Abstract Introduction Tympanoplasty is the main treatment of mucosal type chronic suppurative otitis media. Objective The aim present study was to compare clinical outcomes in terms healing and audiological two groups. authors used single layer graft (perichondrium with cartilage island) one group double grafts island composite plus temporalis fascia) were second group. Methods Forty patients c...

Locomotor slings is a model which recognises that muscles and their investing fascia are frequently interconnected, with fibres blending from one muscle to the next. Groups of muscles and their fascia may be related by direct anatomical continuity, whereby a chain of muscles and their fascia are interconnected in a relatively continuous line. This chain of anatomically interconnected myofasciae...

Elastic energy returned from passive-elastic structures of the lower limb is fundamental in lowering the mechanical demand on muscles during running. The purpose of this study was to investigate the two length-modulating mechanisms of the plantar fascia, namely medial longitudinal arch compression and metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) excursion, and to determine how these mechanisms modulate stra...

OBJECTIVES The primary objective of this study was to determine whether the sonographic appearance of the plantar fascia is predictive of the treatment (ie, pain) response in patients receiving supportive therapy for proximal plantar fasciitis. This study was a secondary analysis of data obtained from a randomized controlled trial of ambulatory adults, which examined the efficacy of 3 different...

Superficial temporal artery (STA) based pedicled fascial flap plays a pivotal role in ear reconstruction for microtia patients. There is paucity of literature on the anatomy of the STA in microtia patients. The present study aimed to describe any possible anatomical variations seen in the STA of patients afflicted with microtia. Pre-operative carotid computer tomographic angiography images of p...

UNLABELLED The ideal approach for the treatment of glottal insufficiency remains a challenge for laryngologists. AIM This experimental study assessed the histological changes and fibrosis caused by autologous fascia lata grafts into the rabbit voice muscle. STUDY DESIGN A clinical and experimental study. METHODS A 0.2 × 0.2 cm fragment of autologous fascia lata was grafted into the right ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of ultrasound guided injection in recalcitrant idiopathic plantar fasciitis. METHODS Four patients with a clinical diagnosis of idiopathic plantar fasciitis, who were unresponsive to palpation guided injection with triamcinolone acetonide and local anaesthetic, underwent ultrasonographic examination of the heel. RESULTS The following ultrasonographic featur...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate anatomic/audiologic outcomes of cartilage tympanoplasty with island technique and compare the results with the results of temporalis fascia tympanoplasty. PATIENTS AND METHODS The charts of 40 patients who underwent surgery for primary type 1 tympanoplasty either with perichondrium-cartilage (12 males, 11 females; mean age 29.7 years; range 12 ...