Dynamic compression nail: A preliminary report

Dynamic compression nail: A preliminary report

BACKGROUND Interlocking nailing, which has become the method of choice for treating fractures of the femoral and tibial shafts, still lacks ability to provide the important contact-compression at the fracture. An intramedullary compression nail is described, which provides axial compression at the fracture site with tightening of the specially designed distal interlocking screw. This uses the s...

OUTPATIENT RETINAL DETACHMENT SURGERY: A PRELIMINARY REPORT

Retinal detachment surgery has been considered an inpatient hospital procedure requiring preoperative and postoperative hospitalization. In this pilot study, outpatient retinal detachment surgery was performed on sixteen patients and the results (100% success rate after an average follow-up of 8.3 months) were comparable or better than reported overall success rates for retinal detachment ...

Postdiction problems in dynamic logic: Preliminary Report

A Preliminary Report on the Medico-Legal Value of the Finding of Blood on Nail Parings

In view of this ruling it seemed important to verify these statements by experiment. After testing the sensitivity of the reagents, I examined the nail parings' of forty under-trial prisoners and of twenty convicted prisoners from Meerut District Jail. The parings were taken by the jail barber using his ordinary instruments and without any special precautions against contamination. Of the 600 s...

Gamma background radiation in Yazd province A preliminary report

 ABSTRACTBackground: There are relatively rich uranium mines in regions of Saghand and Bafgh in Yazd province. This survey was carried out to provide a map of ambient gamma radiation of Yazd province and the probable effects of the existence of these mines on background radiation dose rates.Materials and Methods: The measurements of the outdoor and indoor–environmental exposures (including cosm...