A Pendent Drop-Sessile Drop Approach for the Determination of Surface Tension, (2005)
Surface tension and wetting behavior of polymer melts have received increasing attention in recent years with the rapidly growing volume of thermoplastics being used as coating materials and as...
Effective Surface Driving Force Causing Liquid to Spread on Solid Surfaces, (2005)
Measurements of the dynamic and equilibrium contact angles of a sessile drop on solid surfaces has been used as a method to study wetting behaviour. When a small sessile drop spreads on a flat solid...
Lau, W Y, Fan, S T, Chu, K W, Suen, H C, Yiu, T F, Wong, K K
A prospective, randomized, and double-blind study was conducted with 864 patients operated on for appendicitis. In early cases, including normal and acute appendicitis, one dose of antibiotic was...
Prospective evaluation of laparoscopic-assisted large bowel excision for cancer.
Kwok, S P, Lau, W Y, Carey, P D, Kelly, S B, Leung, K L, Li, A K
OBJECTIVE: The authors described their experience with laparoscopic-assisted colorectal resection for colorectal carcinoma, both curative and palliative, with emphasis on patient selection. The...
Lau, W Y, Leung, K L, Kwong, K H, Davey, I C, Robertson, C, Dawson, J J, ...
OBJECTIVE: This study compares laparoscopic versus open repair and suture versus sutureless repair of perforated duodenal and juxtapyloric ulcers. BACKGROUND DATA: The place of laparoscopic repair of...
The bacteriology and septic complication of patients with appendicitis.
Lau, W Y, Teoh-Chan, C H, Fan, S T, Yam, W C, Lau, K F, Wong, S H
A detailed bacteriologic study was done on 161 patients operated for appendicitis. Aerobic and anaerobic cultures were taken from the blood, the appendicular lumen, mucosa, serosa, fossa, and from...
A scientific evaluation of operative choledochoscopy in acute cholangitis.
Lau, W Y, Chong, K K, Fan, S T, Chu, K W, Yip, W C, Poon, G P, ...
A prospective study to determine the safety and effectiveness of choledochoscopy in acute cholangitis and acute suppurative cholangitis due to common bile duct stones was conducted on 70 patients....
Percutaneous Local Ablative Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Review and Look Into the Future
Lau, W. Y., Leung, Thomas W. T., Yu, Simon C. H., Ho, Stephen K. W.
Lau, W Y, Fan, S T, Chu, K W, Suen, H C, Yiu, T F, Wong, K K
A prospective, randomized, and double-blind study was conducted with 864 patients operated on for appendicitis. In early cases, including normal and acute appendicitis, one dose of antibiotic was...
Prospective evaluation of laparoscopic-assisted large bowel excision for cancer.
Kwok, S P, Lau, W Y, Carey, P D, Kelly, S B, Leung, K L, Li, A K
OBJECTIVE: The authors described their experience with laparoscopic-assisted colorectal resection for colorectal carcinoma, both curative and palliative, with emphasis on patient selection. The...
Lau, W Y, Leung, K L, Kwong, K H, Davey, I C, Robertson, C, Dawson, J J, ...
OBJECTIVE: This study compares laparoscopic versus open repair and suture versus sutureless repair of perforated duodenal and juxtapyloric ulcers. BACKGROUND DATA: The place of laparoscopic repair of...
The bacteriology and septic complication of patients with appendicitis.
Lau, W Y, Teoh-Chan, C H, Fan, S T, Yam, W C, Lau, K F, Wong, S H
A detailed bacteriologic study was done on 161 patients operated for appendicitis. Aerobic and anaerobic cultures were taken from the blood, the appendicular lumen, mucosa, serosa, fossa, and from...
A scientific evaluation of operative choledochoscopy in acute cholangitis.
Lau, W Y, Chong, K K, Fan, S T, Chu, K W, Yip, W C, Poon, G P, ...
A prospective study to determine the safety and effectiveness of choledochoscopy in acute cholangitis and acute suppurative cholangitis due to common bile duct stones was conducted on 70 patients....
Percutaneous Local Ablative Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Review and Look Into the Future
Lau, W. Y., Leung, Thomas W. T., Yu, Simon C. H., Ho, Stephen K. W.
Preoperative and intraoperative localisation of gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin.
Lau, W Y, Fan, S T, Wong, S H, Wong, K P, Poon, G P, Chu, K W, ...
In the past six years, 37 patients with gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin had their bleeding sites localised preoperatively or intraoperatively. Preoperative investigations followed a...
Mann, D V, Lam, W W M, Hjelm, N Magnus, So, N M C, Yeung, D K W, Metreweli, C, ...
Background: Biliary obstruction impairs liver function although the pathophysiological mechanism is incompletely understood.
Is there a Role for Preoperative Infusion or Intraoperative Cholangiography?
Background: There has been a resurgence of interest in recent years in preoperative infusion cholangiography (PIC). The role of routine PIC compared to routine intraoperative cholangiography (IOC)...
Chung, C. C., Lau, W. Y., Leow, C. K., Leung, K. L., Lai, P. B. S.
En bloc resection of hepatocellular carcinoma and the involved diaphragm will, towards the end of operation, require evacuation of the pleural cavity, usually with a chest drain. We describe our...
Lau, W. Y., Leow, C. K., Leung, K. L., Leung, Thomas W. T., Chan, Michael, Yu, Simon C. H.
In 11 years and 3 months, 2037 patients with HCC were seen and 48 patients (2.4%) were diagnosed to have obstructive icteric type HCC. Five patients were terminally ill and were not investigated...
Correlation between gross appearance of the appendix at appendicectomy and histological examination.
The use of liver grafts infested with Clonorchis sinensis for orthotopic liver transplantation.
Yeung, C. K., Ho, J. K., Lau, W. Y., Lee, K. H., Li, A. K.
In the Orient, millions are known to have Clonorchis sinensis (biliary trematodiasis) infestation. When these infested livers become available as donor organs, there are potentially serious...