Category: Ankle; Hindfoot Introduction/Purpose: While surgical stabilization of the subtalar joint (arthroeresis) in children remains controversial in the USA, it is practiced worldwide, with reportedly good outcomes.Our purpose is to present a series of patients who met our criteria for calcaneal lengthening, but who opted instead for the less inv
A case of a 40-year-old, Muslim woman, educated up to class IV, homemaker by profession, hailing from a lower socioeconomic background of Chirang district of Assam was referred to medical camp, with symptoms of reduced interest in daily activities, increased tension, fearfulness, with decreased amount of sleep and appetite.Psychiatric social work a
Mutations in the gene coding for superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) are associated with familiar forms of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).These mutations are believed to result in a "gain of toxic function", leading to neuronal degeneration.The exact mechanism is still unknown, but misfolding/aggregation events are gene
A 54-year-old man who presented to the clinic for a routine examination was found to have a hard swelling in the floor of mouth.The swelling was noticed at the age of ten years and had been gradually progressing over the years.However, there was no history of chewing difficulty, dysphagia, dysarthria, oral ulcers or sleep disturbances.On examinatio