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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...

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...

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 danger zone for the plantar and calcaneal divisions of the tibial nerve - a cadaveric study

To this end, we describe an area that arises from the midpoint of the navicular-calcaneal line (MPNCL), which contains both nerve divisions in the majority of cases. We called this area the danger zone. We identified the size and location of this danger zone by dissecting a total of 50 cadaveric feet. We measured the distance from the origin of each nerve division to both the navicular tuberosi...