Purpose. Injecting triamcinolone acetonide (TA) into a keloid is physically challenging due to the density of keloids. The purpose was to investigate the effects of various syringe and needle combinations on the injection force to determine the most ergonomic combination. Materials and Methods. A load cell was used to generate and measure the injection force. Phase 1: the injection force of 5 c...

OBJECTIVE To establish the safest approach to needle electrode insertion into the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) regarding possible needle injury to the superficial radial nerve (SRN) or radial artery by ultrasonography. METHODS We evaluated 54 forearms of 27 healthy subjects. Three levels were defined in the forearm. Level 1 is the junction of the middle and distal third of the forearm, level ...

This paper aims to analyze the interpretation of vocatives and cat[1]egory vocativeness within school subject Croatian language regarding phonetic, phonological morphological, syntactic, orthographic pragmat[1]ic-semantic vocative features on corpus contemporary lan[1]guage textbooks for primary secondary education selected according final result selection from “Catalog approved 2020/2021 year”...

A 16 year old male underwent right shoulder arthroscopy and Bankart procedure. The patient weighed 58 Kg and had a BMI of 19.6. He had a history of attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) treated with atomoxetine, a newer drug that works by selectively inhibiting the re-uptake of norepinephrine (1). We planned for a general endotracheal anesthetic with interscalene block for postoperative...

Needle insertion is a minimally invasive technique in diagnosing and treating tumors. However, to perform a surgery accurately, the tissue should have minimum amount of displacement during needle insertion so that it reaches the target tissue. Therefore, the tissue membrane has to move less to decrease rupturing under the membrane. In this study, the effect of different design parameters on dis...

STUDY DESIGN Intradiscal pressure was measured after percutaneous disc decompression by nucleoplasty in human cadavers with different degrees of disc degeneration. OBJECTIVES To assess intradiscal pressure change after disc decompression, and to analyze the influence of degeneration on the intradiscal pressure change. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Partial removal of the nucleus has been shown ...