Effect of supplementation of soy sauce oil and Ca salts of fatty acids on rumen fermentation, milk production and conjugated linoleic acid in milk of dairy cows.

Eight cows were used to evaluate the effects of supplementation of soy sauce oil (SO) or Ca salts of fatty acids (FA) on rumen fermentation and milk production. The control diet (CO) consisted mainly of hay, corn silage and a concentrate. In the experimental diets, 400 g/day per cow of SO or FA (soybean oil and rapeseed oil) was supplemented to the CO diet.

Hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy and devascularization of the upper stomach in the management of gastric varices.

Background: Bleeding from esophagogastric varices is the major cause of death in patients with portal hypertension. Although esophageal varices can be treated with endoscopic procedures, the treatment for gastric varices is still controversial. The aim of this study was to describe a surgical technique and our preliminary results of hand-assisted laparoscopic Hassab's procedure.

Adaptation of the pursestring suture anoscope with a small hole in a case of stapled hemorrhoidectomy.

Purpose: Stapled hemorrhoidectomy has become more popular with the general surgeon, mainly because of reduced postoperative pain and shorter hospital stays. However, we have faced some complications caused by irregular pursestring suture of the rectal mucosa.

Methods: To secure pursestring suture in the rectal mucosa layer, we placed a small hole in the Pursestring Suture Anoscope.

Primary abscess of the omentum: report of a case.

We report a case of a primary abscess of the omentum without any obvious etiology. A 62-year-old man was referred to our clinic with lower abdominal pain, and computed tomography showed an intra-abdominal abscess in the left pelvic area. Laparotomy revealed that the abscess adhered to the urinary bladder and abdominal wall, but no perforation of the alimentary tract was identified and there was no foreign body in the abscess cavity.