Words that refer to the head and the neck can be found as early as in the Homeric epics; many of these have survived in some form in modern languages. Both doctors and philosophers have been concerned with the etymology of medical terminology in studies and dictionaries. This paper presents ...
Since the advent of antibiotics osteomyelitis in the head and neck is relatively uncommon and the condition has become a sort of medical curiosity. In the last 16 years, only three cases have been seen by the second author. It is the purpose of this paper to present these cases from our ...
From:A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology (Seventh Edition),2007 About this page Set alert Chapters and Articles You might find these chapters and articles relevant to this topic. Neck, Face, Orbit, and Temporal Bone Masses StephenKralik, ...ThierryHuisman, inFetal, Neonatal and Pediatric Neuroradi...
William P. Potsic, in Pediatric Surgery (Seventh Edition), 2012 Neck Anatomy The surgical anatomy and embryology of the neck is discussed in Chapter 59. Clinical evaluation The initial examination of a disease or disorder of the neck begins with a thorough history. A detailed history can often...
With time, it became increas- ingly apparent that many if not all such malignant tumors were, in fact, moderately differentiated neu- roendocrine carcinomas (by whatever terminology; 30, 33, 71). It is clear that neuroendocrine carcino- mas of the larynx can have a distinctly paraganglioma-...
Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Acronyms, Encyclopedia. Related to Tonic Neck Reflex: Babinski reflex, Asymmetric tonic neck reflex, symmetrical tonic neck reflexre·flex (rē′flĕks′) adj. 1. Physiology Being an involuntary action or response, such as a sneeze, blink, or hiccup. 2. ...
A retrospective study was conducted to give surgeons direction in deciding which type of modified neck dissection is proper elective treatment for the patient with a clinically negative neck. The medical records of 428 previously untreated patients (seen between January 1, 1970, and December 31, 197...
In addition, due to a mechanism that fails to consider the perspectives of the medical staff who must actually operate the system, the platform developed with great cost and effort is often being ignored by the medical staff. Due to limited patient access to the system or non-application of ...
They are also referred to as Garden's classification; however, this terminology is not as current as it was but may still be present in the literature. Femoral neck fractures are extremely common in the elderly, often following falls, and most orthopaedic units will have a number of these fr...
Emma was otherwise in good health, with, apart fromchildbirth, no other medical orsurgical history. She did not participate in any formal sport but did walk with friends for exercise three times per week. Weekends were busy with the children's, household and social activities. ...