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The free energy of biomembrane and nerve excitation and the role of anesthetics [PDF]
In the electromechanical theory of nerve stimulation, the nerve impulse consists of a traveling region of solid membrane in a liquid environment. Therefore, the free energy necessary to stimulate a pulse is directly related to the free energy difference ...
Heimburg, Thomas+3 more
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Shoulder posture and median nerve sliding [PDF]
Background: Patients with upper limb pain often have a slumped sitting position and poorshoulder posture. Pain could be due to poor posture causing mechanical changes (stretch; localpressure) that in turn affect the function of major limb nerves (e.g ...
A Dilley+9 more
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Lipofibromatous hamartoma of the median nerve [PDF]
Lipofibromatous hamartoma is a rare tumour of peripheral nerves which is characterised by an excessive infiltration of the epineurium and perineurium by fibroadipose tissue. To the best of our knowledge, only approximately 88 cases are reported in the literature.
Talal Al-Jabri+2 more
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Median nerve neurofibroma [PDF]
A 61 year old man presented with a 6 months history of intermittent paraesthesia and numbness in the first three radial digits of the right hand. …
Kele, H., Verheggen, Raphaela
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Fibrolipomatous hamartoma of the median nerve
Fibrolipomatous hamartoma is a rare benign tumour most commonly affecting the median nerve and is characterised by fibro-fatty nerve infiltration. It results in fusiform nerve enlargement with a pathognomonic ‘spaghetti-like’ imaging appearance.
Malan, Leon+2 more
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Unusual nerve supply of biceps from ulnar nerve and median nerve and a third head of biceps
Variations in branching pattern of the brachial plexus are common and have been reported by several investigators. Of the four main nerves traversing the arm, namely median, ulnar, radial and musculocutaneous, the ulnar and median nerve do not give any ...
Arora L, Dhingra R
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Fibrolipomatous Hamartoma of the Median Nerve
We present the case of a 33-year-old woman who presented with a slowly enlarging mass over the volar aspect of the wrist that had been present since infancy which for the previous year had been causing progressive pain. The lesion was proven to be a fibrolipomatous hamartoma, a rare benign tumor that most commonly affects the median nerve.
M Jeremy, Elaine S. Gould, Anthony Gilet
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Median Nerve Fibrolipoma [PDF]
Case Report Nerve tumors are of the order of 5% of tumors of the hand, neurofibroma and schwanoma are the most frequent. Fibrolipoma is a rare benign tumor that develops at the expense of peripheral nerves of unknown origin.
N. Cherif Idrissi El Ganouni+3 more
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Supracondylar Apophysis of the Humerus: Rare Cause of High Compression of the Median Nerve [PDF]
Supracondylar apophysis (SA) is a bony prominence that originates from the anteromedial aspect of the distal humerus with a lower projection and which, although usually asymptomatic, due to the relationship with adjacent structures can cause symptoms. We
Luísa Vital+3 more
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Median Nerve Neuropathy Caused by Persistent Median Artery Thrombosis
Summary:. Persistent median artery thrombosis mimicking carpal tunnel syndrome is rare. Here, we report the pathological, ultrasonography, and intraoperative findings of a case of persistent median artery thrombosis mimicking carpal tunnel syndrome. A 34-
Yusuke Miyashima, MD+4 more
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