proximal humerus fractures are common, but associated injury of the axillary artery is uncommon. the majority of published blunt traumatic axillary artery injuries are associated with anterior glenohumeral dislocation; a few are associated with isolated proximal humerus fractures or fracture-dislocation. experience within our institution demonstrates that axillary artery injury is often unrecog...

background : the axillary lymph node stage is one of the single most important determinants in the prognosis of breast cancer patients. the disadvantages of the two previous methods used for evaluating axillary node metastasis, i.e., axillary lymph node dissection and sentinel lymph node biopsy, have directed researchers to investigate new techniques for this purpose. the aim of the current stu...

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the dose distribution and coverage of level Ⅰ-Ⅱ axillary lymph nodes during whole breast tangential field radiotherapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery in patients with breast cancer. Materials and Methods: The level Ⅰ-Ⅱ axillary lymph node volumes were retrospectively contoured by a single radiation oncologist based on computed tomography...

background: the purpose of this study was to assess the dental arch dimensions in primary dentition of 3-5 years old filipino children and determining the existence of sexual dimorphism. m aterials and methods: in this descriptive study, 60 filipino preschool children aged 3-5 years old were selected from manila city. study casts were used for measurements of 3 arch dimensions: bicanine width, ...

OBJECTIVE Distal reoperations for aortic dissection are associated with high morbidity rates. We describe distal aortic enlargement that was treated using our surgical strategy. PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 1997 to April 2008, 63 patients underwent ascending aortic replacement for acute type A aortic dissection. Four patients (7.4%; 3 males, 1 female; mean age, 67.8 +/- 4.6 years) requir...

The cephalic vein, defined as the vein originating in the radial end of the dorsal venous arch, crosses superficial to the anatomical snuffbox and travels upward along the anterior border of the brachioradialis muscle in the forearm [1,2]. It ascends lateral to biceps and between pectoralis major and deltoid muscles, and passes through the infraclavicular fossa, and drains into the axillary vei...

BACKGROUND Aortic arch replacement using standard techniques, including deep hypothermic circulatory arrest and selective antegrade cerebral perfusion, is still associated with significant mortality and cerebral morbidity. We have previously described the "branch-first" technique that avoids circulatory arrest or profound hypothermia with excellent outcomes. We now describe our clinical experie...

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic large vessel vasculitis, with extracranial arterial involvement described in 10-15% of cases, usually affecting the aorta and its branches. Patients with GCA are more likely to develop aortic aneurysms, but these are rarely present at the time of the diagnosis. We report the case of an 80-year-old Caucasian woman, who reported proximal muscle pain in the...