Isolated bilateral pedicle stress fractures of the lumbar spine are rare events, and few cases are reported in the literature. Their occurrence is commonly related to post-operative complications of spine instrumentation but can also be associated with stress-related activities, degenerative spine conditions, trauma and other miscellaneous causes. The authors report a case of adjacent bi-level bilateral pedicle...
BACKGROUND: Puncture of the renal collecting system represents a challenging step in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Limitations related to the use of standard fluoroscopic-based and ultrasound-based maneuvers have been recognized. OBJECTIVES: To describe the technique and early clinical outcomes of a novel navigation system for percutaneous kidney access. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a proo...
BACKGROUND: Puncture of the renal collecting system represents a challenging step in percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL). Limitations related to the use of standard fluoroscopic-based and ultrasound-based maneuvers have been recognized. OBJECTIVES: To describe the technique and early clinical outcomes of a novel navigation system for percutaneous kidney access. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a proo...
Music industry has been completely disrupted by a range of new online digital services and social network- ing systems that has forever changed the way users and businesses experience and use music. This had a tremendous impact on the established music business models that had guided a dozen year-old industry. On what concerns business music users, i.e. businesses that make use of music as part of their own bus...
Sacral giant cell tumors are rare neoplasms, histologically benign but potentially very aggressive due to the difficulty in achieving a complete resection, their high recurrence rate, and metastization capability. Although many treatment options have been proposed, en bloc excision with tumor-free margins seems to be the most effective, being associated with long term tumor control, improved outcome, and potent...
Currently, a large number of near-the-shore activities (sports and leisure) with a huge set of practitioners (growing everyday) exist. Also, the number of commercial companies, such as sport schools, that explore such type of costal activities are also on the rising. These kind of coastal activities are dependent of a set of conditions (in particular on what concerns the sun, the wind and waves) that affect dir...
Introdução: Recentemente têm surgido debates na literatura internacional acerca da segurança e necessidade da abordagem artroscópica posterior para tratamento da patologia intra e extra articular do tornozelo. A artroscopia por via posterior realiza-se utilizando portais postero-interno e postero-externo, e com o doente em decúbito ventral. Permite acesso à região posterior do tornozelo, articulação subtalar, o...