INTRODUCTION Shoulder injuries are common in baseball players, which may be related to scapular malposition (Burkhart 2003). Although a few studies demonstrated scapular malposition in baseball players using clinical measurement (Laudner 2010, Thomas 2010), no data currently exist that demonstrated 3-dimentional (3D) scapular position and orientation using a technique that eliminates skin artif...

Implant malposition without capsular contracture is a common problem that has received little attention. Malposition of the implant in the inferior, lateral, or medial direction can be corrected predictably and relatively simply with capsulorrhaphy and mirror-image selective capsulotomy. In addition, capsulorrhaphy can be used to create a smaller pocket to preserve anterior projection and preve...

PURPOSE To report a new technique in the repair of lower eyelid malposition using dermis fat as a posterior lamellar spacer graft. DESIGN Retrospective, consecutive, nonrandomized interventional case series. PARTICIPANTS Eleven patients who underwent surgical correction for symptomatic lower eyelid malposition using dermis fat as a spacer graft. METHODS Patients with symptomatic lower eye...

Properly placed central venous catheters have been effective in establishing prolonged access for total parenteral nutrition infusion in ill neonates. However, malposition of the catheter may lead to lethal complications. Malposition and infusion into the epidural venous plexus is most commonly diagnosed on the basis of radiographs and has been confirmed by lumbar puncture. Several studies desc...

Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass demands diligence and attention to detail to prevent neurologic injury. Arterial and venous cannulae are used to facilitate cardiopulmonary bypass. The assessment of adequate decompression of the venous circulation is an essential duty of the cardiac surgical team. Modalities for the assessment of adequate regional venous drainage are limited, however...

Introduction. Congenital hypoplasia of the left atrial appendage (LAA) with stenotic ostium in an abnormal position is extremely rare entity. We report exceptional case hypoplastic LAA ostial stenosis location patient mitral valve that was mistaken transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) for intraluminal thrombus. Case report. A 43-year-old woman admitted to our center dyspnea on exertion. TEE r...

OBJECTIVES To describe a new 3-dimensional technique for medial canthal repositioning, precaruncular medial canthopexy (PMC), and to present an outcome study demonstrating its efficacy. METHODS Data (age, sex, cause, and initial symptoms) were collected prospectively on patients with malposition of the lower eyelid. All patients were photographed before and after surgery in a set protocol. Th...

BACKGROUND Poor positioning of an endobronchial double lumen tube (DLT) could affect oxygenation during one lung ventilation (OLV). We set out to relate DLT position to hypoxaemia and DLT misplacement during OLV. METHODS We recruited 152 ASA physical status I-II patients about to have elective thoracic surgery. The trachea was intubated with a left-sided DLT. Tube position was assessed by fib...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated the anatomic and technical factors predicting stent malposition and embolization in patients undergoing endovascular stent implantation for relief of noncoronary vascular obstruction. BACKGROUND Endovascular stent implantation provides a highly effective, minimally invasive solution to vascular obstruction in patients with structural heart disease. However, stent impla...