Posterior glottis stenosis (PGS) represents an interesting dilemma to the airway surgeon. Diagnosis of this rare condition can be difficult, often mimicking bilateral vocal fold paralysis. Management can also be challenging, with several potential therapeutic options. After receiving IRB approval, pediatric Otolaryngology patient records at a single institution in Memphis, TN were reviewed from...

Ten posterior subtalar joints of 8 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 12 posterior subtalar joints of 6 cadavers were studied by contrast synoviography. In the rheumatoid group the abnormalities included posterior capsule distension, filling defects caused by hypertrophic synovitis, limited or irregular filling of the anterior recess of the joint in 5 out of 10, and communication with the a...

We read the article by Zhu et al (1) regarding an alternative approach for lumbar transforaminal epidural steroid injections. We found that their work was similar to our previously reported article, “Fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural dry needling for lumbar spinal stenosis using a specially designed needle” (2). In our article, we introduced a minimally invasive interventional tec...

PURPOSE To determine in rabbits whether periocular injection of ketorolac tromethamine effectively delivers the drug to the eye and, if so, whether this is efficacious in the treatment of experimental uveitis. METHODS Ketorolac was administered by anterior subconjunctival injection, posterior periocular injection, intramuscular injection, or topical eye drops. The aqueous and vitreous were as...

BACKGROUND The conventional technique for sacroiliac (SI) joint injection involves aligning the anterior and posterior aspects of the SI joint under fluoroscopic guidance and then entering the SI joint in the most caudal aspect. OBJECTIVE We wish to highlight that there is no added advantage to aligning both the anterior and posterior joint lines of the SI joint as it is time consuming, assoc...

introduction: in the current study we evaluated the incremental value of lateral pelvic lymphoscintigraphy imaging of endometrial or cervical cancer patients who underwent sentinel node mapping. methods: operable endometrial and cervical cancer patients without clinical or paraclinical evidence of lymph node involvement were included in the study. the day before surgery the patients were sent ...

objective : the aim of this study was to assess the amount of interdental bone in posterior areas of the mandible for placing orthodontic mini-implants to provide and control anchorage in orthodontic treatment. materials and methods : the amount of interdental bone in areas between the second premolars and first molars, first and second molars on the right and left sides of the mandible were de...

OBJECTIVE To review the safety of simultaneous bilateral posterior cricoarytenoid muscle botulinum toxin injections. DESIGN Retrospective case series review. SETTING Tertiary care academic clinic. PATIENTS Twenty-one patients with abductor spasmodic dysphonia. INTERVENTIONS Patients received 100 simultaneous bilateral posterior cricoarytenoid muscle botulinum toxin injections for isolat...