Can anyone clarify me on whether there are differences in the kind of leg pain felt in DVT and simple muscle pain? I tried looking it up but the data varies. In one site it said that pain in DVT is felt when you flex. (So that means no aches when you’re just standing?) And […]

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Fever and Paralysis
Date of admission: 20-10-2003
Diagnosis:
- recurrent polymyalgia
- ? recurrent guillain-barre syndrome (polyradiculoneuritis)
Presentation:
14 years old female presented with weakness of all limbs, but more profound in lower limbs, with cough & greenish sputum with fever for 3 days.
Past History:
She had milder episodes of weakness in the […]

I partially ruptured my tibia tendon on the posterior side, right at the ankle bone in 2005. My ankle was immobilized for 25 days. I was still experiencing pain after, so I took oral steroids, and then received cortisone shots (3). I was then diagnosed with tarsal tunnel syndrome. I had tarsal tunnel decompression surgery […]

Here is my first podcast of brain surgery. Sorry about part of the video being black&white - there is some problem with the OR camera. The parts filmed under the operating microscope are in color, though. This is a resection of a glioblastoma multiforme, a very malignant, aggressive brain tumor. The aim of such an […]

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For my story.. I originally developed mild back pain in the summer of 2000 in Airborne School for the United States Army. At the time i just figured it was from the constant jarring motion and repetetively striking the ground feet first from a height of 3-4 feet. The pain was managable but pretty severe. […]

Here is the second podcast in the surgery videos series. This is a case of neurosurgical emergency.
The patient has suffered a head trauma, with skull base fracture, and an epidural hematoma. One pupil is dilated and death is imminent within minutes.
The patient is rushed to the OR, where one doctor (Dr. Sinuhe) makes […]

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Can anybody tell me what would needed to be done to fix the following complications of shunting of NPH? And also which ones would result in not being able to be shunted again? My family member is getting one and I’ve reading up on it, but I really want to know what happens if there […]