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Anterior instrumentation for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
(Springer Verlag, 2001)
Thirty-two patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis underwent anterior fusion with rigid single rod (third generation instrumentation) and titanium mesh cages. The mean follow-up was 31 (24-45) months and the mean age ...
Acute aortic valve regurgitation secondary to blunt chest trauma
(Texas Heart Inst., 2001)
Blunt injury to the cardiac valves leads to progressive acute ventricular failure which often requires urgent surgical management In this case report we describe an acute aortic valve rupture caused by air-bag inflation ...