The evolution of musculoskeletal ultrasound as a tool in the daily practice of the rheumatologist has been astounding. Its benefits include relative lack of expense and the capability to carry out dynamic joint assessment 1. Whereas plain radiographs demonstrate established bony damage, ultrasound can highlight ongoing synovial inflammation, nonradiographic bony erosion and soft tissue patholog...

Frontal sinusitis after middle turbinate resection occurs because of stenosis of the frontal ostium by soft tissue scarring or residual bony fragments (which are pulled to the medial orbital wall by scar contracture). Standard endoscopic techniques cannot address this problem; however, revision endoscopic frontal sinusotomy with mucoperiosteal flap advancement (the frontal sinus rescue procedur...

Many rat/mouse pressure ulcer (PU) models have been developed to test different hypotheses to gain deeper understanding of various causative risk factors, the progress of PUs, and assessing effectiveness of potential treatment modalities. The recently emphasized deep tissue injury (DTI) mechanism for PU formation has received increased attention and several studies reported findings on newly de...

Study Design Single-blinded study. Objective To assess the suitability of three types of cadaver for simulating pedicle screw insertion and establish if there is an ideal. Methods Three types of cadaver-Thiel-embalmed, Crosado-embalmed, and formaldehyde-embalmed-were draped and the spines exposed. Experienced surgeons were asked to place pedicle screws in each cadaver and give written questionn...

in this study, the diversity and distribution of economical bony fishes in less-than-ten-meter depths, cpue and population features such as total length, weight and age were investigated in the southern part of the caspian sea in 1385-6. sampling was done in five regions: amir abad, larim, izdeh, kheyroud, and nashtarood with gilnet in mesh sizes of 26, 33, 40, 60, 100, and 150 mm. in total, 22...

The patulous eustachian tube (ET) has been reported as the cause of cholesteatoma, otitis media, and tinnitus. Almost all reports on the patulous eustachian tube mentioned the patulous lumen in cartilaginous portion of the ET and atrophy of peritubal tissue, especially fat tissue. In contrast, enlarged bony portion of the ET is rare (1) and its pathophysiology remains unknown. Radiological stud...

IMPORTANCE Advances in tissue engineering offer potential alternatives to current mandibular reconstructive techniques; however, before clinical translation of this technology, a relevant animal model must be used to validate possible interventions. OBJECTIVE To establish the critical-sized segmental mandibular defect that does not heal spontaneously in the rat mandible. DESIGN AND SETTING ...

PURPOSE Bony resection of the proximal medial tibia, an alternative technique for soft tissue balancing in total knee arthroplasty (TKA), was compared to the conventional medial soft tissue release technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS From June 2005 to June 2007, we performed 40 TKA in 27 patients with ≥10° tibio-femoral varus deformity. The conventional, medial soft tissue release technique was ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the use of radial forearm osteocutaneous free flap in complex mandibular reconstruction. STUDY DESIGN A case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, from January 1998 to January 2008. METHODOLOGY Patients having a small bony component and a large soft tissue mandibular defect requiring reconstruction were selected. These defects in...