VACTERL association-type anomalies in a male neonate with a Y-chromosome abnormality. Bhagat M. VACTERL association-type anomalies in a male neonate with a Y-chromosome abnormality. Oxf Med Case Reports. 2015 Jan 10;2015(1):164-6. Abstract The acronym VACTERL describes the non-random co-occurrence of three of the following anomalies: vertebral (V), anal (A), cardiac (C), tracheoesophageal fistula with or without oesophageal atresia (TE),...

Morel-lavallee lesion initially diagnosed as quadriceps contusion: ultrasound, MRI, and importance of early intervention. Weiss NA, Johnson JJ, Anderson SB. Morel-lavallee lesion initially diagnosed as quadriceps contusion: ultrasound, MRI, and importance of early intervention. West J Emerg Med. 2015 May;16(3):438-41. Abstract Morel-Lavallee lesions (MLL) are rare, closed degloving injuries caused by trauma that delivers a...

Somatic antigens of tropical liver flukes ameliorate collagen-induced arthritis in wistar rats. Khan YA, Umar S, Abidi SM. Somatic antigens of tropical liver flukes ameliorate collagen-induced arthritis in wistar rats. PLoS One. 2015 May 18;10(5):e0126429. Abstract Parasitic helminths polarize immune response of their vertebrate hosts towards anti-inflammatory Th2 type and therefore it is hypothesized that they may suppress the...

Examining outcome of early physician specialist assessment in injured workers with shoulder complaints. Mariscalco MW, Magnussen RA, Mitchell J, Pedroza AD, Jones MH, Andrish JT, Parker RD, Kaeding CC, Flanigan DC. How much hamstring graft needs to be in the femoral tunnel? A MOON cohort study. Eur Orthop Traumatol. 2015 Mar 1;6(1):9-13. Abstract Background Recent evidence that smaller hamstring graft diameter is associated...

  Welcome to ACMISST 2015! ACMISST 2015 is a meeting of Asian Academy of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. The meeting is also supported by by International Intra-discal and Transforaminal Surgery Association (IITTS). This meeting, spread over a weekend in September 2015, will be conducted at Goa, India. This year's meeting will focus on three main pillars of surgery of degenerative spine, namely Pain, Minimal Access Surgery and...

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Popliteal pseudoaneurysm after arthroscopic posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. van Dorp KB, Breugem SJ, Driessen MJ. Popliteal pseudoaneurysm after arthroscopic posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Knee Surg Relat Res. 2014 Sep;26(3):187-9 Abstract This report presents the case of a 30-year-old motocross (BMX) cyclist with a third-degree posterior cruciate ligament rupture. The technique used for reconstruction was...

4th INDO-US Shoulder course 17-19 July 2015; Venue: Residency, Coimbatore Email: shouldercourse2015@gmail.com ...

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