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J Carson

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Diagnosis and treatment of thoracic intervertebral disc protrusions.

A series of 14 patients with a protruded thoracic intervertebral disc is reported. We believe that the true incidence may be as high as one patient per million population per annum. Trauma, sometimes mild, seems to have played a significant role in this series. This fact coupled with pronounced numbness and disagreeable paraesthesiae should suggest the diagnosis with thoracic spinal lesions. Armed with clinical suspicion, radiological verification of the lesion can be expected using a thorough myelographic technique supported if necessary by tomography. A posterolateral approach which combines laminectomy, complete excision of the ligamentum flavum, and the extradural removal of protruded disc is described. The technique is safe and effective.

Adult↗

Stress in mental health nurses: comparison of ward and community staff.

Work place stress is an increasing concern for mental health nurses. This article reports the findings of two research studies of ward and community-based staff, identifying specific stressors. Reducing staff stress levels is essential if patient care is not to suffer.

Burnout, Professional↗

The roles instructors play in clinical education.

Instructors in clinical radiologic technology education play many roles. These include expert, formal authority, socializing agent, facilitator, role model and person. This article explains the roles educators play in the teaching-learning process and how their appropriate portrayal can optimize the translation of theory into practice for students.

Teaching↗

Gallbladder examinations: a comparison between sonography and radiography.

For the past 50 years, oral cholecystography has been the standard study of radiographic evaluation of the gallbladder with a 98% accuracy level. In the last few years, ultrasound has achieved a similar degree of accuracy; this newer imaging modality has been predicted by some experts to soon become the initial procedure for gallbladder evaluation. It is essential to become aware of the advantages and disadvantages of both oral cholecystography and abdominal ultrasound to be able to use both of them to the best diagnostic advantage.

Cholecystitis↗