[Minimally invasive video-assisted thyroid resection (MIVAT)--a well accepted operative procedure].

Introduction: We report on our results of MIVAT operations.

Method: Nineteen Patients including 15 females and 4 males were operated with MIVAT, corresponding to 11 % of all patients undergoing an operation for benign goitre in our hospital. A single node of the thyroid gland within 30 mm and enlargement of a thyroid lobe up to 25 ml were the selection criteria.

Meckel's diverticulum: a disease associated with a colored clinical picture.

Meckel's diverticulum is reported in only 1 or 2% of the population. In most cases, it is free of clinical symptoms. The diagnostic modalities are effective in only 60-70% of all cases.

[A rare case of a primary intrabronchial neurofibroma].

History And Clinical Findings: A 42-year-old woman, a smoker for many years, had suffered from dry cough for some time. She was admitted because of haemoptyses, the first one month previously. Physical examination was unremarkable.

A novel technique for long-term vascular access in the unrestrained rat.

A new system for long-term vascular access in the unrestrained rat (n = 380) is described that combines low cost with high reliability and free movement. It consists of a polyurethane catheter that is placed in the right atrium via the external jugular vein. A leather harness is applied to the animal and the catheter passed subcutaneously to the neck into the harness.