Publications by authors named "Patricia S de Almeida Prado"
An enthesis refers to the interface at which a tendon or a ligament integrates into the periosteum. Its morphology can be influenced by intrinsic factors such as sex, age, and extrinsic factors such as levels of activity, which will in turn impact on bone remodeling and lead to morphological changes. In bioarcheology, entheseal changes have had a long tradition of being used for the reconstruction of past activities.
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- Surviving a gunshot wound to the head is rare, especially in the past when medical treatments were not as advanced, making this specific case from a 1946 skull in a museum collection particularly unusual.
- This study explores the injury's details through various assessments including trauma classification and CT scan imaging to understand the nature of the wound and the circumstances of the incident.
- The findings suggest the injury was likely caused by a low-velocity bullet, indicating a high probability of a suicide attempt, but the potential for homicide posing as a suicide also remains a possibility, emphasizing the educational value for forensic anthropology.
Infravesical obstruction (IVO) secondary to benign prostatic hypertrophy can affect up to 50% of men over 50 years old and may cause serious and irreversible alterations throughout the urinary tract, especially in the bladder. Therapeutic approaches are currently limited. Amitriptyline has recently been described as an analgesic, anti-inflammatory and myorelaxant in some experimental models.
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