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JBJS Essent Surg Tech
December 2024
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
Background: Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) procedures have become much more common in the United States in recent years, with >40,000 UKAs performed annually. However, it is estimated that 10% to 40% of UKAs fail and thus require conversion to total knee arthroplasty (TKA). In the field of total joint arthroplasty, robotic-assisted surgeries have demonstrated advantages such as better accuracy and precision of implant positioning and improved restoration of a neutral mechanical axis.
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December 2024
Service d'imagerie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France.
Purpose: To evaluate the contribution of ultrasound in the management of ballistic peripheral nerve injuries (BPNI).
Methods: Twenty-five Armenian soldiers who sustained BPNI of 44 different nerves during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 benefited from multidisciplinary team management including ultrasound examination.
Results: The injuries affected the upper limb in 17 cases (including 2 bilateral cases), the lower limb in 7 cases and both upper and lower limb in 1 case.
World J Emerg Med
January 2024
Department of Advancing Acute Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya Aichi 467-8601, Japan.
Background: Ultrasound guidance is commonly used for accessing difficult peripheral veins. For successful access, a tourniquet is required for venodilation. Tourniquets decrease the compressibility and increase the diameter of veins; they also obfuscate artery-vein differentiation on ultrasound.
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October 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, USA.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep
October 2024
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana.
A 40-year-old patient underwent laparotomy at term gestation for a 25-cm lower abdominal mass arising from the lateral wall of the uterus, with an extensive secondary blood supply from the lower uterus and bladder, preventing access to the anterior lower uterine segment. The gravid uterus was exteriorised over the patient's thighs. A transverse posterior lower uterine segment hysterotomy was performed and a healthy 2920 g baby was delivered.
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