Improved venous drainage of the radial artery forearm free flap: use of the profundus cubitalis vein.

The radial artery forearm free flap (RAFFF) is a versatile and popular flap used in various reconstructive procedures. This flap contains two venous drainage systems: a superficial (cephalic) route, and a deep (venae comitantes) route. Most surgeons use either the deep venous system alone or in combination with a superficial vessel, hence requiring two venous anastomoses.

Surgical management of pediatric renal trauma: an urban experience.

This study was undertaken to review our operative experience in the management of pediatric renal trauma. Over a 2-year period (August 1988 to August 1990) 25 of 60 children undergoing celiotomy sustained renal injuries. There were 22 boys and three girls ranging in age from 5 to 18 years.

Role of arachidonic acid metabolites in oleic acid induced pulmonary injury in a canine model. Effect of ketoconazole (thromboxane synthetase inhibitor).

This study was designed to investigate the effects of ketoconazole, a thromboxane synthetase inhibitor, on pulmonary and systemic hemodynamics and pulmonary function in experimental respiratory distress syndrome. Pulmonary artery infusion of oleic acid (PAIOA), 0.1 ml/kg, was used to cause lung injury.

Efficacy of right atrial infusion of PGE1 in sepsis-induced pulmonary hypertension.

In this study we investigated the effects of right atrial infusion of PGE1 (RAIPGE1) in doses from 40 to 500 ng/kg/min on sepsis-induced pulmonary artery hypertension (SIPAH). Thirteen pigs were randomized into a time-course group (n = 6) and a PGE1-treated group (n = 7). Pulmonary hypertension (PAH) was induced with the infusion of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa (PsAr) at a concentration of 2 X 10(8) CFU/20 kg/min in both groups.

Parotid gland and facial nerve trauma: a retrospective review.

Included in this study are all patients with trauma to the parotid region seen at our center from 1979 to 1989. There was a total of five patients with injury to the parotid area: two patients with isolated facial nerve injury; one with isolated parotid duct injury; two with combined duct and nerve injury. There were four males and one female, with a mean age of 34 years (range, 16 to 62 years).

Hemodynamic effects of smoking cigarettes of high and low nicotine content.

We studied the hemodynamic effects of smoking cigarettes with high and low contents of nicotine in young smokers free of coronary arterial disease. The smoking of one cigarette with a high content of nicotine produced a peak rise in cardiac output of 32 percent above baseline values, and the effect persisted for one hour. Smoking a cigarette with a low content of nicotine produced a peak rise of 13 percent above baseline values, with a duration of five minutes.