Among patients presenting with ACL deficient knees, the incidence of bilaterality is reported to be between 2% and 4%. (1) We have presented an unusual problem of a patient with chronic bilateral ACL-deficient knees and constitutionally very thin patellar tendons. Author decided to perform one-stage bilateral ACL reconstructions using hamstring tendon autografts so as not to weaken his quadrice...

Peripheral nerve injuries (PNIs) present a serious medical concern, constituting approximately 100,000 neurosurgical procedures in the US and Europe annually. Despite this large number, only 50% of patients achieve good to normal restoration of function following surgical repair. This is due to current insufficiencies with PNI repair strategies to treat major nerve trauma, defined as loss of a ...

Bone-grafting techniques either with autografts or allografts still represent a challenge for reconstructive surgery.Allografts and autografts are the current strategies for filling bone defects and subsequent repair but each have drawbacks. Synthetic bone-graft substitutes, developed in an effort to overcome the inherent limitations of autograft and allograft, represent an alternative strategy...

Objective Compare the thickness of conjunctival autografts in pterygium surgery using Moscovici dissection technique with manual and assess difficulty techniques. Methods In this randomized clinical trial, 30 eyes patients undergoing were divided into Dissection Technique Group Manual Group. The treated at Hospital Oftalmológico Visão Laser (Santos, São Paulo, Brazil). Optical coherence tomogra...

Results After 28 days the use of GB and 20 days of grafting, she had morbilliform rash, fever (39C), cervical and inguinal adenopathy. CBC was performed: hemoglobin 10,3g/dl, leukocyte 14,900/mm3, neutrophils 58.9%, eosinophils 16.4% (2,443), lymphocytes 10% and monocytes 3.1%. Platelets were normal. ALT 200 U/L (up to 55), AST 180U/L (up to 34), creatinine 1.8 mg/dl (up to 1). Previous examina...