THE USE OF PERCUTANEOUS LUMBAR FIXATION SCREWS FOR BILATERAL PEDICLE FRACTURES WITH AN ASSOCIATED DISLOCATION OF A LUMBAR DISC PROSTHESIS

The Use of Percutaneous Lumbar Fixation Screws for Bilateral Pedicle Fractures with an Associated Dislocation of a Lumbar Disc Prosthesis

Study Design.Case report.Objective.To identify a safe technique for salvage surgery following complications of total disc replacement.Summary of Background Data.Lumbar total disc replacement Cubicles (TDR) is considered by some as the gold standard for discogenic back pain.Revision techniques for TDR and their complications are in their infancy.Thi

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Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Cement Mortar Composite Containing Recycled Expanded Glass Aggregate and Nano Titanium Dioxide

One of the growing concerns in the construction industry is energy consumption and energy efficiency in residential buildings.Moreover, management of non-degradable solid glass wastes is becoming a critical issue worldwide.Accordingly, incorporation of recycled expanded glass aggregates (EGA) as Racks / Carriers a substitution for natural fine aggr

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Rare consecutive femoral lesser trochanteric avulsion in an adolescent following sporting activities; a case report

Avulsion of the lesser trochanter is a rare but disturbing condition, which usually occurs in males between the ages of 7-16 years with significant physical activities or in athletes.Diagnosis is more often than not challenging, but with a good history, physical examination, and imaging modality, diagnosis can be clinched, and the prognosis is good

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Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of symptomatic hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy: a global case series

Abstract We describe 542 cases of symptomatic hereditary transthyretin amyloid polyneuropathy (ATTR-PN) identified through a review of the literature published between 2005 and 2016.Approximately 18% of the Waterproof Bodywarmers cases were from countries where ATTR-PN is traditionally considered to be endemic (i.e., Portugal, Japan, and Sweden).Ea

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Numerical and experimental investigation on the effect of retrograde vaporization on fines migration and drift in porous oil reservoir: roles of phase change heat transfer and saturation

Abstract Retrograde vaporization effects on oil production are nearly unprecedented to reservoir engineering community, and its relation to formation damage should be explored.For this purpose, this paper elucidates the importance and role of this phenomenon and its phase change heat transfer (PCHT) on fines migration and subsequent, permeability d

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