BACKGROUND The brachial plexus at the infraclavicular level runs deeper compared to its course proximally, giving rise to impaired needle visualisation due to the steep angle of needle insertion with the current ultrasound-guided approach. A new posterior parasagittal in-plane ultrasound-guided infraclavicular approach was introduced to improve needle visibility. However no further follow up st...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS We compare the behavior of expert surgeons operating on the "gold standard" of simulation-the cadaveric temporal bone-against a high-fidelity virtual reality (VR) simulation. We aim to determine whether expert behavior changes within the virtual environment and to understand how the fidelity of simulation affects users' behavior. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Five expert otol...

Title of Document: HUMERAL FRACTURE FIXATION TECHNIQUES: A FEA COMPARISON OF LOCKING AND COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES WITH CADAVERIC PULLOUT COMPARISON OF CORTICAL COMPRESSION AND INTERNAL LOCKING SCREWS. Aaron Johnson, MS Mechanical Engineering, 2007 Directed By: Professor, Donald Barker, Mechanical Engineering Locking and non-locking humeral repair techniques provide different mechanical constructs...

OKT3 monoclonal antibody therapy was added to preexisting baseline immunosuppressive treatment with ciclosporin and steroids to treat rejection in 52 recipients of cadaveric livers and 10 recipients of cadaveric kidneys. Rejection was controlled in 75% of patients treated, often after high-dose steroid therapy had failed. Rejection recurred during the 17-month follow-up period, after completion...

IMPORTANCE The different nasal osteotomy patterns used to perform rhinoplasty are poorly described in the literature, and there is a continuous debate between surgeons on the ideal sequence and technique to obtain desired results. OBJECTIVES (1) To evaluate the necessity of a paramedian osteotomy when performing a high-low-high (HLH) osteotomy, (2) to study the fracture pattern of a high-low-...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Sudakshina Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600072, India. E-Mail: [email protected] *1 Assistant Professor, 2 Professor. Department of Anatomy, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Introduction: Language areas of brain show a beautiful anatomico-functional correlation. It has been often ass...

Objectives: Many anatomy textbooks describe the origin of the gluteus maximus indistinctly as the gluteal surface of the ilium, lumbar fascia, sacrum, and sacrotuberous ligament and depict it laterally along the sacral margin. Our observation is that the origin of the gluteus maximus occurs much more medial and just off midline than what is typically depicted in standard anatomy textbooks. The ...