The middle-third of the patellar tendon (PT) is well-established as a potential graft for cruciate ligament reconstruction, but there is little anatomical basis for its use. Although studies on PT vascular anatomy have focused on the risk to tendon pedicles from surgical approaches and knee pathophysiology, the significance of its blood supply to grafting has not been adequately explored previo...

OBJECTIVE To compare the incidence of peri-incisional dysesthesia according to the skin incision technique for hamstring tendon graft harvest in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. METHODS Thirty-three patients with ACL rupture were separated in two groups: group 1, with 19 patients submitted to the oblique skin incision to access the hamstrings and group 2-14 patients operated by vert...

BACKGROUND Most of the ectopic beats initiating paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) originate from the pulmonary vein (PV). However, only limited data are available on PAF originating from the non-PV areas. METHODS AND RESULTS Two hundred forty patients with a total of 358 ectopic foci initiating PAF were included. Sixty-eight (28%) patients had AF initiated by ectopic beats (73 foci, 20%) f...

BACKGROUND While single-bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction reduces anterior-posterior laxity, studies have demonstrated residual rotational instability. Improved pivot-shift results have been shown with the double-bundle graft; however, no study has compared rotational laxity outcome of these surgical techniques in vivo under quantified, isolated torsional loading. HYPOTHESIS Th...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect of a neuromuscular training program on the incidence of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in female team handball players. DESIGN Prospective intervention study. SETTING Female team handball: Division I-III in Norway. PARTICIPANTS Players from the three top divisions: control season (1998-1999), 60 teams (942 players); first intervention season (1999-2000)...

Abstract Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the most versatile and informative modality for diagnosis of locomotor injuries in many animal species; however, veterinary literature describing MRI dromedary camel tarsus lacking. Our purpose was to describe compare images twelve cadaveric tarsi, examined a 1.5 Tesla scanner, with their corresponding anatomical gross sections. Turbo spin...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine which of the three positions on the tragus, (superior, middle, inferior) when joined with the ala of the nose for the ala-tragal line was most parallel to the natural occlusal plane in dentate patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study was carried out on 500 individuals, selected randomly and who agreed to participate in the study. A custom-ma...