External tissue expansion for difficult wounds using a simple cost effective technique

A simple cost effective technique for soft tissue protection during intramedullary nailing of the tibia.

Intramedullary nailing has revolutionized the management of tibial diaphyseal fractures. However, anterior knee pain remains a common complication. Although knee pain causes are still largely unknown, there is evidence to suggest that adhesions resulting from soft tissue damage may contribute to it. We describe a simple cost-effective technique that utilises a syringe to protect the patellar li...

Simple, cost-effective technique for portable digital eletrocorticography.

We revised 16 patients submitted to epilepsy surgery using a new method of digital, real-time, portable electrocorticography. Patients were operated upon over a period of 28 months. There were no complications. The exam was useful in 13 cases. The low installation and operational costs, the reliability and simplicity of the method, indicate it may be useful for defining the epileptogenic region...

A Simple and Cost-Effective Socket Preservation Technique.

A simple yet effective technique for partitioning

Partitioning is an important step in the top-down design of large complicated integrated circuits. In this paper, a simple yet effective partitioning technique is described. It is based on the clustering of “closely” connected cells and the gradual enforcement of size-constraints. At the beginning, clusters are formed in the bottom-up fashion to reduce the problem size. Then the clusters are pa...

A simple suturing technique to close arthroscopy portal wounds

Wounds come in many shapes and sizes often requiring washout and exploration. The limb is prepared and draped in the desired fashion. A large sterile x-ray C-arm cover is placed under the limb and secured proximally with a towel clip. A suction tube is placed in the lowest part. This tube can be cut and dropped into the bag when washout is completed and the bag removed, allowing further procedu...