Treatment by ultrasound-guided local infiltration in adhesion-related abdominal pain and intractable hiccups: A case report.

Rationale: Abdominal pain and hiccups secondary to intra-abdominal adhesion are surgical complications that are often treated by painkillers and secondary surgeries with an unsatisfactory therapeutic effect. This study presents a new treatment method that uses ultrasound-guided local infiltration in peritoneal and abdominal wall adhesions in patients with hiccups and abdominal pain.

Patient Concerns: A 62-year-old patient presented to our hospital with a history of intractable hiccups and abdominal pain for 30 years.

[Establishment of a canine model of severe smoke inhalation injury on unilateral lung].

Objective: To establish a canine model of severe smoke inhalation injury on unilateral lung, in order to observe the pathomorphological changes in the injured lung within 24 postburn hours (PBHs).

Methods: Twenty five mongrel dogs were employed in the study and randomized into 3 groups. The left lung was injured by inhaling smoke produced by burning sawdust with sparing the right lung with a breathing tube in 10 dogs in group A.

[Pathomorphologic changes in rat lungs after being perfused with the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from the dogs inflicted by smoke inhalation injury at early post-injury stage].

Objective: To investigate the biological activities of the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) harvested from dogs with smoke inhalation injury at early post injury stage.

Methods: BALF was harvested from normal dogs and those inflicted by smoke inhalation injury for the employment in the study. Ninety four Wistar rats were employed in the study and were randomly divided into A (n=28), B (n=29) and C (n=37) groups.