REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY To determine the incidence of support limb laminitis among horses treated with half limb, full limb or transfixation pin casts and determine potential risk factors. METHODS Medical records of 113 horses treated with half limb, full limb or transfixation pin casts at an equine referral hospital from 2000 to 2009 were reviewed. Associations between potential risk fa...

Background: Creating a socket with proper fit is an important factor to ensure the comfort and control of prosthetic devices. Several techniques are commonly used to cast transtibial stumps but their effect on stump shape deformation is not well understood. This study compares the dimensions, circumferences and volumes of the positive casts and also the socket comfort between two casting method...

Aim: To assess the physical and mechanical properties of plaster of Paris (POP) bandage cast used as a splinting and casting materials. Materials and Methods: POP casts were divided into three Groups A, B and C with 2, 3 and 8 layer for POP bandage, respectively (n=6 in each group). Handling characters, technical easiness or difficulties, setting time, weight, diameter and thickness of the cast...

The purpose: The aim of this in-vitro pilot study was to evaluate the effect of steam autoclaving of the implant analog and impression coping on the accuracy of impression procedure. Materials and methods: A master casts model was constructed, with a pair of commercially available fixtures. Ten pairs of impression copings were used to make the impression. Implant analogs were then attached to t...

Earthworms are known to modify life conditions for other soil organisms through their drilospheric activities. The effects of a large anecic species, Martiodrilus carimaguensis JimeÂnez and Moreno, on soil macrofaunal communities were investigated in a natural and a man-made grassland of the Eastern Plains of Colombia. Invertebrates were sampled by a standard hand sorting method at different sp...

massive hemoptysis is one of the most important respiratory emergencies and pulmonary infiltrating diseases are among the rare causes of hemoptysis. bronchial artery embolization (bae) is a safe and effective treatment in these patients. our case was a 45 years old woman with a 7 year history of hodgkin's lymphoma who presented with massive hemoptysis of 20 days duration. ct scan revealed prebr...

Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis formerly named “Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS)” is a systemic disease with bronchial asthma, hypereosinophilia, and systemic vasculitis. We report a case of CSS with cholecystitis and mononeuritis multiplex. A 50-year-old woman with a history of sinusitis and bronchial asthma of 8 years’ duration was referred with a complaint of left-hand deformity an...

introduction: few researches have been conducted researches on the influence of the type of dental stone used for fabrication of casts on the adaptation of denture bases. the purpose of this study was to compare the effect of two types of stone casts on the accuracy of fit in complete denture bases. methods: using sixty fully replicated master casts obtained by duplicating a metal die represent...