BACKGROUND Determination of appropriate treatment options for adult osteochondritis dissecans is difficult, as most published papers on surgical osteochondritis dissecans treatment report outcomes in a population consisting of both adult and juvenile patients. PURPOSE This study examines the outcomes of surgical procedures in patients with adult osteochondritis dissecans. STUDY DESIGN Case ...

  Introduction: Radio-guided parathyroid surgery along with other minimally invasive surgeries constitutes the main surgical treatment procedures for different kinds of hyperparathyroidism.  In this article we have reported our experience of radio-guided parathyroid surgery using Tc-99m sestamibi. Methods: Ten patients with hyperparathyroidism included in our study. ...

One-third of patients who develop internal carotid occlusion will die or have disabling cerebral symptoms. ~ The results of urgent carotid thromboendarterectomy in patients with established internal carotid occlusion were disappointing. Extracranial to intracranial bypass in symptomatic patients with internal carotid artery occlusion produced high numbers of strokes and was not of benefit. 2 At...

introduction: it has been shown that joint click, an initial and common finding in internal derangement (id), respond to neither conservative treatment nor surgical intervention. this raises the question as to whether it must be treated in the absence of other pertinent signs and symptoms, so the aim of this study was to investigate and compare the mri findings of tmj in both normal subjects an...

Non-invasive ultrasonic imaging of the carotid bifurcation by duplex scanning and ultrasonic arteriography combined with pulsed Doppler spectrum analysis demonstrated patency of the external and internal carotid arteries distal to a common carotid occlusion in 3 patients. Common carotid occlusion is not invariably associated with thrombosis of the ipsilateral internal carotid artery. Identifica...

PURPOSE To determine the anatomical landmark within the internal oblique muscle. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a prospective study, the abdominal wall was examined for internal oblique muscle land marks in 900 patients undergoing laparatomy. RESULTS There was a fat line at anterior superior iliac spine level to access the underlying layers and then to the abdominal cavity. CONCLUSION A fat tri...