Luminescent oxygen channeling assay (LOCI): sensitive, broadly applicable homogeneous immunoassay method.

Luminescent oxygen channeling assay (LOCI) is a homogeneous immunoassay method capable of rapid, quantitative determination of a wide range of analytes--including high and very low concentrations of large and small molecules, free (unbound) drugs, DNA, and specific IgM. Assays have been carried out in serum and in lysed blood. Reliable detection of 1.

Management of segmental defects by the Ilizarov intercalary bone transport method.

Seventeen patients with segmental skeletal defects were managed with the Ilizarov intercalary bone transport method, whereby an osseous defect is eliminated by elongating one fragment. On average, the regenerate new bone length measured 5.14 cm, corresponding to the creation of new osseous tissue equaling 13.

The Rancho mounting technique for the Ilizarov method. A preliminary report.

To improve implant tolerance and muscle function associated with circular external fixation, the authors substituted divergent titanium pins for the tensioned steel wires used to mount the Ilizarov apparatus on a limb. The first ten patients treated with half-pins were compared to the last ten patients managed with tensioned wires. While the conditions were not exactly comparable, the half-pin group showed improvement over the wire group in categories including time in fixation, implant-site sepsis, range of joint motion, pain medication requirements, and ambulatory capacity.