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Clue Cell
Clue Cell DrHouse 13,684 Views • 3 years ago

A clue cell appears smudged, with indistinct contents and fuzzy, poorly defined borders.

Knot Tying
Knot Tying DrHouse 10,513 Views • 3 years ago

A video showing how to perform knot tying

Phlebotomy Steps
Phlebotomy Steps M_Nabil 8,905 Views • 3 years ago

a video showing Phlebotomy steps

Tracheostomy Emergency Procedure
Tracheostomy Emergency Procedure M_Nabil 39,188 Views • 3 years ago

This video depicts tracheostomy being performed. This procedure bypasses the normal air passage and creates a direct passage into the trachea just below the voice box. This is a life saving procedure in patients who have respiratory obstruction above the level of vocal cords

From axons to tracts
From axons to tracts Mohamed 21,105 Views • 3 years ago

The complex circuitry interconnecting different areas in the brain, known collectively as white matter, is composed of millions of axons organized into fascicles and bundles. Upon macroscopic examination of sections of the brain, it is difficult to discern the orientation of the fibers. The same is true for conventional imaging modalities. However, recent advancements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) make such task possible in a live subject. By sensitizing an otherwise typical MRI sequence to the diffusion of water molecules it is possible to measure their diffusion coefficient in a given direction1. Normally, the axonal membrane and myelin sheaths pose barriers to the movement of water molecules and, thus, they diffuse preferentially along the axon2. Therefore, the direction of white matter bundles can be elucidated by determining the principal diffusivity of water. The three-dimensional representation of the diffusion coefficient can be given by a tensor and its mathematical decomposition provides the direction of the tracts3; this MRI technique is known as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). By connecting the information acquired with DTI, three-dimensional depictions of white matter fascicles are obtained4. The virtual dissection of white matter bundles is rapidly becoming a valuable tool in clinical research.

Our journey begins with a transverse section of tightly packed axons as seen through light microscopy. Although represented as a two-dimensional "slice", we see that these axons in fact resemble tubes. A simulation of water molecules diffusing randomly inside the axons demonstrates how the membranes and myelin hinder their movement across them and shows the preferred diffusion direction --along the axons. The tracts depicted through DTI slowly blend in and we ride along with them. As we zoom out even more, we realize that it is a portion of the corpus callosum connecting the two sides of the brain we were traveling on and the great difference in relative scale of the individual axons becomes evident. The surface of the brain is then shown, as well as the rest of the white matter bundles--a big, apparently chaotic tangle of wires. Finally, the skin covers the brain.

With the exception of the simulated water molecules, all the data presented in the animation is obtained through microscopy and MRI. Computer algorithms for the extraction of the cerebral structures and a custom-built graphics engine make our journey through the brain's anatomy possible in a living person.

Micrograph courtesy of Dr. Christian Beaulieu, University of Alberta.
Music by Mario Mattioli.

References:
1. Stejskal, E.O., et al., J. Chem. Phys., 1965. 42:
2. Beaulieu, C., NMR Biomed., 2002. 15:435-55.
3. Basser, P.J., et al., J. Magn. Reson. B, 1994. 103:247-54.
4. Mori, S., et al., NMR Biomed., 2002. 15:468-80.

Instrumental Tie
Instrumental Tie M_Nabil 9,546 Views • 3 years ago

Instrumental Tie

Sciatic Nerve Block
Sciatic Nerve Block M_Nabil 22,202 Views • 3 years ago

Sciatic Nerve Block

Ultra Sound-Guided Interscalene Block
Ultra Sound-Guided Interscalene Block M_Nabil 12,738 Views • 3 years ago

Ultra Sound-Guided Interscalene Block

New tension free open inguinal hernia repair without mesh based on the physiological principle
New tension free open inguinal hernia repair without mesh based on the physiological principle M_Nabil 20,254 Views • 3 years ago

Mesh repair is based on the anatomical principle with associated complications of a foreign body and recurrence. Use of an un-detached strip of the external oblique aponeurosis in place of mesh between the muscle arch and the inguinal ligament gives a strong and physiologically dynamic posterior wal...l that gives radical cure.

Small stomach cancer in the early phase
Small stomach cancer in the early phase M_Nabil 15,137 Views • 3 years ago

A quick look at an early stage stomach abnormality.

Trypan Blue for Penetrating Keratoplasty
Trypan Blue for Penetrating Keratoplasty DrHouse 11,020 Views • 3 years ago

The trypan blue-stained viscoelastic is removed in its entirety using a Simcoe cannula. A stream of Healonid GV can be seen flowing into the cannula with some residual viscoelastic remaning, which is subsequently removed. Without the dye, much of the viscoelastic might have been left in the anterior... chamber – a risk factor for an acute rise in intra ocular pressure.

Arthritis of The Hip
Arthritis of The Hip Mohamed Ibrahim 11,682 Views • 3 years ago

Arthritis of the hip causes severe pain, and sometimes requires surgical treatment, including hip replacement. This animated video show you what hip arthritis is, and how it causes symptoms.

Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Surgery- Vijay Bose_Part 2
Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Surgery- Vijay Bose_Part 2 Dr. Vijay Bose 11,011 Views • 3 years ago

Another video of Dr.Vijay C. Bose from Apollo Speciality Hospital chennai perform Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Surgery procedure for a case of Avascular necrosis.The NCP ( Neck Capsule Preserving) approach is being used. Total hip replacement, hip resurfacing simply shaves and caps a few centimeters of bone within the joint. The bone-conserving approach of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing System.

Horizontal Mattress Suturing
Horizontal Mattress Suturing DrPhil 14,240 Views • 3 years ago

Demonstration of horizontal mattress suturing technique for laceration repair or wound closure in the operating room.

Cosmetic surgery-mammoplasty-breast surgery-tummyجراحة التجميل والليزر-قطر-دبي- عراق
Cosmetic surgery-mammoplasty-breast surgery-tummyجراحة التجميل والليزر-قطر-دبي- عراق dr. kamal hussein saleh al husseiny 1,381 Views • 3 years ago

Cosmetic surgery-mammoplasty-breast surgery-tummy

Subtotal Thyroidectomy
Subtotal Thyroidectomy Mohamed 16,211 Views • 3 years ago

Subtotal Thyroidectomy

Gastroscopy
Gastroscopy Mohamed 18,696 Views • 3 years ago

esophago-gastro- duodinoscopy
Gastroduodinoscopy requires special training and considerable experience but affords valuable information.
By its implement the whole of the interior of the stomach as well as esophagus, the first part and the proximal section of the second part of the duodenum and both efferent and afferent loops of the gastrojujenostomy if present can be scrutinized.
Gastroscopy is valuable in the diagnosis of gastric ulcers, in checking the results of medical treatment of chronic gastric ulcer. Gastroduodinoscopy is valuable in differential diagnosis between chronic peptic ulcer and gastric carcinoma, in diagnosis of small gastric neoplasm, in the detection of certain forms of gastritis, in examination of a stoma, in cases of gastrojujenostomy, in cases of duodinitis and duodenal ulcer.
Now its' the Era of
VIDEOGASROSCOPE
Direct means of diagnosis of upper G.I. diseases
Continuous Video recording of the entire procedure is there by which
we can review the whole procedure by playing the Video.
We are doing final diagnosis of upper G.I. lesions with biopsy.
Treatment becomes easy and to the point.
Early detection of pre malignant and malignant lesions is appreciable.

Ilizarov External Fixator
Ilizarov External Fixator Surgeon 15,311 Views • 3 years ago

Treatment of pelvic fractures with a dynamic Ilizarov external fixator

Ice Cream Headaches Explained
Ice Cream Headaches Explained Alicia Berger 8,048 Views • 3 years ago

Headaches with eating Ice Cream explained by medicine

Hepatitis C Treatment
Hepatitis C Treatment Mohamed 9,515 Views • 3 years ago

Current treatment is a combination of pegylated interferon-alpha-2a or pegylated interferon-alpha-2b (brand names Pegasys or PEG-Intron) and the antiviral drug ribavirin for a period of 24 or 48 weeks, depending on hepatitis C virus genotype. In a large multicenter randomized control study among genotype 2 or 3 infected patients (NORDymanIC),[35] patients achieving HCV RNA below 1000 IU/mL by day 7 who were treated for 12 weeks demonstrated similar cure rates as those treated for 24 weeks.[36][37]

Pegylated interferon-alpha-2a plus ribavirin may increase sustained virological response among patients with chronic hepatitis C as compared to pegylated interferon-alpha-2b plus ribavirin according to a systematic review of randomized controlled trials .[38] The relative benefit increase was 14.6%. For patients at similar risk to those in this study (41.0% had sustained virological response when not treated with pegylated interferon alpha 2a plus ribavirin), this leads to an absolute benefit increase of 6%. About 16.7 patients must be treated for one to benefit (number needed to treat = 16.7; click here [39] to adjust these results for patients at higher or lower risk of sustained virological response). However, this study's results may be biased due to uncertain temporality of association, selective dose response.

Treatment is generally recommended for patients with proven hepatitis C virus infection and persistently abnormal liver function tests.

Treatment during the acute infection phase has much higher success rates (greater than 90%) with a shorter duration of treatment; however, this must be balanced against the 15-40% chance of spontaneous clearance without treatment (see Acute Hepatitis C section above).

Those with low initial viral loads respond much better to treatment than those with higher viral loads (greater than 400,000 IU/mL). Current combination therapy is usually supervised by physicians in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology or infectious disease.

The treatment may be physically demanding, particularly for those with a prior history of drug or alcohol abuse. It can qualify for temporary disability in some cases. A substantial proportion of patients will experience a panoply of side effects ranging from a 'flu-like' syndrome (the most common, experienced for a few days after the weekly injection of interferon) to severe adverse events including anemia, cardiovascular events and psychiatric problems such as suicide or suicidal ideation. The latter are exacerbated by the general physiological stress experienced by the patient.

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