introduction: intramedullary nailing (imn) of high tibia fracture has some mechanical and biological advantages over the other form of fixation. however, valgus, apex anterior malalignment and anterior displacement of proximal fragment commonly occur after isolated imn fixation of proximal high tibia fracture. the purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of using 3.5-mm locking c...

Oreopithecus bambolii is a Late Miocene ape from Italy, first described in the late 19th century. Its interpretation is still highly controversial, especially in reference to its hand proportions and thumb morphology. In this study, the authors provide detailed descriptions of the available Oreopithecus pollical distal phalanx (PDP) specimens, as well as bivariate and multivariate morphometric ...

OBJECTIVE A variety of different pedicle screws entry point techniques are used for the lumbar pedicle screws placement. This study reported Kim's entry point of lumbar pedicle screws with free hand technique and the accuracy of this technique. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the 584 cases with free hand placed lumbar pedicle screw placement. The diagnosis included 491 cases with degenera...

Restenosis following bare metal coronary stenting is common. The location and characteristics of restenotic lesions in patients who have undergone coronary stent implantation is not well described. The purpose of this study was to determine the location, type and temporal distribution of stent-related restenosis. We reviewed the clinical and angiographic characteristics of 203 consecutive patie...

the edge szeged index is a new molecular structure descriptor equal to the sum of products mu(e)mv(e) over all edges e = uv of the molecular graph g, where mu(e) is the number of edges which its distance to vertex u is smaller than the distance to vertex v, and nv(e) is defined analogously. in this paper, the edge szeged index of one-pentagonal carbon nanocone cnc5[n] is computed for the first ...

A 55-year-old male patient presented with an acute myocardial infarction. A sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) was implanted in the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD). Eight months later, there was a newly developed distal LAD lesion. An additional SES was implanted. Twenty-eight months after the index procedure of primary coronary intervention, the electrocardiogram showed ST elevation ...

BACKGROUND The planar polarization of developing tissues is controlled by a conserved set of core planar polarity proteins. In the Drosophila pupal wing, these proteins adopt distinct proximal and distal localizations in apicolateral junctions that act as subcellular polarity cues to control morphological events. The core polarity protein Flamingo (Fmi) localizes to both proximal and distal cel...

Regeneration of lost body parts has traditionally been seen as a redeployment of embryonic development. However, whether regeneration and embryonic development are controlled by identical, similar or different genetic programmes has not been fully tested. Here, we analyse proximal-distal regeneration in Drosophila leg imaginal discs using the expression of positional markers, and by cell-lineag...

Gallstone ileus is a rare presentation, accounting for 0.1% of cases of mechanical small bowel obstruction. Patients are often elderly with significant comorbidity. Treatment is based upon laparotomy and enterolithotomy. We present the case of a 75year old lady admitted as an emergency with a 4day history of small bowel obstruction. She was found on CT scan to have an impacted gallstone in the ...

We report an autopsy case of aneurysm dissection that occurred 18 months after the implantation of a Zenith stent graft. A 94-year-old woman, who had undergone an endovascular repair with postoperative reintervention, died of shock due to retroperitoneal hematoma. An autopsy indicated that the stent graft remained firmly fixed to the native aorta, whereas the dissection occurred near the proxim...