In addition to the postoperative complications in suturing (ie, anastomosis leakage, fistula formation, and infection of maxillofacial spaces), the surgical duration and suturing difficulties arise as major problems. The efficacy of fibrin glue in parotid duct anastomosis

was evaluated and compared with suturing in 15 dogs.

Materials and Methods: Fifteen dogs (of the same breed and gender) were studied in this experimental trial. Intravenous BI 6727 cephalothin (1 g) and intramuscular dexamethasone (8 mg) were administered preoperatively for all cases, but no drug was administered postoperatively. Extraoral transverse incisions were made in buccal regions bilaterally to expose parotid ducts and transection was performed in similar areas (right and left). Next, the right transected duct was repaired with 7-0 nylon sutures, and then the left anastomosis was performed, using fibrin glue. At 10 days after the operation, clinical evaluations PU-H71 in vitro and sialography were used to evaluate the

quality of the anastomosis repair, ductal leakage, and fistula.

Results: The ductal fistula was found on the right in 2 cases (13.33%) and on the left (20%) in 3 cases. Aspiration was positive in the right parotid duct in 2 cases (13.33%) and in the left parotid duct (33.33%.) in 5 cases. Also, right ductal leakage was seen in 4 cases (26.66%) and left ductal leakage in 7 cases (46.66%), using sialography.

Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that the efficacies of fibrin glue and Suturing in parotid duct anastomosis are similar, but the use of fibrin glue had a number of BI 2536 purchase advantages, including shortening of the operative time and the possibility of

stent removal intraoperatively. (C) 2009 American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons J Oral Maxillofac Surg 67:1191-1196, 2009″
“A correlated electron diffraction, temperature-dependent in situ neutron diffraction, and temperature-dependent dielectric properties investigation of poled (1-x)Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-xBaTiO(3) (BNTBT100x) (x = 0.04, 0.07, and 0.12) samples has been carried out. The results show that the depolarization temperature, T-d, of the rhombohedral BNTBT 4 sample is associated with the disappearance of G +/- 1/2 [111]*(p) satellite reflections and a(-)a(-)a(-) octahedral tilting while that of the BNTBT 12 sample is associated with a metrically tetragonal to metrically cubic or pseudo-cubic symmetry. In the case of the poled BNTBT 7 sample in the MPB region, the dielectric properties show a quite distinct two stage transition from a room temperature clearly metrically tetragonal phase again to a metrically cubic or pseudo-cubic symmetry above 150 degrees C. There is no apparent change in its average structure in vicinity of T-d in BNTBT 7. Electron diffraction shows the presence of considerable octahedral tilt twin disorder in all three samples. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.