OBJECTIVES This study was designed to examine whether ST segment elevation in posterior chest leads (V7 to V9) during acute inferior myocardial infarction (MI) identifies patients with a concomitant posterior infarction and whether these patients might benefit more from thrombolysis. BACKGROUND Because the posterior wall is faced by none of the 12 standard electrocardiographic (ECG) leads, th...

The authors present an unorthodox surgical approach to reach the posterior segment of the lateral rectus muscle through a lateral orbitotomy and to manage difficult cases of recurrent exotropia. A review of the records of two patients with recurrent exotropia was done. After an anterior approach had been demonstrated to be inadequate due to shortening or fibrosis of the anterior part of this mu...

summary This article reports on the radiographic outcome of unstable thoracolumbar fractures managed with short segment posterior instrumentation as standalone treatment. Short segment posterior instrumentation is the method of choice for unstable thoracolumbar injuries in our unit. It is considered to be adequate treatment in cases with an intact posterior longitudinal ligament, and Gaines sco...

PURPOSE To present a case with posterior segment findings in a patient with cloudy corneas secondary to immunotactoid glomerulonephritis (ITG). METHODS A 57-year-old female was known to have bilateral cloudy corneas diagnosed 12 years ago secondary to immunotactoid glomerulonephritis. Clinically, fundus examination was difficult to visualise due to the density of her corneal opacities. RESU...

We present a case of fulminant panuveitis following iris suture fixation of a posterior chamber intraocular lens. We hypothesize that the zonular dehiscence allowed the inflammatory cells in the anterior compartment to gain access to the posterior segment mimicking endophthalmitis or toxic anterior segment syndrome. Also certain bulky lens designs, like the current Rayner hydrophilic acrylic le...

A CT scan demonstrated a subarachnoid hemorrhage. A followup four-vessel cerebral angiogram demonstrated bilateral anomalous ACAs, with the origin at the level of the ophthalmic artery proximal to the posterior communicating and anterior choroidal arteries. The proximal portion of each ectopic proximal segment was horizontal , suggesting that both ACAs coursed below the optic nerves (Figs . 1 A...

BACKGROUND Segment-oriented liver resections can be performed effective by posterior intrahepatic approach. A significance of such resection - is that they are oncologically radical as well as parenchyma-sparing. METHODOLOGY Segmental liver resections were performed in 102 patients with liver tumors. Suprahilar control of the appropriate glissonean pedicle was achieved by the posterior intrah...

Over the recent decades, there has been seismic shift in the field of ocular drug delivery ranging from dosage form design to drug product commercialization. Advancements in the fields of nanotechnology, biomedical engineering and clinical science significantly improved the feasibility of ocular drug delivery. Despite these technological advances, there exists need to deliver drugs in therapeut...

Objectives: Vitreous and retinal (VR) surgery with or without scleral buckling is associated with significant postoperative pain in adults, and recent studies have addressed the effect of retro or peribulbar block on these parameters. VR surgery in children has received little attention regarding the incidence of pain and the role of regional anesthesia in modifying these parameters. In this st...