The histopathological effects of sleep disorders on striated muscle in rats.

Objectives: To histopathologically examine the change in gastrocnemius muscle created by sleep disorder in rats.

Methods: This study was carried out at Giresun University, Turkey from December 2018 to January 2021. A total of 30 Wistar rats were separated into 3 groups as the control group (CG), absence of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep (ARS) group, chronic absence of sleep (CAS) group.

Post-traumatic heterotopic ossification of the crus. A case study.

The formation of mature lamellar bone at an ectopic site in the body is called heterotopic ossification. We report the case of a 28 year-old patient with heterotopic ossification (HO) in the left crus. He complained of difficulties with walking and limited ROM of the ankle joint.