extrapedicular screw insertion in the thoracic spine

... inserted into the pedicle of the T2 vertebral body The pre-loaded needle containing the fiducial marker was inserted through the vertebroplasty trochar, and the gold marker was deployed into the bone ... busy clinical departments with minimal impact on staffing needs and machine time The use of spinal markers also limits the possibility of human error during the matching process, such as matching ... lung tumor The application of IGRT using fiducial markers in the spine in our patient allowed for radiation treatment of primary lung cancer with vertebral body invasion while limiting the radiation...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... pattern of thoracic curvature in the normal spine, we measured the curvature using standing chest radiographs in the normal spines of children, adolescents, and adults In AIS, curvature is prominent ... http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/4 Thoracic right curvature in the normal spine To evaluate the curvature in the normal spine, Cobb angles from T5 to T12 were measured using a standing chest radiographs ... requiring treatment [9,10,14] Our study suggests that the degree of right thoracic curvature in the normal spine is the same in males and females There are inherent limitations of the study - the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 04:20

... pattern of thoracic curvature in the normal spine, we measured the curvature using standing chest radiographs in the normal spines of children, adolescents, and adults In AIS, curvature is prominent ... http://www.josr-online.com/content/6/1/4 Thoracic right curvature in the normal spine To evaluate the curvature in the normal spine, Cobb angles from T5 to T12 were measured using a standing chest radiographs ... requiring treatment [9,10,14] Our study suggests that the degree of right thoracic curvature in the normal spine is the same in males and females There are inherent limitations of the study - the...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 07:20

... have the PEST motif within the SH2 domain, while SOCS1, -5 and -7 contain PEST motifs in the N-terminal domain The PEST sequence in the CIS SH2 domain is located eight residues downstream from the ... contain lysine, arginine or histidine The X-ray structures of several proteins containing PEST sequences have been determined, but in each case the electron density of the PEST sequence is missing ... linker in the 22–185 construct As shown in Fig 4, the construct lacking the PEST region binds to the gp130 peptide ITC analyses showed that the titration curve could be fitted using a single binding...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 14:20

... resolved in the bulls because of the conflicting reports regarding the ability of XX germ cells to survive in the testis In some matings from these bulls, claims have been made that they can ... reason In contrast to the situation in the testes of bulls born as cotwins to freemartins in which any XX cells are at a disavantage in having both the wrong X chromosome dosage and being in a ... chromosome, as against cells with a normal karyotype (M et al., 1980) ORAES Because of the chimeric nature of the twins and the rarity of the insertion in the population, it was concluded that, in terms...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 22:22

... Hay et al [6], the cervical spine was involved in 22% of cases, the thoracic spine in 34%, the lumbar spine in 31%, and the sacrum in 13% Bertoni et al [3] reviewed 15 cases of the solid variant ... analyzed and interpreted the pathological data for our patient WEW aided in the editing of the manuscript DJC aided in the editing of the manuscript TGL aided in the editing of the manuscript ... the male: female ratio was 1:1.8 More than half of the cases occurred in the thoracic spine The cervical and lumbar vertebrae were involved in three cases each Neck, back, or chest pain was the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:21

... responses to the conservative care Multiple comments in the chart notes indicated the “trigger point” and “swelling” were worsening during the course of care, but these observations of an enlarging mass ... and approved of the final manuscript Competing interests The authors declare they have no competing interests SMF was involved in this case as a consultant for the patient after the tumor had been ... symptoms, again depending on the size and location of the mass Neurological compromise is also possible with tumors located near the spine A case of paravertebral synovial sarcoma in the lumbar spine...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 15:21

... Definition of non specific Thoracic spine pain [11] Definition of non specific Thoracic spine pain Midline back pain – for the purposes of this trial, the pain will be bound by the lateral margins ... literate in the English language Are currently receiving care for thoracic pain from any other provider Figure Definition of thoracic spine pain area Definition of thoracic spine pain area Cannot ... asked to indicate which point along the line best represents their pain intensity The distance from the no-pain end to the mark made by the participant is their pain intensity score The Oswestry...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... that the protein conforms to the ‘positive-inside rule’ [9], by having the positively charged loop in the stroma, with N- and C-termini in the thylakoid lumen [10] This finding agreed with the ... disrupting protein–protein interactions within PSI, or by altering the conformation of the loop His-tags were employed in a topological study of the major light harvesting chlorophyll a ⁄ b binding ... that the positively charged loop domain in the latter two constructs is accessible to trypsin on the stromal side of the membrane and that placing the tags in the loop prevents PSI-G from adopting...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 21:20

... is uncertain whether the C8 conformation observed with a single b-amino acid is enforced by the cyclic constraints The C10 conformation, initially identified in cyclic b-peptides containing adjacent ... behaviour in their affinity for the NK-1m binding and their potency to stimulate PLC (Fig 4B) Whatever the affinity measured for the NK-1m binding site for these agonists (from pM to 0.54 nM), the corresponding ... compared to the canonical structures of the corresponding a-amino acid Ac-Gly-NHMe The corresponding SP analogues substituted in position by these b-amino acids have been synthesized and their conformational...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 08:20

... impingement (despite their negative MRI) or they were merely complaining of generalised shoulder pain following their neck injury Pain radiating from the neck to the shoulder after whiplash injuries ... assessing for evidence of subacromial impingement The diagnosis was made on the basis of the following clinical tests: the Neer impingement sign [8], Hawkins-Kennedy impingement sign [9] the painful ... had sustained fractures of the limbs or the skull 133/220 patients (60%) had a concomitant soft tissue injury to their thoracic or lumbar spine and had complained of back pain after the incident...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 01:20

... consensus about the reliability and clinical application of these systems [6] In addition, there have been no answers with the detailed information on which instrument is the best choice in spinal surgery ... damage to the nerves root and spinal cord from surgical trauma and other etiologic causes [10] Clinically, it is difficult to describe the spinal stability in the normal spine [3] Hence, the group ... maximum rigidity when the external load increases on the spine [1,10] In this study, of all the groups, group III was the stiffest group Using the average stiffness values of all the tests, group...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 20:23

... illustration of the anatomy and detection of inflammation in the bone marrow The entire lumbar spine including the zygapophyseal joints and, if available, the thoracic spine was analyzed for increased ... the lumbar spine and the thoracic spine were available for comparative analysis Permission for this study was given by the local ethic committee of the Charité Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin ... the patients had inflammatory lesions in other parts of the spine, as indicated in Table Page of (page number not for citation purposes) Interestingly, histopathologically detected cellular infiltration...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... tissues of the cervical and lumbar spine without evaluating possible further damage at the posterior elements of the cervical and lumbar spine, the thoracic spine, or the facet joints [20] Table ... was the principal investigator of the OASIS study and is the principal investigator who assisted in designing the ATLAS study WPM is the principal investigator and assisted in designing the Canadian ... adalimumab on the reduction of signs and symptoms and to assess the inhibition of progression of structural damage in the spine as measured by the mean change in the modified Stoke AS Spine Score...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22

... tamponade following cardiothoracic surgery in the intensive care unit Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2011 6:79 Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests Received: ... performed routinely Haemodynamic monitoring was routinely done with help of a catheter in the radial artery and either a central venous catheter and/or a pulmonary artery catheter (n = 14) The latter ... diagnostic measures and surgical interventions For vasopressor therapy, norepinephrine is the drug of first choice in our institution Mortality refers to death in the hospital Page of Table Patient...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:21

... intercostal drainage bag: inadvertent intercostal tube insertion into jejunum: a case report Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 5:125 Figure An Ascaris worm in the intercostal drainage bag was revealed ... way out through the tube Conclusion Close observation of the chest tube drainage bag contents should be the routine practice Consent Written informed consent was obtained from the patient for ... Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010, 5:125 http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/125 Page of doi:10.1186/1749-8090-5-125 Cite this article as: Mohite et al.: Ascaris worm in the intercostal drainage...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:23

... division of spine surgery Subjectively, the symptoms improved over time after the initial trauma On admission to our institution our patient reported having electrifying pain in the whole left ... and the cervical spine instrumented between the levels C5 to T1 using a plate (Vectra) The results of cultures of the intra-operative biopsies taken from our patient’s dorsal cervical spine were ... [8] To the best of our knowledge, the case presented in this Figure Plain radiographic images obtained at the six-month follow-up The alignment is unchanged, the hardware intact, and there are...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 23:20

... performed the pleural lavages and the surgery, was involved in the statistical analysis and the drafting of the manuscript; DO was involved in the design of the study and the drafting of the manuscript ... contralateral lungs The inter-individual difference was present in the BAL of the lungs but less in the pleural space and in the blood, respectively The difference in extent of response underlines the complexity ... sampled the fluids, performed the laboratory work and was involved in drafting the manuscript; FG performed the pleural lavages and the surgery, was involved in processing the samples and drafting the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:20

... aware of the initial injury and at times, deeply penetrating splinters cannot be visualized In these cases, unfortunately, the only indication of retained foreign material might be swelling, tenderness, ... during histological examination Risk of infection is increased in Figure Punch biopsy of one papule demonstrating inflammatory infiltrate H&E-stained cross section of one papule demonstrating infiltrating ... leads to the splinter, facilitating detection and removal Older injuries, however, may present in the context of infection, inflammation, induration, scarring, or granuloma formation, making foreign...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 12:20

... over the lower cervical spine An MRI scan showed a mass originating from C4/C5 which extended into the pre-cervical space and posteriorly into the spinal canal causing cord compression The possibility ... emergency months later with increasing pain in his neck and, in addition, pain and paraesthesia in his right arm A further MRI scan (see Figure 2) revealed a reduction of the disc height at C4-5 ... appears to be the first reported case where radiotherapy to the larynx was the sole cause of osteoradionecrosis of the cervical spine Four other reports have been published describing osteoradionecrosis...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:21