STUDY DESIGN A prospective audit. OBJECTIVE To establish the efficacy of lumbar medial branch neurotomy under optimum conditions. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Previous reports of the efficacy of lumbar medial branch neurotomy have been confounded by poor patient selection, inaccurate surgical technique, and inadequate assessment of outcome. METHODS Fifteen patients with chronic low back pai...

the ramifications of the portal vein in the liver of horses were studied by using corrosion casting and gross dissection. the portal vein in the horse supplies the hepatic lobes by six major branches. the right lobe is supplied by three main branches, namely the dorsal diaphragmatic, the right caudodorsal and the right intermediate branches. the left branch supplies the left lateral and medial ...

The arterial supply of the digits of the forelimb of the Bactrian camel is described. The arteries supplying the digits were the palmar metacarpal and common palmar digital arteries III. The palmar metacarpal artery III was the continuation of the deep medial proximal metacarpal branch which was derived from the medial branch of the radial artery. It gave rise to a nutrient branch, medial branc...

conclusions ipbsn injury is a common complication following arthroscopically-assisted aclr and, ifn not significant, oblique direction of the incision is associated with decreasedn incidence of the injury. ipbsn injury has no effect on the function but because of then disturbance with patients' satisfaction, authors believe the oblique incision isn preferable to avoid the nerve injury during me...

The occurrence of bundle branch block in acute myocardial infarction is important because it indicates that infarction may be extensive and may result in cardiac failure or death; however, the presence of bundle branch block is also important because it indicates seriously jeopardized AV conduction which could result in sudden extremely slow heart rates or asystolic arrest. The aim of the study...

BACKGROUND Confusion persists concerning the nature and efficacy of procedures variously known as facet denervation, lumbar medial branch radiofrequency neurotomy, and radiofrequency neurotomy or denervation for the treatment of back pain. Systematic reviews have not recognized the importance of patient selection and correct surgical technique when appraising the literature. As a result, negati...

Complete right bundle-branch block with right axis deviation was seen in nine patients who did not have right ventricular hypertrophy, pulmonary disease, or extensive lateral myocardial infarction. Four patients had chronic block and five had acute myocardial infarction. This pattern was attributed to a coexisting block in the right branch and in the inferior division of the left branch. It fre...

BACKGROUND Genicular nerve block has recently emerged as a novel alternative treatment in chronic knee pain. The needle placement for genicular nerve injection is made under fluoroscopic guidance with reference to bony landmarks. OBJECTIVE To investigate the anatomic landmarks for medial genicular nerve branches and to determine the accuracy of ultrasound-guided genicular nerve block in a cad...