Modern linguistic theory posits the existence of universal constraints. But whether these constraints concern language structure, generally, or speech, specifically, is unknown. To address this question, here we ask whether the constraints identified in spoken languages transfer to sign languages. ANCHORING (McCarthy & Prince, 1993) is a putatively universal constraint on reduplication. ANCHORI...

Ischemic bone necrosis following talar fractures is a problematic complication and its early diagnosis is important. Patients with Hawkins Type II and III talar fractures received internal fixation using titanium alloy screws, and chronological bone changes were observed with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). With the Type II patient, Hawkins' sign was radiographically confirmed 2 months after ...

background & aim: operation as a stressor can induce physical and psychological negative reactions. considering the anxiety prevalence as the most important sign and symptoms before surgery, on one hand, and the necessity of patients’ mental preparation as the most essential care before surgery, on the other hand, the importance of primary communication of medical centers’ staff would be determ...

Despite increasing scientific investigation, the best method for preventing post-operative deep-vein thrombosis remains unclear. In the wake of the publication of the Pulmonary Embolism Prevention trial and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) on the prevention of thromboembolism, we felt that it was timely to survey current thromboprophylactic practices. Questionnaires were s...

We treated 47 patients with a mean age of 57 years (22 to 88) who had a proximal humeral fracture in which there was a severe varus deformity, using a standard operative protocol of anatomical reduction, fixation with a locking plate and supplementation by structural allografts in unstable fractures. The functional and radiological outcomes were reviewed. At two years after operation the median...

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of a sinus fungus ball (SFB) is often not clear despite well-defined diagnostic criteria. OBJECTIVE To study the radiological, intraoperative and histological diagnostic accuracy in comparison to results from mycological and histological analysis. METHODS Systematic review of 724 files from patients treated for chronic rhinosinusitis from 1999 - 2006 at our institut...

From 1971 to 1995 we have performed 23 liver resections in 22 patients because of hepatic metastases of pancreatic (n = 20) or ampullary (n = 2) carcinomas. In 16 patients the hepatic secondaries were removed synchronously with the pancreatic primary tumour. In 7 cases liver resection was performed for metachronous metastases. Only one patient died after simultaneous resection of liver and panc...

A 65-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital due to hemoptysis once for 1 day. Cough with some whitish sputum but no fever or body weight loss was noted. Her medical history included hypertension, which was under regular medical control. She denied any smoking history. A physical examination revealed no remarkable findings. The chest radio-graph obtained on hospital admission revealed suspe...

We report a unique case of spontaneous per-operative idiopathic development of true exfoliation of the anterior lens capsule during capsulorhexis. A 45 year old female who underwent phacoemulsification for a cataract in the left eye, developed a partial split (the double ring sign) and eventual complete separation of the superficial lamina of the lens capsule during capsulorhexis. Radial tears ...

INTRODUCTION At the present time, the best possible choice for the local management of a multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) developing on liver cirrhosis is multimodal treatment of the disease. Combined approach based on simultaneous radiofrequency ablation (RFA) together with limited surgical resection represents a valid choice of treatment. CASE PRESENTATION A 75-year-old white femal...