Studies were performed on anesthetized saline-loaded dogs to delineate the afferent and efferent mechanisms involved in the antinatriuretic response to acute constriction of the thoracic vena cava. The kidneys of the animals were denervated prior to study, and renal perfusion pressure was controlled throughout the experiment. To differentiate between the potential afferent stimuli, increased he...

Direct evidence supporting the contribution of upper limb motion on the generation of locomotive motor output in humans is still limited. Here, we aimed to examine the effect of upper limb motion on locomotor-like muscle activities in the lower limb in persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). By imposing passive locomotion-like leg movements, all cervical incomplete (n = 7) and thoracic complete ...

The arterial pattern of the upper limb is one of the systems that display many variations in the adult human body. Accurate information regarding these variations is important during vascular & reconstructive surgery and also in evaluation of angiographic images. Axillary artery is the direct continuation of the subclavian artery from the outer border of the first rib. The course of the axillar...

BACKGROUND Amputation and pain may have considerable impact on health-related quality of life. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of pain on health-related quality of life in a population of war related bilateral lower limb amputees. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Veterans and Martyrs Affairs Foundation (VMAF) database documented 578 patients with bilateral lower limb ...

We describe a rare case of acute type B dissection (ATBDs) causing collapse of a previously placed infrarenal stent graft, resulting in acute limb ischemia due to left iliac limb thrombosis in a 59-year-old male. The patient presented with acute back and abdominal discomfort radiating to his back, bilateral buttock stabbing discomfort and left > right thigh and calf rest pain. CT angiography sh...

Comparison of ulnar nerve conduction across the thoracic outlet in 30 normal individuals using caliper and steel tape measurements is reported. A difference of 11.3 m/s was noted between the two methods (58.9 +/- 4.20 m/s by caliper; 70.2 +/- 5.20 m/s by tape). Comparison of these values with previous studies and the use of the opposite limb as a control are discussed. This procedure is of clin...

INTRODUCTION This report describes a two-month-old Ouessant ram lamb with hind limb ataxia, knuckling and falling attributable to an abscess in the thoracic vertebral region. A swelling palpated adjacent to the spinous processes of the 9th to 12th thoracic vertebrae was identified via ultrasonography as an abscess located on the transverse processes of these vertebrae. Magnetic resonance imagin...

The authors describe a case of advanced thoracic actinomycosis. A 44-year-old man with previous episodes of productive cough with purulent sputum, fever, chest pain and subcutaneous nodules on the left hemithorax was admitted with complaints of lumbar pain irradiating into left lower limb and presence of mass lesion on the left lumbar region. Imaging evaluations were obtained and the patient un...

A 44-year-old man presented with 1 year of gradually progressive lower limb weakness and numbness and bowel and bladder incontinence. Neurologic examination revealed a T8 spinal sensory level and spastic paraparesis. Preoperative imaging (figure) of the thoracic spine revealed the scalpel sign, a radiologic entity diagnostic of a dorsal thoracic arachnoid web. The lesion was surgically and hist...