OBJECTIVE Define a security zone to avoid possibles vascular and ligamentar complications during anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. METHODS Arthroscopic reconstruction using the transtibial and transportal technique in cadaver knees was performed followed by dissection and measurement of the distance between the femoral tunnel and the proximal attachment of the lateral collateral liga...

Introduction Pronator teres usually originates as two heads, the superficial humeral head from medial epicondyle and the deep ulnar head from the coronoid process. The median nerve passes between the two heads, and the ulnar artery passes deep to the deep head of the pronator teres in the cubital fossa. Flexor carpi radialis, another superficial flexor of the forearm arises from common flexor o...

There have been studies concerning the protection of the facial nerve during plastic surgery intended for the parotid gland. The close relationship between the parotid duct and the buccal and zygomatic branches of the facial nerve is studied here. The dissections were performed on 10 fixed cadavers at the Anatomy Dissection Laboratory of Ankara University in 2004. The reference points used for ...

INTRODUCTION Restoring elbow flexion remains the first step in the management of total palsy of the brachial plexus. Non avulsed upper roots may be grafted on the musculocutaneous nerve. When this nerve is entirely grafted, some motor fibres regenerate within the sensory fibres quota. Aiming potential utilization of these lost motor fibres, we attempted suturing the sensory branch of the muscul...

INTRODUCTION The lateral circumflex femoral artery usually originates from the lateral side of the initial part of the deep femoral artery, or less frequently from the femoral artery. If it is a branch of the femoral artery, it arises directly above the point of origin of the deep femoral artery. The aim of this study was to determine the origin of the lateral circumflex femoral artery, its ori...

W e read the published article entitled " An anatomical study of the inferior oblique muscle with emphasis on its nerve entry " by Kumar et al. (1) This study described the entry of the inferior division of the oculomotor nerve to the inferior oblique muscle and the topographical anatomy of the muscle. We would like to take this opportunity to share some important scientific facts. We agree wit...

The pterygospinous ligament extends from the pterygospinous process of the lateral lamina of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, coursing inferior level of the oval foramen, to the spine of sphenoid bone in the infratemporal fossa. The ossification of ligament forms the pterygospinous bony bridge and pterygospinous foramen (Figure 1). In existence of this case, branches of the mandibula...

This experiment was conducted with the objective of evaluating the performance sage (Salvia officinalis L.) in different agroecology of Ethiopia for morpho-agronomic and chemical traits at Wondo genet, Hawassa, Qoqa and Holleta for two years from 2011/2012 to 2012/2013 cropping seasons. Data on plant height, branch number/plant, fresh leaf weight/plant, fresh stem weight/plant, above ground bio...

Introduction UN lesions in the wrist and hand can cause a variety of different clinical findings, depending on precise location. Findings might range from a pure sensory deficit to pure motor syndromes with weakness that may or may not involve the hypothenar muscles. This depends on whether the lesion involves the main trunk, the sensory branch only, or the deep palmar branch at different sites...