Among a total of 44 patients, complete resection of visible tumours was achieved in 26 patients (59.1%), largest residual tumours <1 cm in diameter were left in 11 patients (25.0%) and largest residual tumours ⩾1 cm in diameter were left in seven patients (15.9%).
A 4-mm-diameter vertical hole was left at the center of the sample with a length of 54 mm.
Three days before, as the sound of jackhammering filled the air, a chunk of concrete about 10 inches in diameter fell off what was left of 5 World Trade Center, landing on a spot where someone had been standing seconds before.
Using an automatic pipette (Transferpette S, range 5 to 20 mL, Brand, UK), 18 mL of the prepared uniform dispersions was cast into a round plastic mold (63 mm diameter), and the solvent was left to evaporate for 24 h in a ventilated oven at 30°C.
Using an automatic pipette 18 mL (series A) or 27 mL (series B) in length, prepared uniform carmellose dispersions were cast into a round plastic mold (diameter 63 mm) and the solvent was left to evaporate at 30°C for 72 hours.
50 ll of washed bacteria were applied to poly-l-lysine precoated cover slips (12 mm in diameter), which were left for 5 min, washed in TE-buffer, incubated with 2% glutaraldehyde in TE- buffer for 15 min and washed again with TE-buffer.
Two small openings roughly equal to the diameter of a matchstick are left for urination and menstruation respectively".
The tumors in some of the mice receiving each clone were resected when the tumors had reached a size of about 8 mm in diameter; the remaining mice were left with their locally growing tumors.
Once the endoscope is inserted safely along the CT-guided catheter, percutaneous endoscopic surgery can be performed safely to carry out radical debridement or obtain a sufficient specimen culture, and a large-diameter drainage tube can be left in the infected level.
In the parasitoid stock culture, parasitised egg batches were kept in Petri dishes (90-mm diameter) and the newly emerged parasitoids were left in these Petri dishes so that mating could take place before individuals were used in observations.
