OBJECT Unilateral contusions represent an increasingly popular model for studying the pathways and recovery mechanisms of spinal cord injury (SCI). Current studies rely heavily on motor behavior scoring and histological evidence to make assessments. Electrophysiology represents one way to reliably quantify the functionality of motor pathways. The authors sought to quantify the functional integr...

The increased popularity of sports, apart from being beneficial to health, also results in a larger number of injuries, a part of which are also injuries to the stomatognatic system. According to the data from literature orofacial injuries in basketball are frequent, but relatively minor. The World Dental Federation places basketball into the category of medium-risk sports for the occurrence of...

Lameness is the most significant challenge for the dairy industry to overcome, given its obvious disruption of animal welfare and severe economic losses. Sole ulcers and white line abscesses are ubiquitous chronic diseases with the highest associated economic losses among all foot lesions. Their underlying causes are still not fully understood. An observational cross-sectional study was carried...

Three cases of pulmonary contusion occurred in children as a result of injuries from "rubber bullets." Radiological changes were evident soon after the injury, and in one case these persisted for two months. Symptoms disappeared quickly in all three cases.

Determining cause and manner of death in medico legal cases is paramount importance forensic practice. A 29 year old woman was brought by the police for autopsy with history assault her boyfriend. As per initial investigation crime scene visit police, case registered as culpable homicide amounting to murder. Autopsy revealed that deceased had acute on chronic meningitis, a natural disease incom...

BACKGROUND Orbital complications following functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) are fortunately rare. They are usually easily and rapidly recognizable. CASE PRESENTATION We present an unusual case of a forty-five year old woman who underwent routine FESS and was not packed nasally after the procedure. Six hours later she started bleeding and nasal packs were inserted. She soon developed...

Blunt trauma to the pancreas is not common. The pancreatic injury can range from simple bruising to complete transection often associated with other visceral injuries. Pseudocyst of the pancreas is a late complication presenting usually within six weeks of the injury. The treatment of choice is distal pancreatectomy.

of deep insensibility. His history was that on the previous night he had been robbed and beaten by thieves while following after thein. He was a strong robust man, and his relatives found him during midnight in the very state ho had been brought in. On admission a contused wound, about one inch long, ? inch deep, and ? inch wide above the left eyebrow was found; another incised-looking wound at...