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M Gallino

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PubMed1995

Comparison of two regional anesthetic techniques for knee arthroscopy.

This study compares the efficacy of "3-in-1 block" versus femoral nerve block for knee arthroscopy. One-hundred patients had a 3-in-1 block; 180 patients had a femoral nerve block. The 3-in-1 block provided anesthesia in 75 patients; 20 patients needed supplementary local anesthesia. Five patients required a general anesthesia to complete the operation. The femoral nerve block was effective in 88 patients; 90 patients needed intravenous flunitrazepam and/or fentanyl; 2 patients needed general anesthesia. The 3-in-1 block provided more satisfactory muscle relaxation and a longer postoperative analgesia than femoral nerve block. No side effects were recorded in either group. Our results suggest that the 3-in-1 block is the most effective technique of regional anesthesia for knee arthroscopy.

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PubMed1995

Coracoacromial ligament: a comparative arthroscopic and anatomic study.

An anatomic study of the coracoacromial ligament was conducted. The data collected from 20 anatomical preparations and the arthroscopic findings in 40 cases were compared. The shape and the tension of the ligament were evaluated, as well as the thickness. Anatomic tradition describes the ligament as a fibrous triangular lamina inserted with its apex on the acromial tip and its base on the lateral edge of the coracoid. It simply closes the coracoacromial arch and has no mechanical role. However, our observations suggest that the ligament has a trapezoidal shape and is situated below the acromion with a wide reflex portion. Its thickness varies from 2 to 5.6 mm. Given that structure, the ligament appears like a robust suspension structure of the coracoid, which contrasts the action of the muscles that connect to it. From these observations, a pathogenic hypothesis of the subacromial impingement proposes itself.

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PubMed1995

[Radiologic and skeletal-anatomical study of mummies at the Tourin Egyptian Museum].

The authors present a study performed on three Egyptian mummies, coming from the same inviolate grave belonging to the Necropolis of Gebelin. The grave bore no indications on the occupiers' identity and for that reason Schiaparelli identified it as "Tomb of the Unknown". The mummies and their funerary furniture are now exposed at the Egyptian Museum of Turin. Standard radiographies of the mummies have been taken in situ by means of a portable radiological equipment. It has also been possible to examine directly the anatomic aspect of one unbandaged skeletal mummy. The procedure was simple, reliable, not expensive and did not expose the mummies to damages due to an eventual transfer. Reliable data on the findings have been taken in that way: the three burials, one of them is likely a reburial, belong to three grown-up subjects, whose sex was male for two and probably female for the third. No bone pathology has been found. One of the cadavers seems to be dead due to a serious cranic injury, probably the effect of a heavy bladed weapon.

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Anthropometry of the scapula: clinical and surgical considerations.

Anthropometric measurements were taken on 266 scapulas from the "G. Marro" Egyptian skeletal collection of the Department of Anthropology of the University of Turin in Italy to study the orthopaedic pathologic condition of the shoulder joints. Data were taken on the size and shape of the acromial arch in relation to the inclination and anatomic variants of the acromion. The rarity of the "hooked" form was confirmed, and two variants of the acromial vault (i.e., one predominantly osseous and the other predominantly fibrous) were recognized. The spatial location and biomechanical importance of the coracoid process were considered. Orientation of the glenoid fossa furnishes an osseous base for the stability of the scapulohumeral joint both anteroposteriorly and vertically. Observations on current practices of surgical intervention on the shoulder as reported in the literature and some anatomic skeletal basis of surgical access are discussed.

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