American Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2017

  • WBC, PLT of Women’s Blood Affects by Alpha Deposition into the Body

    Najeba F. Salih, Mohamad Jaafar

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2017
    Pages: 25-28
    Received: 10 March 2017
    Accepted: 23 March 2017
    Published: 11 April 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajtcs.20170202.13
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    Abstract: This study is presented the effects of alpha deposition into the women blood samples, most of WBC, RBC and PLT counted by used automatic CBC machine before and after irradiation with radium source. The values showed statistical significance for WBC and PLT based on the mean of their differences before and after irradiation which decreased with incr... Show More
  • The Surface of Various Types of Surgical Sutures by Scanning Electron Microscopy

    Karakozov Pavel, Ibadov Bakhrom, Mardonov Jamshid, Baybekov Iskander

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2017
    Pages: 35-40
    Received: 24 February 2017
    Accepted: 31 March 2017
    Published: 17 April 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajtcs.20170202.15
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    Abstract: Using scanning electron microscopy – SEM, 165 various samples of surgical sutures, including 75 monofilament and 80 multifilament sutures were studied. SEM revealed varying degrees of defects on surface of sutures. They became more frequent when knots were tied, found in 4 cases of monofilament sutures - 5.3% and 8 cases of multifilament sutures - ... Show More