Abstract: A questionnaire was sent to 179 clinical hyperbaric medicine facilities to survey treatment policies and referral patterns for patients with a history of malignancy. Eighty-five surveys were returned. Most respondents indicated that they would accept...
Abstract: We reported a case of an abrupt hypotension and hypoxemia which lasted more than 60 min due to emboli of tumor at the orifice of the pulmonary artery during operation. Although the emboli were removed under the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and later the...
Abstract: Detailed micturitional histories and urodynamic studies were performed in five patients with radiation myelopathy. All patients had micturitional symptoms that were irritative in five and obstructive in four, and four had urinary incontinence. Urodynamic...
Abstract: The usefulness of the hyperbaric oxygenation in a patient with radiation colitis was evaluated. The patient had severe bleeding from the large bowel which resulted from a pelvic radiation therapy for prostatic carcinoma and was histologically diagnosed as...
Abstract: A technique for closure of lateral or terminal defects in the bronchial wall after tissue-saving procedures, which obviates the need for sleeve resection in few selected situations, is described. Its main advantages are a low risk of surgical complications...
Abstract: Spontaneous osteoradionecrosis of the mandible is an oral complication of radiation therapy. Bone necrosis, unrelated to trauma or infection, is more common when high doses of radiation, including interstitial implants, are delivered to a large bone volume....
Abstract: In many institutions, spinal anesthesia is used for surgery involving ultrasonically guided transvaginal oocyte retrieval. Because this relatively short procedure is performed on an outpatient basis, the optimal spinal technique would allow good surgical...
Abstract: The clinical and dental records of 26 patients with the clinical diagnosis of postradiation osteonecrosis (PRON) managed with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) were reviewed to determine the efficacy of HBO. 19 patients were male and 7 were female; age at the first...
Abstract: Five hundred spinal anesthesias and 63 subarachnoid chemical denervations were performed using a modified Lemmon technique with a new spinal needle invented by the author (NLK). This technique avoids some disadvantages of the routine Tuohy technique and is...
Abstract: Irradiation-associated chest wall lesions pose a significant health hazard to the patient. The principles of management include (1) biopsy of any open wounds to rule out the recurrence or persistence of tumor, (2) aggressive debridement of all offending...
