The 12(th) rib syndrome is a disease that causes pain between the upper abdomen and the lower chest. It is assumed that the impinging on the nerves between the ribs causes pain in the lower chest, upper abdomen, and flank. A 74-year-old female patient visited a pain clinic complaining of pain in her back, and left chest wall at a 7 on the 0-10 Numeric Rating scale (NRS). She had a lateral fixat...

BACKGROUND The optimal age at which to initiate for auricular reconstruction is controversial. Rib cartilage growth is closely related to age and determines the feasibility and outcomes of auricular reconstruction. We developed a method to guide the timing of auricular reconstruction in children with microtia ranging in age from 5 to 10 years. METHODS Rib cartilage and the healthy ear were as...

osteomyelitis is an inflammatory infectious condition of bones, occurring either acutely or chronically. the clinical course of the disease leads to destructive or sclerosing patterns of the involved bone. this report presents a case of chronic focal sclerosing osteomyelitis in a 19-year-old male with a history of an uncontrolled convulsive condition. the lesion was first diagnosed as an osteob...

OBJECTIVE To compare intercostal nerve block before and after rib harvest in terms of mean postoperative pain score and mean postoperative tramadol usage. STUDY DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Hospital, KEMU, Lahore, from January 2011 to July 2012. METHODOLOGY Patients (n = 120) of either gender with ASA class-I and II re...

Case report Osteomyelitis of left Maxillary Region due to Mucor Infection Ramesh G, Raj A, Pathak S, Mishra S Abstract: In routine practice, intra-oral exposed bone due to necrosis is generally diagnosed as osteomyelitis. This kind of necrosis can occur due to bacterial osteomyelitis, herpes zoster, trauma, iatrogenic infections, or fungal infections, such as mucormycosis, aspergillosis, etc. I...

In 30 patients in whom osteomyelitis was suspected fine-needle bone biopsies (FNBB) were taken at the same time as bone was aspirated for bacteriological examination. The diagnosis of osteomyelitis was eventually confirmed in 15 patients; the other 15 had myositis (3), arthritis (3), trauma (2), microgeodic phalangeal syndrome (2), haematoma in a non-ossifying fibroma (1), and Ewing's sarcoma (...

When the abdomen in quadriplegic subjects is given a passive mechanical support, the expansion of the lower rib cage during inspiration is greater and the inward displacement of the upper rib cage is smaller. These changes have traditionally been attributed to an increase in the appositional force of the diaphragm, but the mechanisms have not been assessed. In this study, the inspiratory interc...

Isothermal forging is an effective method for forming and manufacturing large-scale titanium alloy components with multi-rib. However, successive filling of the rib-grooves reverse flow material are prone to occur during process, which makes those difficult be filled then resulting in disturbed excessive die loading. The variability billet sizes fluctuation uncertain parameters process have gre...

ACR Appropriateness Criteria 1 Rib Fractures American College of Radiology ACR Appropriateness Criteria Clinical Condition: Rib Fractures Variant 1: Adult. Suspected rib fractures from minor blunt trauma (injury confined to ribs). Radiologic Procedure Rating Comments RRL* X-ray chest 8 Obtain PA view. ☢ X-ray rib views 5 ☢ ☢ ☢ CT chest without contrast 3 ☢ ☢ ☢ Tc-99m bone scan whole body 2 ☢ ☢ ...