A two-staged approach for early drainage involved first injecting 100 µg/0.1 mL Alteplase into the suprachoroidal space, superotemporally; 5 mm from the limbus. Followed by drainage under local ...

Pedicle screw placement is a standard but technically demanding operation. Improper screw placement can cause nerve damage and postoperative complications. Usually, the computed tomography (CT) image ...

The intraoperative cell saver volume (tranexamic acid group: 470 ml, SD: 153.06; control group: 560 ml, SD: 67.59; p = 0.0002) and the postoperative drainage volume at 24 hours (tranexamic acid ...

Surgery is based on internal pancreatic drainage, especially by means of pancreaticojejunostomy, and/or pancreatic resections. Conclusion: Pancreaticopleural fistula is a rare complication of chronic ...

Treatment Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement superseded tighter control of vascular risk factors, as judged by the patient's response to continuous lumbar drainage.

These same authors updated this concept with 552 patients, arriving at the same conclusion (3). In a recent comprehensive review of published LRP literature, drain placement was not addressed (4), ...

Current and Future Approaches to Lumbar Disc Surgery (A Literature Review) , and , Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga. Disclosures Medscape General Medicine. 1997;1 (2) ...