AIM: A new surgical method of non-tension autoplasty by displaced aponeurotic flap for the treatment uncomplicated inguinal hernias has been developed.
 METHODS: Thirty patients were operated on using a autoplasty; comparison group involved 30 which Liechtenstein hernioplasty partially absorbable mesh implant (UltraPro). The effectiveness methods was evaluated clinical data, instrumental r...

Anatomical variations in the musculature of the spine have the potential to cause functional and postural abnormalities, which in turn could lead to chronic myofascial and skeletal pain. We present a unilateral case of a 71-year-old Caucasian female in which the left levator scapulae muscle gave rise to an accessory head that inserted, by way of a flat aponeurotic band, to the ligamentum nuchae...

BACKGROUND Desmoid tumor is a rare soft tissues neoplasia characterized by local invasiveness and by a tendency towards local recurrence although not towards metastasization. DISCUSSION Etiology is not clear. Desmoid tumors originate from the monoclonal proliferation of one mesenchymal cell and develop in the context of fascial, muscular and aponeurotic tissue. They are free of capsule and do...

The records of 110 cases of ulnar neuritis in 100 patients have been reviewed an average of 4.4 years after anterior transposition, or release of the aponeurosis. Seventy of the patients were reviewed personally. In over half the cases no precipitating cause was apparent. At operation the nerve was constricted by the flexor carpi ulnaris aponeurosis in fifty cases but in twenty-five no abnormal...

UNLABELLED Classic anatomical studies describe two membranes - atlanto-occipital and atlanto-axial in the posterior aspect of the craniocervical region. During many surgical procedures in this area, however, we have not found such membranes. OBJECTIVE To clarify the anatomical aspects and structures taking part of the posterior atlanto-occipital and atlanto-axial area. METHOD Analysis of hi...

Intrathoracic desmoid tumours are rare soft-tissue neoplasms arising from fascial or musculo-aponeurotic structures, accounting for less than 0.03% of all neoplasms. Most cases in fact represent intrathoracic extension of chest wall tumours. This case report describes the largest recorded true intrathoracic desmoid tumour without mediastinal or chest wall invasion. The tumour was completely exc...

PURPOSE To demonstrate the sensitivity and the specificity of the ice test in the differential diagnosis of ptosis in myasthenia gravis. METHODS Prospective trial with a control group. The patients were instructed to hold a frozen ice pack on the closed ptotic eyelid. They were divided into 2 groups, with group I consisting of patients with myasthenia gravis and group II (control) consisting ...

Objective: To analyze the application effect of Zhuang medicine aponeurotic system triple therapy in treatment lumbar disc herniation and its on level alpha-1 acid glycoprotein (alpha-1 AGP). Methods: 200 patients with were selected randomly divided into a group control group, 100 cases each group. The was given conventional acupuncture, treated manipulation + fire needling cupping. alpha-1-AGP...