Results: Twenty-five patients were classified as retropharyngeal cellulitis and only six patients
as retropharyngeal abscess, although 13 patients went to the operating room for drainage. …

Objective: This prospective experimental study evaluates the effectiveness of micropauses (MPs)
to prevent muscular fatigue and its deleterious effect on surgeons during prolonged …

Traditionally, adenotonsillectomy (AT) has long been the treatment of choice for obstructive
sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in children. AT is usually considered a safe procedure, …

Conclusion: Many Factors influence the acquisition of A surgical technique. This study
showed that acquisition and performance of an emergency procedure (cricothyrotomy) was …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess a new technique for microvascular
anastomosis on small arteries using Histoacryl glue and an intravascular soluble stent. …

We investigated whether xanthine oxidase (XO) is a major source of oxygen-derived free
radicals (oxy-radicals) in the pig and human skeletal muscles. It was observed that xanthine …

Our laboratory previously reported that active glottal closure was present in 90% of
spontaneous central apneas in premature lambs while maintaining a high-apneic lung volume (…

Objective: To investigate the possible ototoxic effects of a 50% concentration of manuka honey
in a chinchilla animal model. Study Design: A prospective, controlled animal study. Setting…

The aim of this experiment was to design a clinically relevant TRAM flap in the pig and to use
this flap model to study the effectiveness of preoperative ligation of the dominant vascular …

A porcine rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap model was designed and validated
in nine pigs. This TRAM flap was based on the deep inferior epigastric (DIE) vessels with …