OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between head posture and anteroposterior skeletal patterns in female adult patients. METHODS The study included 75 lateral cephalograms of orthodontic patients in the age range of 18-25 years. The study was conducted from May 2012 to January 2013 at the College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The lateral cephalograms ...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study OBJECTIVE.: Identify the pathoanatomical features of the cervical spine associated with congenital stenosis SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA.: Congenital cervical stenosis (CCS) describes a patient with a decreased spinal canal diameter at multiple levels of the cervical spine in the absence of degenerative changes. Despite recognition of CCS throughou...

objective: since colposcopy biopsy test plays a significant role in the evaluation of cervix, especially in patients with an abnormal result of pap smear test, therefore, this research study was conducted to compare the results of pap smear and colposcopy directed punch biopsy tests at firoozgar and akbarabady hospitals from 2001 to 2003. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was ca...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : recently elective inductions of labor at term have increased dramatically which may be in part due to the patient and clinicians desire to arrange a convenient time for delivery. termination of pregnancy before emerging labor pain is an important concern. because induction of labor is one of the most commonly ...

Aim: To compare the effects of Suboccipital muscle Release (SMI) techniques and Cranio-Cervical Flexion Exercise (CCFE) for Range motion, pain, neck disability forward head posture (FHP) in mechanical pain patients. Methodology: This Randomize Clinical Trial was conducted Railway General Hospital Rawalpindi, within a duration 6 months.Total 28 patients who fullfilled inclusion criteria such as ...

OBJECTIVE Although several clinical applications of transpedicular screw fixation in the cervical spine have been documented recently, few anatomic studies concerning the cervical pedicle are available. This study was designed to evaluate the anatomy and adjacent neural relationships of the middle and lower cervical pedicle (C3-C7). The main objective is to provide accurate information for tran...

Malpositioning of cervical screws risks neurovascular injury. A cervical screw fixation system can provide proper rigidity, alignment correction, and high rates of fusion afforded by high pullout biomechanical strength. The objective is to assess the dimensions and axis of the C3-C7 cervical pedicles. A 1-mm slice thickness computed tomography (CT) scan of the cervical spine of 30 patients (15 ...

BACKGROUND Preserving the C7 spinous process during cervical laminoplasty has been reported to prevent axial symptom. Some patients underwent laminectomy and fixation developed the symptom. The objective of this article was to investigate whether axial symptom can be reduced by preserving the C7 spinous process during cervical laminectomy and fixation with lateral mass screw. METHODS Between ...