Broken arm wrestler

Removal of broken dental needle using mobile digital C-arm.

Breakage of needles is one of the most frustrating and distressing complications of local anesthesia. It is also one of the easiest to prevent. This article describes the use of the C-arm digital fluoroscope for retrival of a broken dental needle from the pterygomandibular space.

Broken heart: Broken mind.

The increased frequency of sudden cardiac death after earthquakes and bombings has long proposed that emotional distress plays a role in acute coronary syndromes and arrhythmias. Since the 1960s, several controlled, prospective, epidemiological studies have reported emotional distress as a major risk factor for the onset and worsening of coronary heart disease (CHD) [1]. The Interheart study, a...

Weight loss pressure on a 5 year old wrestler.

The case is reported of a 5 year old boy who was pressured to lose weight in order to wrestle at a lower weight class. Although a minority of athletes engage in unhealthy weight management practices, this is an unusual case because of the age of the athlete and the influential role of a parent.

Spontaneous multivessel coronary artery dissection in a wrestler.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an uncommon cause of acute coronary syndromes and still remains as a clinical dilemma for the cardiologists. There are almost 250 cases in the literature and most of them are about female patients. Etiology and optimal treatment have not yet been well defined. Although coronary artery disease, pregnancy induced hormonal changes, cystic medial deg...

Letter: Migration of broken sewing needle from left arm to heart.