A Short-Term Medical Mission in Rural Nepal: Chief Complaints, Medications Dispensed, and Unmet Health Needs.

Background Although Nepal is striving to expand primary health services for its citizens, many remote areas have limited access to basic health care. Short-term medical missions (STMMs) are one way of supplementing human resources for health in underserved areas. This article describes the chief complaints, medications dispensed, and unmet health needs during an STMM in rural Nepal.

Precise Characterization and 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Autonomic Nerve Distribution of the Human Ureter.

Purpose: We sought to characterize and 3-dimensionally reconstruct the distribution of the autonomic innervation of the human ureter.

Materials And Methods: Three male and 3 female pairs of ureters were evaluated at 2 mm serial transverse sections along the entire length of the ureter. The location of nerve tissue was immunohistochemically identified using the neuronal marker, S100 protein.

Redefining the Autonomic Nerve Distribution of the Bladder Using 3-Dimensional Image Reconstruction.

Purpose: We sought to create a 3-dimensional reconstruction of the autonomic nervous tissue innervating the bladder using male and female cadaver histopathology.

Materials And Methods: We obtained bladder tissue from a male and a female cadaver. Axial cross sections of the bladder were generated at 3 to 5 mm intervals and stained with S100 protein.