Hamstring tendon autografts are used for reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament. This study tested the hypothesis that a 5-strand hamstring autograft construct is superior in strength to a 4-strand construct. Four-strand and 5-strand tendon grafts constructs were prepared from ovine flexor tendons and then tested in a uniaxial electromechanical load system with suspensory fixation. Th...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the bone tunnel impaction technique performed by dilators could dwindle the tibial tunnel enlargement after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with hamstring tendon using both extracortical suspensory fixation devices at femoral and tibial site. Thirty-one consecutive patients undergoing primary ACL reconstruction with the hamstr...

Objective- To describe the radiographic and ultrasonographic changes in the fetlock disorders indonkeys. Design- Descriptive study. Animals- - Twenty nine donkeys with clinical, radiographic and ultrasonographic evidences of fetlock disorders and lameness were used in this study. Procedures- Clinical, radiographic and ultrasonographic studies for donkeys have fetlock disorders and lameness were...

THE TERN[ "HEMORRHOID" iS derived f rom the Greek (haima blood; rhoos = flowing) and was first used by Hippocrates in his treatises.n 2 T h e word "pile" (Latin pila, a ball) was used in the writings of John Arderne. 3 Hemorrhoids, which are varicosities of the hemorrhoidal veins, may be internal or external. In ternal hemorrhoids occupy the submucous space proximal to the dentate line. T h e l...