Instantaneous rigor - the challenge of securing an airway in cardiac arrest: a case report [PDF]
Cadaveric spasm, also known as instantaneous rigor, is a rare and poorly understood phenomenon characterized by immediate muscle rigidity at the moment of death or cardiac arrest.
Michal Soták +2 more
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Paleoradiological and scientific investigations of the screaming woman mummy from the area beneath Senmut’s (1479–1458 BC) Theban tomb (TT71) [PDF]
IntroductionThe Screaming Mummy of Cairo Egyptian-Museum Store, is an anonymous woman with a wide-open mouth coded as CIT8, discovered beneath Theban Tomb 71 (TT71) which is the burial site of Senmut’s relatives, the architect of 18th-Dynasty Queen ...
Sahar N. Saleem, Samia El-Merghani
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The Anterior Inferior Cerebral Artery Variability in the Context of Neurovascular Compression Syndromes: A Narrative Review [PDF]
The anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) is situated within the posterior cranial fossa and typically arises from the basilar artery, usually at the pontomedullary junction.
Dawid Kościołek +11 more
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The Intramuscular Course of the Greater Occipital Nerve: Novel Findings with Potential Implications for Operative Interventions and Occipital Neuralgia [PDF]
Background: A better understanding of the etiologies of occipital neuralgia would help the clinician treat patients with this debilitating condition. Since few studies have examined the muscular course of the greater occipital nerve (GON), this study was
Cohen-Gadol, Aaron A. +3 more
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Urgent revascularization of liver allografts after early hepatic artery thrombosis [PDF]
Between April 1993 and May 1995, 17 adult orthotopic liver transplant recipients were found to have early hepatic artery thrombosis (HAT) after a median of 7 postoperative days (mean, 11).
Antonio D. Pinna +39 more
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Lumbar puncture for the generalist [PDF]
The safe and successful performance of a lumbar puncture demands a working and yet specific knowledge as well as competency in performance. This review aims to aid understanding of the knowledge framework, the pitfalls and complications of lumbar ...
Abrahams, Peter H. +3 more
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Intravascular ultrasound evidence for coarctation causing symptomatic renal artery stenosis [PDF]
BACKGROUND: A recent study of human cadaveric renal arteries revealed that renal artery narrowing could be due not only to atherosclerotic plaque compensated for by adaptive remodeling, but also to hitherto undescribed focal narrowing ...
Deinum, J. (Jacob) +6 more
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Neural Connections between the Nervus Intermedius and the Facial and Vestibulocochlear Nerves in the Cerebellopontine Angle: An Anatomic Study [PDF]
Purpose Unexpected clinical outcomes following transection of single nerves of the internal acoustic meatus have been reported. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate interneural connections between the nervus intermedius and the adjacent nerves in ...
Cohen-Gadol, Aaron A. +4 more
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Sensory disturbances of buccal and lingual nerve by muscle compression: a case report and review of the literature [PDF]
Introduction: Several studies on cadavers dissection have shown that collateral branches of the trigeminal nerve cross muscle bundles on their way, being a possible etiological factor of some nerve disturbances.
Alvira González, Joaquín +1 more
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Autologous microsurgical breast reconstruction and coronary artery bypass grafting: an anatomical study and clinical implications [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To identify possible avenues of sparing the internal mammary artery (IMA) for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in women undergoing autologous breast reconstruction with deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flaps. BACKGROUND:
A Marchac +139 more
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