Exceptional survival of an airplane stowaway, treated successfully with hyperbaric oxygen.

Survival of airplane stowaways is rare. Here we report an exceptional case of successful treatment and full recovery. After a transcontinental flight an unconscious stowaway was discovered in a wheel well of a Boeing 747-400F.

Quantitative measurements of the coronoid in healthy adult patients.

Purpose: We investigated the hypothesis that a quantitative 3-dimensional computed tomography (CT) modeling technique that can measure size, shape, and proximal articular surface area can be used to develop formulas that could predict the volume and proximal surface area of the intact coronoid based on anatomical and demographic data available in patients with fracture of the coronoid process.

Methods: We used a consecutive series of 50 CT scans with a slice thickness of 1.25 mm or less obtained in patients with fracture of the distal humerus, but no injury to the coronoid, to create 3-dimensional models.

Quantitative three-dimensional computed tomography measurement of radial head fractures.

Background: We developed a method to quantitatively analyze fracture fragment morphology on quantitative 3-dimensional computed tomography (3DCT) images in terms of size, shape, and articular surface area.

Materials And Methods: We analyzed 46 adult patients with a computed tomography scan of a fractured radial head with quantitative 3DCT. We defined an unstable fracture as complete loss of cortical contact of at least 1 fragment.

Quantitative measurements of the volume and surface area of the radial head.

Purpose: We investigated the hypothesis that a quantitative 3-dimensional computed tomography (Q3DCT) modeling technique based on anatomical and demographic data that can measure size, shape, and proximal articular surface area can be used to develop formulas that could predict the volume and proximal surface area of the intact radial head in patients with fractures of the radial head.

Methods: We used a consecutive series of 50 computed tomography scans with a slice thickness of 1.25 mm or less obtained in patients with fracture of the distal humerus, but no injury to the radial head, to create 3-dimensional models.