OBJECTIVE: To analyze the results obtained in the evaluation of intra-vaginal pressure using three different brands of perineometers in nulliparous volunteers.MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty nulliparous women with no anatomical alterations and/or dysfunction of the pelvic floor were enrolled in our study.All the women had the ability to voluntarily c
Introduction: Body contouring surgery is among the most requested surgical procedures in cosmetic surgery.Mentz was the first to perform superficial liposuction to define the abdominal muscles in male patients.However, Scuderi first popularized the use of continuous ultrasound to produce fat fragmentation in lipoplasty.Ultrasound, when applied fp95
Commidendrum robustum (Roxb.) DC.(St Helena gumwood) and C.rugosum (Dryand.) DC.(St Helena scrubwood) are ecologically important, endemic woody Asteraceae from the isolated South Atlantic island of St Helena.Once very abundant, they now exist in sparse fragmented populations due to fp9550bk 500 years of environmental destruction.They are sister tax