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1. exposure through A3 pulley 2. mobilization of volar fragment attached to volar plate 3. dorsal blocking wire to reduce and hold joint in place 4. elevation of any depressed articular fragment and bone grafting 5. repositioning of volar fragment over the base of middle phalanx 6. preliminary fixation with K wire 7. plating with mini 1.2 or 1.3mm T plate, or hook plate(s) 8. removal of dorsal ...

An aortic arch banding procedure was performed on an 82-year-old man for treatment of proximal type I endoleaks 2 days after he had undergone emergency thoracic endovascular aortic repair with the chimney technique for a ruptured aortic arch aneurysm. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography after the second procedure demonstrated significant shrinkage of the aneurysmal sac as well as a complete d...

The evolution of filter feeding in baleen whales (Mysticeti) facilitated a wide range of ecological diversity and extreme gigantism. The innovation of filter feeding evolved in a shift from a mineralized upper and lower dentition in stem mysticetes to keratinous baleen plates that hang only from the roof of the mouth in extant species, which are all edentulous as adults. While all extant mystic...

Dr F B Wallace stimulated the initial design of the gutter treatment, and we are also indebted to Mr D E Cross, of Portex Ltd, for help with the prototype development and the production of a sterile kit. Our thanks go to Mrs D Weightman for statistical advice; and Mr D Hammersley, medical artist, Newcastle University, and Mr G Lythe, medical artist, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, for the i...

Ingrown toenails are one of the most frequent nail disorders of young persons. They may negatively influence daily activities, cause discomfort and pain. Since more than 1000 years, many different treatments have been proposed. Today, conservative and surgical methods are available, which, when carried out with expertise, are able to cure the disease. Packing, taping, gutter treatment, and nail...

In the 1840s the young Friedrich Engels reported from the industrial areas of England: "It is not surprising that the workers should drink heavily. Sheriff Alison asserts that 30,000 workers are drunk in Glasgow every Saturday night. And this is certainly no underestimate. . . . It is particularly on Saturday evenings that intoxication can be seen in all its bestiality, for it is then that the ...