Blended Suture-bridge Technique for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair.

Techniques in rotator cuff repair are constantly evolving, with the main goal of a biologic, stable, and tension-free construct. Significant controversy exists between various methods, and there is no gold standard surgical protocol. We demonstrate an alternative arthroscopic rotator cuff repair technique with 2 key components.

Multilevel, Percutaneous Posterior Cervical Interfacet Distraction and Fusion for Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes.

Study Design: Retrospective review of patients who underwent multilevel posterior cervical interfacet distraction and fusion (PCIDF) using cages for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR).

Objective: To determine clinical and radiographic outcomes following multilevel PCIDF.

Summary Of Background Data: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion has long been the standard of treatment for CSR.

A Rare Case of Mycobacterium Monacense Osteomyelitis: A Case Report.

is a yellow-pigmented, rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium (RGM). It is a rare pathogen in humans, and only a very few cases of skin and lung infection related to it have been reported. In this report, we present the case of a 70-year-old Hispanic male who was brought to the hospital with back pain for 11 months.

Pollen wall degradation in the Brassicaceae permits cell emergence after pollination.

Premise Of The Study: Despite attempts to degrade the sporopollenin in pollen walls, this material has withstood a hundred years of experimental treatments and thousands of years of environmental attack in insects and soil. We present evidence that sporopollenin, nonetheless, locally degrades only minutes after pollination in Arabidopsis thaliana flowers, and describe here a two-part pollen germination mechanism in A. thaliana involving both chemical weakening of the exine wall and swelling of the underlying intine.