Evaluation of the surgical treatment of humeral shaft fractures and comparison between surgical fixation methods.

Objective: The objective of this study is to analyze the surgical results of humeral shaft fracture treatment and describe its epidemiology.

Methods: Retrospective study that identified all patients treated with surgical fixation of humeral shaft fractures between December of 2014 and June of 2016 in a trauma reference center. All medical records were reviewed in search of epidemiological data referent to the trauma and post-operative results, including radiographic healing of the fracture and related complications.

Hamstring tendons insertion - an anatomical study.

Objective: To study the anatomy of the hamstring tendons insertion and anatomical relationships.

Methods: Ten cadaver knees with medial and anterior intact structures were selected. The dissection was performed from anteromedial access to exposure of the insertion of the flexor tendons (FT), tibial plateau (TP) and tibial tuberosity (TT).

Effect of aging on liver regeneration in rats.

Purpose: Regeneration and/or healing of tissues is believed to be more difficult in elderly people. The liver is one of the most complex organs in the human body, and is involved in a variety of functions. Liver regeneration is the body's protection mechanism against loss of functional liver tissue.