Biomedical subjects
K Hashemi
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Subcutaneous bupivacaine for postoperative analgesia after herniorrhaphy.
Subcutaneous injection of bupivacaine around the wound was used to provide postoperative analgesia in patients who had undergone herniorrhaphy. This proved to be an effective means of providing postoperative pain relief with no unwanted general or local effects.
A review of methods for relief of postoperative pain.
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Colonoscopic polypectomy in children.
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The use of topical thrombin to reduce wound haematoma in patients receiving low-dose heparin.
The efficacy of topical thrombin in prevention of wound haematoma in patients receiving subcutaneous low-dose heparin was studied in a randomized, controlled trial. One hundred and two patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery were included in the trial. Haematological studies were carried out in the last 42 patients to determine whether introduction of thrombin into the wound resulted in any systemic effect via the coagulation pathways. The frequency of post-operative wound haematoma was significantly lower in the thrombin-treated group as compared to the control group and its action appeared to be independent of any change in coagulation parameters.
Two hundred school injuries presenting to an accident and emergency department.
Two hundred children who had been injured at school and sought hospital treatment were studied. Younger children tended to be brought to the Accident and Emergency Department later after the injuries than the older children, and one in seven of those under 15 years attended alone or without a legally acceptable guardian. Sixteen per cent of the 204 injuries were fractures, of which 70% were to the upper limbs, and 18% facial. Eighteen per cent of the injuries were lacerations requiring sutures. Younger children sustained proportionately more lacerations and fewer minor injuries such as bruises, abrasions and sprains than older children. Over half of the injuries occurred in patients' free time at school, which had been unsupervised in 51% of cases.
Chorioretinal lacuna in the amniotic band syndrome.
The malformations in the amniotic band syndrome (ABS) are due to entrapment of fetal parts by fibrous band in the amniotic sac. Limbs are most commonly affected followed by craniofacial defects in one third of patients. Ocular defects include corneal leukomas and lid colobomas often contiguous with facial clefts, strabismus, hypertelorism, and microphthalmos. Unilateral chorioretinal defects or lacunae are rare findings in the ABS. We report a female infant with such a lacunar defect along with central nervous abnormalities, and discuss the differential diagnosis and the embryopathic implications.