgical destruction of aberrant eyelashes was performed on 72 eyelids. Seven of nine failures occurred following major deviation from recommended technique. All but one recurrence were successfully re-treated. Notching of the eyelid was observed in one patient. The technique utilized a nitrous oxide gas-cooled cryoprobe. Tissue temperature was monitored by a subcutaneous microthermocouple in the region of the lash follicle to -20 C in a double freeze-thaw cycle.