OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the rate of negative appendectomy in a company hospital in Nigeria. BACKGROUND Appendicitis is one of the most common abdominal conditions requiring surgical intervention. Appendectomy, like most surgical procedures, has its complications and therefore should only be undertaken when indicated. Case series have reported the incidence of negative...

Introduction Hallux valgus is one of the most common forefoot deformities worldwide. Females are affected more often than males. The three most common clinical symptoms are the painful bunion, transfer metatarsalgia, and hammer or claw toes. Methods This case series consisted of 20 patients who had chevron osteotomy from January 2015 to January 2016. The clinical assessment was measured by The ...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is currently involved in a long term study using time-lapse multiple frequency electromagnetic (EM) characterization at a waterflood enhanced oil recovery (EOR) site in California operated by Chevron Heavy Oil Division in Lost Hills, California (Figure 1). The petroleum industry’s interest and the successful imaging results from this project suggest...

We reviewed 57 adult patients at an average of 37 months after early internal fixation for displaced fractures of the distal humerus. Two-thirds had intercondylar (Müller type C) fractures, and one-third had articular comminution (type C3). A chevron olecranon osteotomy was used, with early active movement after fixation. Results were good or excellent in 76% with an average range of movement o...

Interfaces between lamellar and disordered phases, and grain boundaries within lamellar phases, are investigated employing a simple Landau free energy functional. The former are examined using analytic, approximate methods in the weak segregation limit, leading to density profiles which can extend over many wavelengths of the lamellar phase. The latter are studied numerically and exactly. We fi...

Gallium nitride films are grown by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on 6HSiC(0001) substrates with no miscut and with 3.5° miscuts in both the [1 1 00] and [11 2 0] directions. The hydrogen-etched substrates display straight or chevron shaped steps, respectively, and the same morphology is observed on the GaN films. X-ray rocking curves display substantially reduced width for films ...