Adaptive Manufacturing for Healthcare During the COVID-19 Emergency and Beyond.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, global health services have faced unprecedented demands. Many key workers in health and social care have experienced crippling shortages of personal protective equipment, and clinical engineers in hospitals have been severely stretched due to insufficient supplies of medical devices and equipment. Many engineers who normally work in other sectors have been redeployed to address the crisis, and they have rapidly improvised solutions to some of the challenges that emerged, using a combination of low-tech and cutting-edge methods.

Key outcome summaries of the scientific programme of the IRPA15 congress.

This special issue of JRP includes a selection of research papers and review articles presented at the 15th Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA15) as chosen by the scientific committee. All invited journal contributions are suitably expanded beyond the initial conference presentations to meet the criteria for a full journal article and include (a) presentation within a comprehensive radiological protection context and (b) additional data/interpretation. Published contributions address a wide spectrum of scientific topics and concepts to further develop the radiation protection (RP) system.

Pseudogout of the transverse atlantal ligament: an unusual cause of cervical myelopathy.

Background: Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition in the cervical spine is infrequently symptomatic. This is especially true at the craniocervical junction and upper cervical spine.

Case Report: A 70-year-old previously healthy woman presented with a progressive cervical myelopathy of four months duration.

Anterior occiput-to-axis screw fixation: part I: a case report, description of a new technique, and anatomical feasibility analysis.

Study Design: A case report of anterior screw fixation from the axis to the occiput is described, as is the surgical technique. The pertinent anatomy is described with a radiographic assessment of the feasibility, safety, and general applicability of this technique.

Objectives: To describe a novel technique of anterior occipitocervical fixation and the pertinent anatomy.

Anterior occiput to axis screw fixation: part II: a biomechanical comparison with posterior fixation techniques.

Study Design: This biomechanical study used flexibility testing on fresh-frozen human cadaveric specimens (occiput to C3) and compared the range of motion and neutral zone for three occipitocervical fixation techniques.

Objectives: To contrast the stabilization provided by a new technique of anterior occipitocervical screw fixation with two other commonly used posterior occipitocervical fixation techniques.

Summary Of Background Data: There are no published reports describing this novel technique of anterior occipitocervical screw fixation.