This clinical study was carried out to compare the rate of nerve complications after anterior and posterior approaches in forearm both bone fractures in adults. For this purpose, 310 patients with forearm both bone fractures operated during 1997-2002 in Kerman Shahid Bahonar Hospital were studied. From these patients, 121 cases werefemale and 189 cases were male and they were aged from 12 to 67...

sheep as an experimental animal has been used in many veterinary researches. the developmental study of the ovine cervicothoracic ganglion in the fetal stages will reveal the anatomy of the sympathetic nervous system in the adult sheep and morphological and morphometrical relation between this ganglion and surrounding structures. the aim of this research was to follow morphological and morphome...

Generally, giant cell tumors are rare and their localization in the spine is even more so. They are locally aggressive leading to spine instability and neurologic deficits. Radical excision is highly advocated. A role of radiotherapy in these tumors is controversial. We report the case of a giant cell tumor localized in D1 and D2 on a 39-year-old patient, presented with interscapular back pain,...

QUESTION Is neck/shoulder pain in adolescents related to their sitting spinal posture, taking account of gender? DESIGN Cross-sectional survey and direct observation. PARTICIPANTS 1597 adolescents from the 'Raine' birth cohort study (781 females, 816 males) with a mean age of 14.1 years (SD 0.2). OUTCOME MEASURES Neck/shoulder pain prevalence and gender was measured by survey. Spinal post...

A 44-year old man presented with increased shortness of breath. A chest X-ray revealed a widening of the mediastinum (Fig. 1a). Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a right paratracheal tumour (Fig. 1b, c). Rotational arteriography showed that the right thyrocervical artery was supplying the mass (Fig. 1d). He underwent a right cervical incision and thoracotomy resection of the mass. Histolo...

Background: Primary aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a locally aggressive neoplasm associated with bone destruction. The aim of this study is to present treatment options and their outcomes in ABC involving the cervical spine and the cervico-thoracic junction. Patients and Methods: Six patients with ABC of the spine were surgically treated. The cervical spine was involved in four and the cervicoth...

Fig. 1.-Case 1: Sagittal MR image (700/20; 0.5 T) shows marked atrophy of cord (arrows) extending from C7 to T3. Thoracic spinal cord is normal. No fractures or subluxations are present. Fig. 2.-Case 2: Sagittal magnified MR image (700/20; 1.5 T) shows severe atrophy of cervical spinal cord at T1 and T2. Linear areas of isointense signal intensity in thecal sac (arrows) posterior to region of c...