Pseudo Class III malocclusion is characterized by an anterior crossbite with functional forward mandibular displacement. Various appliances have been devised for early treatment of a pseudo Class III. The aim of this article is to highlight the method of construction and use a simple removable appliance termed as "Modified Hawleys appliance with inverted labial bow" to treat psuedo class III ma...

Splenectomy or pretreatment of adult hamsters with cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) increased the lethality of the TC-83 vaccine strain of Venezuelan encephalitis virus (VEE), inoculated subcutaneously, from 12% for normal hamsters to 75 and 76%, respectively. Neither splenectomy nor cyclophosphamide treatment significantly increased the lethality of Pixuna virus. Cytoxantreated (Cy) hamsters develop...

Infected pseudoaneurysm of the femoral artery represents a devastating complication of intravenous drug abuse, especially in the event of rupture. Operative strategy depends upon the extent of arterial injury and the coexistence of infection or sepsis. Options range from simple common femoral artery (CFA) ligation to complex arterial reconstruction with autologous grafts (arterial, venous, or h...

Four children are described, each with spontaneous osteonecrosis affecting nearly one-third of the lateral femoral condyle. All the children had a motor and a sensory deficit in the affected limb: two had been previously treated for neuroblastoma of the spine, one for an infected lumbar dermoid cyst and one had spina bifida. We consider that these disorders, singly or in combination, may lead t...