BACKGROUND Several insertion sites have been described for intraosseous puncture in cases of emergencies when a conventional vascular access cannot be established. This pilot study has been designed to evaluate the feasibility of the mandibular bone for the use of an intraosseous vascular access in a cadaver model. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS 17 dentistry and 16 medical students participat...

PULPECTOMY – Treatment Considerations Anesthesia It is essential to eliminate any sensation from the tooth being treated prior to endodontic therapy. While it is true that some necrotic teeth can be treated without anesthesia, placement of rubber dam clamps and instrumentation beyond the apex (patency filing) normally make the use of local anesthetic desirable. This is typically achieved throug...

AIM To describe vascular anatomy of the maxillary sinus in dentate specimens dissected from human cadavers. METHODS Twenty dentate maxillary specimens were dissected, anatomically prepared, and injected with liquid latex for a better visualization of the maxillary sinus artery. RESULTS We found an intraosseous anastomosis in 100% and an extraosseous anastomosis in 90% of the cases. The ante...

RATIONALE Suprascapular nerve compression is a rare but important entity that is often missed in clinical practice. Nerve dysfunction caused by an intraosseous ganglion of the glenoid is extremely rare, to the best of our knowledge, only 1 case of suprascapular nerve entrapment due to an intraosseous ganglion cyst has been reported previously in the published literature. PATIENT CONCERNS We r...

Thousands of critically ill emergency patients are treated in the out-of-hospital setting in the United States every year. In many patients intravenous (IV) therapy cannot be initiated because of inadequate access to peripheral veins. In some cases, this lack of vascular access may limit benefit of medications because of late administration.[1] Both speed and overall success of vascular access ...

BACKGROUND Intraosseous vascular malformations represent a rare clinical entity of the facial skeleton. The purpose of the current study was to present our experience in a Greek paediatric population and propose guidelines for the treatment of these jaws anomalies in children and adolescents. METHODS A retrospective study (from 2009 to 2014) was performed to investigate the features and manag...

Background: Intraosseous Synovial Sarcoma is extremely rare. To the author’s knowledge this is the first description of an intraosseous synovial sarcoma of the scapula. Case description: Here, a case of a giant Synovial Sarcoma of the body of the scapula is reported. Diagnosis was based on histologic (haematoxylin and eosin) pattern and immunohistochemical analysis and confirmed by cytogenetics...

OBJECTIVE Hemangiomas are benign vascular lesions mostly arising from soft tissues. However, intraosseous hemangioma is a rare entity, comprising only 1% of benign bone tumors. We describe here the presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of a 42-year-old woman with a painless hard swelling-diagnosed to be intraosseous hemangioma via orbital magnetic resonance imaging-localized on the left infrao...