or bundle of His. Blockage of both the right and left bundle branches would be tantamount to block at these locations. This is the well-established concept of bilateral bundle-branch block.1-3 It highlights a hazard inherent in catheterization of the ventricle opposite that which is already the site of bundle-branch block. Since the advent of cardiac catheterization, numerous reports have been ...

INTRODUCTION Ulnar nerve is a branch of the brachial plexus. In the front of the forearm, normally near the wrist joint, it gives a dorsal cutaneous branch which supplies the skin of the dorsum of the hand. CASE PRESENTATION The present case reports a very rare finding, the dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve along with the main nerve trunk originated between the two heads of the flexor carpi ul...

Four cases of complete right bundle-branch block and one case of atrioventricular heart block, all occurring within three generations of the same family, are described. The 4 patients with bundle-branch block had no symptoms, whereas the patient with atrioventricular heart block suffered Adams-Stokes attacks from the age of 13 and died at 47 years of age. A 33-year-old man with bundle-branch bl...

STUDY DESIGN A double-blind, randomized, controlled trial. OBJECTIVE To determine the clinical effectiveness of therapeutic local anesthetic cervical medial branch blocks with or without steroid in managing chronic neck pain of facet joint origin. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA The prevalence of persistent neck pain, secondary to involvement of cervical facet or zygapophysial joints, has been d...