BACKGROUND Anterior glenohumeral instability most commonly affects younger patients and has shown high recurrence rates with nonoperative management. The treatment of anterior glenohumeral instability has undergone significant evolution over the 20th and 21 centuries. METHODS This article presents a retrospective comprehensive review of the history of different operative techniques for should...

N balance and N dilution were determined from growth of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 and two unidentified gram-negative nitrogen-fixing microorganisms in continuous culture supplied with NH(4)Cl. At the 1.1 and 2.2 mM NH(4)Cl steady states (N-to-C ratios of 1:68 and 1:34, respectively), the organisms grew with NH(4)Cl and N(2) as N sources simultaneously under carbon limitation. No ammonium coul...

The literature on eccentric fixation includes numerous systems of classification devised by different workers. At the orthoptic and pleoptic centre at this hospital, we have tried to use some of these classifications, but have observed certain discrepancies which are discussed below. Some classifications are based on anatomical landmarks (Mayweg and Massie, 1958; von Noorden, 1959; Scully and N...

AIM To compare the outcomes between the use of resorbable plates and screws and the conventional methods in children with paediatric maxillofacial fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS STUDY DESIGN a retrospective observational study was designed reviewing the clinical records from June 2007 and June 2011. Data collected included aepidemiological data, type of treatment, outcome and satisfactio...

We report a new intermaxillary fixation (IMF) method for condylar fractures using a thermoforming plate. Fifteen cases of condylar fracture were selected and thermoforming plates were applied. The patient's recover was uneventful in all 15 cases, and the period of IMF ranged from 7 to 17 days, (mean 12) for the following 7 days IMF was used only at night together with functional jaw training du...

CONTENTS 36.1 Bio-Char Management and Soil Nutrient Availability ............................................. 518 36.2 Microbial Cycling of Nutrients in Soils with Bio-Char ............................................ 519 36.3 Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Soils with Bio-Char................................................. 521 36.4 Slash-and-Char as an Alternative to Slash-and-Burn ...........

OBJECTIVES To apply contact measurement and reference point system (RPS) alignment techniques to establish a method for 3D reconstruction of the edentulous jaw models with centric relation and to quantitatively evaluate its accuracy. METHODS Upper and lower edentulous jaw models were clinically prepared, 10 pairs of resin cylinders with same size were adhered to axial surfaces of upper and lo...

BACKGROUND Surgical treatment of fracture mandible using an internal fixation has changed in the last decades to achieve the required rigidity, stability and immediate restoration of function. The aim of the study was to do a Prospective study of 10 patients to determine the efficacy of rectangular grid compression miniplates in mandibular fractures. MATERIALS & METHODS This study was carried...