The influence of a temporarily altered anterior guidance on mandibular movement patterns of tooth-guided and non-guided protrusion was examined in a clinical study on 20 patients, all with complete sets of teeth. Registration and recordings of movements were done with the computer-aided ultrasonic measuring system MT 1602. Based on an average measuring time of 40 min for each patient the main results were as follows: 1. The shape of the anterior guidance strongly influences the horizontal tracings of tooth-guided and non-guided protrusion. In most cases these tracings show a deviation from the mid-sagittal path due to neuromuscular coordination. 2. Insertion of an idealized, symmetrical anterior guidance or a horizontal plateau lessens the mandibular deviation and harmonizes the tooth-guided and non-guided paths. However, the old neuromuscular engrams are not completely erased. 3. Newly formed engrams can be erased much easier than old ones.
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Bone Joint Res
January 2025
Department of Medicine for Sports and Performing Arts, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
Aims: Ultrasound-guided injection techniques are expected to enhance therapeutic efficacy for skeletal muscle injuries and disorders, but basic knowledge is lacking. The purpose of this study was to examine the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound for abnormal skeletal muscle lesions, and to examine the distribution patterns of solution and cells injected into abnormal muscle lesions under ultrasound guidance.
Methods: A cardiotoxin (CTX)-induced muscle injury model was used.
Cureus
December 2024
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, JPN.
Nasal adhesions, or synechiae, commonly occur following surgical procedures, resulting in nasal airway obstruction and patient discomfort. While various packing materials are available to prevent adhesion formation post-surgery, there is limited guidance on effectively dividing existing adhesions and determining the optimal packing materials to maintain separation afterward. We treated a 59-year-old man with severe adhesions in the anterior nasal cavity.
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January 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Objectives: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) victims receiving defibrillation from an automated external defibrillator (AED) placed early in the chain of survival are more likely to survive. We sought to explore the accuracy of AED pad placement for lay rescuers (LR) and first responders (FR).
Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of data collected during randomized OHCA simulation trials involving LRs and FRs.
Eur Heart J Case Rep
January 2025
Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Trousseau, CHU de Tours, Avenue de la République, 37170 Chambray-Les-Tours, France.
Background: Myocardial bridging (MB) is considered a frequent and benign condition. However, some patients may experience symptoms. The recent ESC guidelines on sports participation provide guidance on the management of these symptomatic patients with MB but do not provide guidance in the presence of another cardiac pathology.
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April 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, The School of Clinical Medicine, Fujian Madical University, The First Hospital of Putian City, Fujian, China.
Background: To test the novel ultrasound (US)-guided bilateral anterior quadratus lumborum block (QLBA) at the lateral supra-arcuate ligament (supra-LAL) technique combined with postoperative intravenous analgesia was a viable alternative approach of conventional thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) for laparoscopic radical gastrectomy (LRG).
Methods: Three hundred and four patients scheduled for LRG were randomized 1:1 into QLBA group: receiving a novel pathway of US-guided bilateral QLBA at the supra-LAL before general anesthesia (GA) and patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) after surgery, and TEA group: receiving TEA before GA and patient-controlled epidural analgesia following surgery. The difference in procedure time between the treatment groups was set as the primary endpoint.
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