Danger zone

Highway to the Danger Zone

The radial nerve danger zone: A cadaver study

Distal humerus fractures are uncommon, comprising 2% of all fractures and a third of all humerus fractures. Open fractures, comminuted fractures and fracture dislocation of the elbow are often accompanied by severe soft tissue damage. External fixation of the humerus is indicated when severe soft tissue damage or the presence of infection warrants initial alternative immobilisation of the fract...

Danger zone: battered mothers and their families in supervised visitation.

Supervised visitation centers (SVCs) have developed rapidly across the United States. Increasingly, courts are restricting contact between abusive intimate partners and their children by ordering visitation or exchanges to occur at SVCs. This article describes some of the key lessons the authors learned over 18 months of planning and then another 18 months of implementation at a SVC developed s...

The zone of danger, physical impact, and PTSD.

The Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) exempts employers from providing mental health coverage to railway drivers who suffer work-related psychological trauma as the result of an incident that does include a threat of imminent direct physical impact. Tension exists between this legislation and the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) literature. Neurobiological research demonstrates that P...

evaluation of radicular dentin thickness of danger zone in mandibular first molars

objective: better understanding of the furcation anatomy may serve to decrease the risk of root perforation. the purpose of this study was to measure the thickness of root walls in the danger zone in mandibular first molars. materials and methods: the roots of 53 extracted human mandibular first molars were sectioned in the horizontal plane 4 mm below the orifice of the mesial and distal root c...