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A Xiphoid Elongation Following a Trauma Laparotomy: A Case Report [PDF]

, 2023
Xiphoid elongation is a rare phenomenon where the xiphoid process elongates after stimuli such as surgery, physical therapy, or trauma. We report on a 47-year-old male involved in a traffic accident who went into cardiac arrest.
Soon Ki Min, Jungnam Lee, Sebeom Jeon, Kang Kook Choi, Hyuk Jun Yang   +4 more
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Bifid Xiphoid Process - A Cadaveric study [PDF]

, 2022
The xiphoid process is a small bony feature of the anterior thoracic wall just inferior to the sternum corpus. Although the xiphoid process is commonly represented as a straight, fully ossified bone in educational textbooks, reports of anomalous ...
Rahul Kumar Gupta
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Relationship between sacral‐abdominal wall distance and grip strength in postmenopausal osteoporotic patients

JCSM Rapid Communications, 2023
Background An increase in waist circumference (WC) is a factor in lifestyle‐related diseases. The rectus abdominis muscle is a skeletal muscle that attaches to the pelvis from the xiphoid process and is thought to be affected by kyphosis deformity and ...
Takashi Nagai, Makoto Miyagami, Shota Nakamura, Yayoi Amemiya, Ichiro Okano, Keizo Sakamoto, Kasai Fumihito, Yoshifumi Kudo, Katsunori Inagaki, Nobuyuki Kawate   +9 more
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Prevalence and morphometry of sternal and xiphoid foramen: a meta-analysis on 16,666 subjects [PDF]

, 2023
Purpose: Sternal foramen is a perforation of the sternum that can be a source of misdiagnosis during radiographic imaging or life-threatening perforations during bone marrow sampling. The aim of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis on the prevalence,
Pękala, Jakub, Barnowska, Agnieszka, Tomaszewski, Krzysztof, Malinowski, Konrad, Komosa, Alexander, Pasieka, Paweł, Pasieka, Patrycja, Agnieszka Barnowska, Paweł Melchior Pasieka, Konrad Malinowski, Alexander Komosa, Patrycja Pasieka, Jakub Pękala, Krzysztof Tomaszewski, Pasieka, Paweł Melchior   +14 more
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Location of the umbilicus in Korean women and its changes after breast reconstruction with an ipsilateral pedicled rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flap

Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2018
Background The umbilicus makes an important contribution to the natural appearance of the abdomen. To date, studies on its position in Korean women are lacking, and no standards have been established.
Sangho Oh, Hyojin Jeon, Daegu Son
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Xiphoid nucleus of the midline thalamus controls cold-induced food seeking

, 2023
Code for the manuscript: Xiphoid nucleus of the midline thalamus controls cold-induced food ...
Alan Zhang, Tianbo Qi, Dong Yang, Li Ye, Alexander S. Banks, Phuong Le, Victoria Nudell, Zhengyuan Pang, Neeraj K. Lal, Samarth Aggarwal, Kristina Wang, Gene W. Yeo   +11 more
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Non-neoplastic variants of the sternum detected on bone scintigrap

The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, 2016
Purpose: To identify the non-neoplastic variants of the sternal uptake in patients known to have a primary tumor, referred for detection of metastases elsewhere.
Yasser G. Abdelhafez, Haisam S. Atta, Esraa R. Hassan   +2 more
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A case-control study evaluating CT signs of xiphoid process associated with xiphodynia. [PDF]

PLoS One
This study assessed whether CT signs of the xiphoid process, such as the xiphisternal angle and soft tissue compression, are useful for diagnosing xiphodynia.
Ono R, Horibata K.
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Gross Anatomy of Bifid Xiphoid Process [PDF]

, 2022
Introduction: Xiphoid process is the ossified extension of the lower sternum in the chest midline of human adults. Natural variance in this process results in the less common bifurcated morphology.
Dhiman, Shiv, Van Der Horn, Tamryn, Zamani, Shahrzad, Meawad, Sara   +3 more
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Xiphoid size and gender differences : an anatomical study [PDF]

, 2021
Background: Several studies have documented anatomical variations of the sternum. Because of its central role as an anchor of various abdominal muscles we have investigated a possible correlation between xiphoid length and body habitus indices, in ...
Camilleri, Liberato, Manche, Alexander, Grima, Carmel   +2 more
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