Silicone oil was introduced into ophthalmic surgery by Paul Cibis in the early 1960's in an attempt to treat giant retinal tears and cases where retinal detachment had failed to respond to conventional scleral buckling tech- niques.
It is remarkable that until recently sonographic studies of the bowel have not reached the diagnostic level that sonography has attained for other parts of the gastrointestinal tract.
Until the middle of the present century, the morphology and function of the thymus were primarily of interest to those working in the fields of pathologic anatomy, endo- crinology, and pediatrics.
The advent in recent years of several new imaging modalities for the application in diag- nosis and patient management has had an unprecedented impact on patient care.
The administration of chemotherapeutic agents by continuous infusion with concomitant radiation therapy heralds a new approach in the treatment of cancer.
The development of the capacity to use electron beams at various energies stimulated the development of the new technology of intraoperative radiation therapy.
Teil I des Verhandlungsberichtes 1990 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie enthält die Hauptreferate, die von besonderen Sachkennern für die Jahresversammlung geschrieben wurden.
Das vorliegende Buch enthält erstmalig eine umfassende Bestandsaufnahme und kritische Bilanz des Faches Psychosomatik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus interdisziplinärer Sicht.
"60% aller guten Diagnosen sind allein aufgrund der Anamnese möglich; weitere 25% durch eine gründliche physikalische, körperliche Untersuchung; nur in 15 % bedarf es gezielt irgendeiner medizinisch-technischen Untersuchung.
The crucial role played by calcium as a cellular messenger has become increasingly evident, as has the recognition that cells spend much energy in maintaining the cytosolic concentration of this cation both constant and low.
For a long time, immunology has been dominated by the idea of a simple linear cause-effect relationship between the exposure to an antigen and the production of specific antibodies against that antigen.
Imaging of Gastrointestinal Tract Tumors describes current imaging practice for the most commonly encountered benign and malignant digestive tract tumors and gives a review of the literature for less frequent tumors.
It has been my privilege and pleasure during the past half century to participate in the unfolding of present-day concepts of the mammalian female reproductive cycles.
The account of "e;neonatal sterilization"e; is the story of the advocates of direct effect of steroids on the gonads and those who believed in the indirect influence, mediated through the hypothalamus and/or the pituitary gland.
In the field of Hodgkin's lymphoma, many new data have been collected during the last decade both on the cell of origin of this disease and on more effective therapies to cure the majority of pa- tients even in the advanced stages.
Selective decontamination is a technique which combines short-term and long-term antimicrobials to prevent or treat the acquisition and subsequent carriage of microorganisms causing late colonization and infections.
The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) was estab- lished in 1978 to stimulate and support scientific research and educational programs related to nutrition, toxicology, and food safety, and to encourage cooperation in these programs among scientists in universities, industry, and government agencies to assist in the resolution of health and safety issues.
In den letzten Jahren ist aus der molekularbiologischen Forschung heraus eine Analysetechnik für die breitere Anwendung entwickelt worden, die nach ihrer Ausführungsform "DNA-Hybridisierungstechnik" und nach ihrem Anwendungsbereich "Gen-Analyse" genannt wird.
Teil I des Verhandlungsberichtes 1989 der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie enthält die Hauptreferate, die von besonderen Sachkennern für die Jahresversammlung geschrieben wurden.
