Cranio-encephalic trauma represents a 30-millisecond event, the leading cause of death or severe disability in young adults. It is therefore necessary to determine nature and extent lesions as quickly possible because situation can deteriorate very following days. Overall mortality remains heavy sequelae frequent, which poses problem socio-professional family reintegration. At end this study, w...

Objective: This work aimed to describe the trachea of Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) through descriptive and morphometric approaches. Methods: ten adult male Spheniscus magellanicus were used, which collected, fixed, kept immersed in an aqueous solution 10% formaldehyde. Results: penguin began caudally from cricoid cartilage larynx, represented by 121.3±5.65 cartilaginous rings jo...

PURPOSE To review the clinical findings in orbitotemporal neurofibromatosis and discuss treatment options. Clinical features, histopathologic characteristics, and treatment options are reviewed. METHODS A Medline literature search from 1966 to 2004 was performed, using the key words: orbitotemporal neurofibromatosis, orbitopalpebral neurofibromatosis, orbitofacial neurofibromatosis, cranio-or...

In early neurulae of Triturus alpestris the cranio-caudal distribution of differentiation tendencies in the presumptive prosencephalon was tested. Small grafts made from a median strip excised from the region of the neural plate and transverse neural fold were transplanted to a pocket made under the cranio-ventral ectoderm of early neurulae. Grafts made from the middle portion of the strip show...

STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study using 27 contrast-enhanced multi-planar computed tomography scans of subjects with lumbar scoliosis. OBJECTIVE To assess the risk of injury of lumbar segmental arteries during transpsoas approach in patients with lumbar scoliosis. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Although lumbar interbody fusion using big intervertebral cage through transpsoas approach has a big...

This short paper describes the introduction of a clinical pathway for cranio-facial trauma (CFT) in an emergency room of a big research and teaching hospital.

Several studies have described cranio-cerebral correlations in accordance with the 10-20 electrode placement system. These studies have made a significant contribution to human brain imaging techniques, such as near-infrared spectroscopy and trans-magnetic stimulation. With the recent development of high resolution EEG, an extension of the 10-20 system has been proposed. This new configuration,...

One of the limiting factors for high resolution magnetic resonance coronary angiography (MRCA) is the motion of the heart during breathing. Current approaches use mainly motion correction in one dimension. We aimed to determine the relation between diaphragmatic motion and cardiac motion as well as the potential influence from external restraints reducing thoracical anterior posterior (AP) moti...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the influence of cranio-cervical posture on the maximal mouth opening (MMO) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) in patients with myofascial temporomandibular pain disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 29 patients (19 females and 10 males) with myofascial temporomandibular pain disorders, aged 19 to 59 years participated in the study (mean year...