All penetrating neck wounds are potentially very dangerous and require emergency treatment. The choice of treatment for the
stable patient remains controversial, a number of studies encouraging mandatory surgical exploration and a similar number
encourage selective surgical exploration. Knowledge of the physical properties of the penetrating object or weapon can help
to determine a treatment plan and predict the risk of injury- All tracheal and esophageal injuries with structural damage
should be repaired primarily. A case of Gun Shot Wound Neck was air evacuated to Army Hospital R & R Delhi Cantt in a tracheostomised
state. Patient was evaluated in detail, he had trachea esophageal fistula. The management of this case is discussed along
with principles of management of war injuries. 相似文献
PURPOSE: The Rodenstock scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) is useful for mapping retinal function and for developing and evaluating visual rehabilitation methods. It is essential to know the visual angle subtended by stimuli in the SLO laser-beam raster and to accurately measure angular distances between objects in the final SLO image. To accomplish this, the angular extent of the SLO laser-beam raster must be calibrated. METHODS: We developed a simple method and apparatus for calibrating the raster and used it for repeated calibrations during a 3-month period. RESULTS: The laser-beam raster is quite stable in shape and size, but it is trapezoidally distorted in the vertical direction. Consequently, SLO images are distorted. CONCLUSIONS: Trapezoidal distortion of the SLO laser-beam raster can cause stimulus size to change as much as 10% from the top to the bottom of the raster. Measurements of fixed horizontal retinal landmark distances in SLO images can also vary as much as 10%. We developed a straightforward mathematical method for correcting distortion in SLO image measurements. 相似文献
Arteriovenous (AV) fistulas are common in renal cell carcinoma. These are usually small and asymptomatic. Case reports have previously described symptomatic fistulas in primary renal cell tumour or, less commonly, bone metastases. The current study describes a patient with lung metastases from renal cell carcinoma who developed a symptomatic pulmonary AV fistula. The patient presented with debilitating progressive shortness of breath, which resolved after coiling of the pulmonary AV fistula. Supporting radiographs include a unique ventilation-perfusion finding of perfusion tracer in the kidney that is diagnostic of a pulmonary shunt. This is the first report of a pulmonary fistula from renal cell carcinoma. This rare complication of renal cell carcinoma reflects its diverse clinical presentations and unique tumour biology. 相似文献
Object Intracranial aneurysms are rare in children and have different epidemiological, clinical, and morphological characteristics
and outcome from those in adults.
Materials and methods We analyzed demographic, clinical, radiologic features, treatment, and outcome in 55 patients <18 years of age, treated from
Jan 1995 through December 2005.
Results Intracranial aneurysms in children below 18 years constituted 4% of all intracranial aneurysms. Internal Carotid artery (ICA)
bifurcation was the commonest location. About half of the aneurysms were complex. Three-fourth of the patients required surgical
treatment. Two patients died, constituting 5% mortality. Two patients (5%) had poor outcome, whereas the majority (90%) had
a favorable outcome.
Conclusions Pediatric aneurysms have male predominance, higher incidence of clinical features of mass effect or seizures, high incidence
of large, traumatic/mycotic aneurysms, associated illnesses and ICH/IVH and hydrocephalus, better Hunt and Hess grades at
presentation, ICA bifurcation as the commonest site, and better outcome than their adult counterparts. 相似文献
Background: The authors compared the efficacy of the different approaches to saphenous nerve block.
Methods: The following approaches to saphenous nerve block were compared in 10 volunteers: perifemoral, transsartorial, block at the medial femoral condyle, below-the-knee field block, and blockade at the level of the medial malleolus. Each volunteer underwent all five blocks, and the interval between blocks was 3-7 days. The sequence of injection was randomized by Latin square design. Sensory blockade at the medial aspects of the leg and foot and the strength of the anterior thigh muscles were noted.
Results: The transsartorial, perifemoral, and below-the-knee field block approaches were more effective than block at the medial femoral condyle in providing sensory anesthesia to the medial aspect of the leg. The transsartorial approach was more effective than block at the medial femoral condyle and below-the-knee field block in providing sensory anesthesia to the medial aspect of the foot. Compared with the perifemoral approach, the transsartorial approach did not cause weakness of the hip flexors and the knee extensors. In volunteers with partial numbness in the medial aspect of the foot, supplemental block of the medial dorsal cutaneous branch of the superficial peroneal nerve resulted in complete sensory blockade. 相似文献