Aim of the study was to find out the number of miniplates used by Indian Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons for parasymphysis fractures. A survey was done among Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India at the 34th annual meeting of Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India. Four questions were given to each individual to find out their opinion regarding use of miniplates in parasymph...

PURPOSE To compare measurements of eccentric fixation using two different targets for fixation, a traditional visuoscope target and the streak target of an ophthalmoscope. PATIENTS AND METHODS Monocular fixation was evaluated using visuoscopy in 47 patients ranging in age from 4 months to 22 years. Visuoscopy measurements were compared using both the traditional visuoscope target and the stre...

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Despite the growing interest in fixation selection under natural conditions, there is a major gap in the literature concerning its developmental aspects. Early in life, bottom-up processes, such as local image feature - color, luminance contrast etc. - guided viewing, might be prominent but later overshadowed by more top-down processing. Moreover, with decline in visual functioning in old age, ...

THE problem of the restoration of full vision in the squinting eye in uniocular squints is one which obtrudes itself in every phase of the treatment of strabismus. There is, of course, nothing new in the recognition of the importance of the treatment of amblyopia in squint. Occlusion of the fixing eye in cases of squint has been a recognized procedure since the middle of the 18th century, and t...

K,ZNA, T. M., and J . D. TJEPKEMA. 1978. Nitrogen fixation associated withScirprrs trtral.i~.etl.s and other nonnodulated plants in Massachusetts. Can. J . Bot. 56: 26362640. Nitrogen fixation was measured using the acetylene reduction technique in soil cores of 13 nonnodulated. herbaceous plant species growing in mesic and wetland habitats. Six species that grew in a well-drained portion of an...

The European Science Foundation acts as a catalyst for the development of science by bringing together leading scientists and funding agencies to debate, plan and implement pan-European initiatives. This ESF programme builds on the longstanding European research tradition in cyanobacterial nitrogen fixation. It is, however, the first coordinated European interdisciplinary programme in the field...

We report the use of Grosse-Kempf reamed intramedullary nailing in the treatment of 41 Gustilo type II and III open tibial fractures. The union times and infection rates were similar to those previously reported for similar fractures treated by external skeletal fixation, but the incidence of malunion was less and fewer required bone grafting. The role of exchange nailing is discussed and a tre...

Background and Objectives: The management of Volar Barton’s fractures either by operative or conservative means is a difficult problem. The present study was conducted with an objective to analyze the clinical and functional results of these fractures fixed internally using volar buttress plate.

BACKGROUND Implants for fracture and/or osteotomy fixation are often tested according to basic mechanical test models such as open gap tests or 4-point-bending tests. These may be suitable to test and compare different implants for safety and clinical approval, but are not always representative of the post-operative situation, which is decisive when it comes to bone healing. In the current stud...