The cervical spine is a less common site for metastatic disease than is the thoracolumbar spine. Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in the cervical spine can be performed using an anteromedial or lateral approach. A 51-year-old woman with breast cancer had been experiencing severe weight-bearing neck pain for 2 months, even after undergoing radiation therapy. Imaging studies revealed an osteolyt...

INTRODUCTION The removal of broken femoral stems has become a major issue in revision surgery, and is a technically difficult and time-consuming procedure. CASE PRESENTATION We present a case of a fracture of a cementless long femoral stem in a 65-year-old, white Caucasian man. The distal part was removed with a special longitudinal osteotomy through the anterior cortex extending distally for...

The mechanisms of trauma resulting in IOFBs vary greatly and play a critical role in establishing the material responsible for injury. The most common place of injury is the workplace [6] and IOFBs ultimately result in 3.3% of all occupational injuries causing lost workdays [7]. Injury most commonly results from hammering (60-80% of IOFBs), but use of power tools and firearms also constitute co...

We report a patient with clinical ocular siderosis at the time of presentation but undetectable intraocular foreign body on computed tomography (CT) and ultrasonography. A 24-year-old man suffered from right ocular injury when hammering metal on metal. Slit-lamp examination revealed a small corneal perforating wound and an iris hole, but no intraocular foreign body was found under fundus examin...

Techniques combining machine learning with translation to automated reasoning have recently become an important component of formal proof assistants. Such “hammer” techniques complement traditional proof assistant automation as implemented by tactics and decision procedures. In this paper we present a unified proof assistant automation approach which attempts to automate the selection of approp...

In Central Java, the Javanese Gong is one of prominent gamelan instrument to mark the end of musical passage. The Gong is a distinctive percussion instrument because of its wave-like sounds after being struck immediately due to its traditional manufacture procedures. Spectra for the gongs vary substantially due to variation in shape and size, and to dimensional irregularities created during man...

We attempt to construct a novel automation technology based on the hammering task and its sound feedback process with an industrial humanoid robot equipped integrated system of vision, dual arm motion. First, we focus musical saw achieve tuning motion as basic study because it is considered be difficult control kind unknown unclear tool under beginning operation. Second, discuss characteristics...