PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine the outcomes of bursoscopic ossicle excision in young and active patients with unresolved Osgood-Schlatter disease. METHODS This retrospective study included 18 male military recruits. A direct bursoscopic ossicle excision was performed using low anterolateral and low anteromedial portals. Outcomes were evaluated using the Lysholm knee score, pai...

Aim: Computerized tomography (CT) examination of temporal bone is a routine procedure in the diseases of the middle ear. The aim of this study is to establish the efficacy of CT in the diagnosis of the complications due to inflammatory pathologies of middle ear. Method: Patients with suspected middle ear pathology were undergone temporal CT examination between August 2006June 2008. 56 patients ...

Parastichopus parvimensis and P. californicus, two ecologicallysimilar species of sea cucumber, are the only sea cucumber fisheries in California.1 Aside from the economic importance that this distinction affords them, the two also play an important ecological role as subtidal, benthic detritivores.1, 2 Though some ecological distinctions between the two species exist – P. californicus, notably...

Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is a condition in which the patellar tendon insertion on the tibial tuberosity becomes inflamed. It is a well-known condition in late childhood characterized by pain and a bony prominence over the tibial tuberosity. The pain is usually exacerbated by physical activities like running, jumping, and climbing stairs. In the acute stage, the margins of the patellar ten...

INTRODUCTION Surgical excision of the ununited ossicles has been suggested for unresolved sequelae of Osgood-Schlatter disease in adults resistant to conservative measures. We report a case where arthroscopy was used to excise the ossicles. A bird eye view from the superolateral portal was helpful in the arthroscopic procedure for excision of the deep low lesion. CASE SERIES A 32-year-old, ma...

We have isolated progenitor cells from the stromal system of the fibrous dysplastic marrow of patients with McCuneAlbright Syndrome. Analysis of the Gs a gene from individual colonies provided direct evidence for the presence of two different genotypes within single fibrous dysplastic lesions: marrow stromal cells containing two normal Gs a alleles, and those containing one normal allele and an...

Transplantation of collagenous matrix from the rat diaphyseal bone to subcutaneous sites resulted in new bone formation by an endochondral sequence. Functional bone marrow develops within the newly formed ossicle. On day 1, the implanted matrix was a discrete conglomerate with fibrin clot and polymorphonuclear leukocytes. By day 3, the leukocytes disappeared, and this event was followed by migr...