... surgical scar in the ipsilateral flank Spontaneous rupture of a renal cyst is a very rare event and external drainage through a previous surgical scar has not been reported previously in persons with ... cyst ruptured, the surgical scar in the ipsilateral flank proved to be the path of least resistance Drainage of infected material externally through the previous surgical scar helped to prevent systemic ... cyst can pose diagnostic difficulties [7] A patient with spontaneous rupture of infected renal cyst may present to the emergency department, with distension of the right flank occurring suddenly...
... comparativeness of lumbar facet joint nerve blocks with or without steroids evaluated in a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial in patients with a con- firmed diagnosis of lumbar facet joint ... ± 4.8 * indicates significant difference with baseline values Group I = bupivacaine with or without Sarapin Group II = bupivacaine and steroids with or without Sarapin Table Daily opioid intake ... bupivacaine with or without Sarapin Group II = bupivacaine and steroids with or without Sarapin Discussion This randomized, double-blind, controlled trial comprised 120 patients with chronic...
... D-MEM/F12 supplemented with 10% FBS on a poly D lysine-coated 96 well plate at a density of 105 cells/well After 30 min, the medium was replaced with Neurobasal media supplemented with 2% B-27, 0.5 ... immunoreactive material in the lumbar (L3 to L5) spinal cord colocalizes with SMI-32 immunopositive motorneurons and decreases as a function of age progression in SOD-1 ALS mice In the lumbar L3 to L5 region ... Magy L, Boirie Y, Vallat JM, Beaufrere B, Couratier P Factors correlated with hypermetabolism in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Am J Clin Nutr 2001; Int J Med Sci 2008, 74(3): 328-334...
... healthy subjects to nine patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) In a recent study that assessed fine motor control in patients with occupation-related lateral epicondylitis, the 28 subjects ... marked with * are significantly different from the other groups parameters marked with ** (p < 0.006) Parameters marked with † are significantly different from the other groups parameters marked with ... marked with h are significantly different from the other groups parameters marked with hh (p < 0.006) (SF-36) associated with NSAP as compared to individuals at-risk, but that individuals with...
... in the treatment of far -lateral and foraminal lumbar disc herniations J Neurosurg 2001, 94(2 Suppl):216-220 Yeung AT, Tsou PM: Posterolateral Endoscopic Excision for Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgical ... discectomy with those of video-assisted arthroscopic microdiscectomy J Bone Joint Surg Am 1999, 81:958-65 Schaffer JL, Kambin P: Percutaneous posterolateral lumbar discectomy and decompression with ... Brager M: Percutaneous Posterolateral Discectomy Anatomy and Mechanism Clin Orthop 1987, 223:145-54 Kambin P, Gellman H: Percutaneous Lateral Discectomy of the Lumbar Spine: A Preliminary Report...
... noted positive at 75 degrees on the left side with tension sign Lower limb reflexes were intact All the features were compatible with left sciatica with left L5 radiculopathy Radiograph of the ... descending L5 nerve roots were severely compressed in the lateral canals L4 and L5 pedicle screw fixation, together with Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) of the L4/5 levels, were also ... operation, the patient could walk with stick without any claudication symptoms The left L5 radiculopathy was completely resolved Case The third patient was an 85-year-old lady with known low back pain...
... noted positive at 75 degrees on the left side with tension sign Lower limb reflexes were intact All the features were compatible with left sciatica with left L5 radiculopathy Radiograph of the ... descending L5 nerve roots were severely compressed in the lateral canals L4 and L5 pedicle screw fixation, together with Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TLIF) of the L4/5 levels, were also ... operation, the patient could walk with stick without any claudication symptoms The left L5 radiculopathy was completely resolved Case The third patient was an 85-year-old lady with known low back pain...
... grown without shelters were characterized by a higher biomass production, which was associated with higher A values than in the trees grown with shelters Thus there was no positive effect of lateral ... cylindrical shelters with a diameter of 50 cm Treatment L (large shelters) These plants were surrounded by cylindrical shelters with a diameter of 100 cm Treatment C Controls without shelters The ... (Li-Cor Inc, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA) fitted with a 4-I assimilation chamber Leaf temperature (T was monitored by ) means of a thermocouple in contact with the lower leaf surface The leaf-to-air...
... amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Case Presentation: We present the case of a 57-year-old Caucasian man with pathological findings on postmortem examination consistent with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... possibility that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may be present Since amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal illness, however, the possibility of this disease in patients with atypical clinical features ... 57-year-old Caucasian man with no known past medical history presented two months after the onset of bilateral lower extremity weakness The weakness initially affected his right leg, with subsequent progression...
... host and fragment on a T2weighted MRI scan discoid lateral meniscus with a bucket handle tear On arthroscopy, a complete discoid lateral meniscus with longitudinal tear was found that extended throughout ... the lateral femoral condyle may cause OCD of the lateral femoral condyle Mitsuoka et al [8] reported the case of a 10-year-old boy who was treated with partial meniscectomy for a discoid lateral ... considered to be one of the main causes of OCD of the lateral femoral condyle Matsumoto et al [10] reported a case with bilateral OCD lesions of the lateral femoral condyle in which the lesions were...
... http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/440 Page of Table Data from our three patients with cystic fibrosis withlumbar disc herniation (LDH) Patient no Age at case Age at presentation diagnosis of ... representative NMR slides from patient with LDH in lumbar vertebra 4/5 (L4/L5) and L5/sacral vertebra (S1) Case Patient was a 21-year-old Caucasian woman with an end-stage obstructive and restrictive ... patient had an NMR scan; LDH was suspected as he presented with lumbalgia with leftsided pain radiation After the diagnosis of a mediolateral LDH at L5/S1 was established, subsequent intermittent...
... MFD of the lumbar spine having an ABC component has never been reported before We present a case of a 25-year-old woman treated for a symptomatic MFD of the fourth lumbar vertebral body with an ... surfaces that were lined with fragile and hypervascular membranes Stabilization and reconstruction of the defect was performed with the use of an anterior stackable cage filled with tricalcium phosphate ... of the anterior fixation with no signs of recurrence (Figure 6) Discussion We describe a patient with a localized symptomatic expansive lesion of the L4 vertebral body with partial bone destruction...
... contralateral molar loadings, first molar displacement bilaterally, the maximum von Mises stress in the bilateral screw-miniplate system, and the maximum bone stress in the vicinity of the bilateral ... 1957 [2] Figure Schematic of the three lateral osteotomy designs for bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO) (A) In the TraunerObwegeser (TO) method, the lateral osteotomy cut was made horizontally ... segments were advanced by mm parallel to the occlusal plane without allowing change in the condylar position and thenfixed with bilateral monocortical miniplate fixation using four screws per...
... empty column and the flow through was discarded For the MSP domain of VAPB, EphA4, VAPA (P56S) and VAPB (T46I), the column with the slurry was washed with 10 column volumes (CV) of wash buffer ... Q13P, A63P, T97P), the column with the slurry was washed with 10 column volumes (CV) of wash buffer (150mM NaCl, 50mM NaH2PO4, 20mM Imidazole, pH 8.0) and eluted with CV of elution buffer (150mM ... with denaturing buffer After the protein-Ni2+-NTA mix was incubated for at least hour with shaking at room temperature, the slurry was poured into an empty column and the flow through was discarded...