Publications by authors named "G Iwama"

Purpose: There have been numerous studies of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) anatomy, but few have focused on the long axis angle of the femoral ACL footprint. This study investigated the angle between the long axis of the femoral ACL footprint and the bony morphology of the knee.

Methods: This study is a cadaveric descriptive study.

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The aim of this study was to reveal the influence of the morphological variations of the Blumensaat's line on anteromedial (AM) and posterolateral (PL) femoral tunnel position in anatomical double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction.Fifty-three subjects undergoing anatomical double-bundle ACL reconstruction were included (29 female, 24 male; median age 27.4 years; range: 14-50 years).

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Article Synopsis
  • A traumatic avulsion fracture of the distal phalanx of the hallux, known as bony mallet toe, is a rare condition with no established treatment methods.
  • A case study of a 54-year-old man treated this condition with screw fixation and strong sutures, which improved the stability of the area.
  • After 20 months, the patient experienced no symptoms or complications, demonstrating the effectiveness of this new surgical technique.
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The purpose of this study was to reveal the correlation between anteromedial (AM) and posterolateral (PL) femoral tunnel lengths in anatomical double-bundle anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction and body size and knee morphology. Thirty-four subjects undergoing anatomical double-bundle ACL reconstruction were included in this study. Preoperative body size (height, body weight, and body mass index) was measured.

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The human prefrontal cortex (PFC) constitutes the structural basis underlying flexible cognitive control, where mixed-selective neural populations encode multiple task features to guide subsequent behavior. The mechanisms by which the brain simultaneously encodes multiple task-relevant variables while minimizing interference from task-irrelevant features remain unknown. Leveraging intracranial recordings from the human PFC, we first demonstrate that competition between coexisting representations of past and present task variables incurs a behavioral switch cost.

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