Medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve (MACN) courses in the medial arm to provide sensory innervation to the medial forearm. Its anatomy has been partly described since data regarding its branching pattern and distances to adjacent landmarks are still lacking. The purpose of this study was to provide morphometric anatomy of the MACN with comparisons between sides and sexes. Ninety-six upper extre...

Atrial fibrillation is one of the most frequent arrhythmias diagnosed in clinical practice and it is also relatively common in dialysis patients. Atrioventricular and intraventricular conduction disturbances are less investigated in hemodialysis patients and data about their prevalence are insufficient. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of atrial fibrillation, atrioven...

In order to facilitate precise localization of motor nerves and motor points, and to increase effectiveness and minimize complications of neurolytic blocks. Locations of motor branching points and motor points of 31 cadavers were measured as relative to medial femoral condyle and mid posterior calf line. Needle insertion points 1.5 centimeters and 0.5 centimeters proximal to the level of medial...

We have confirmed a supraventricular origin of bidirectional tachycardia with simultaneous standard electrocardiograms and a His bundle electrogram. The patient had sinus rhythm, variable trifascicular block and atrioventricular block below the His bundle. Ventricular excitation varied among three patterns which included right bundle branch block with right axis deviation (RBBB-RAD), right bund...

OBJECTIVE To describe the anatomical relationship of the sural sensory nerve complex to the posterior crural intermuscular septum (PS), the key anatomical structure for the osteoseptocutaneous fibula skin paddle. DESIGN Anatomical study. SUBJECTS Twenty-two legs from 11 cadavers (7 females and 4 males). RESULTS The lateral sural cutaneous (LSC) nerve, present in 20 of 22 legs, divides int...

We describe a 73-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer and metastatic disease diagnosed in January 2002 (stable when we saw her) who was admitted for sudden dyspnea and presyncope. Complete atrioventricular block was documented, and a temporary pacemaker was implanted. Eight hours after admission she recovered sinus rhythm with left bundle branch block as seen in previous recordings. C...