Johns Hopkins neurosurgeon Raj Mukherjee discusses the use of tubular retractors to access deep brain lesions. This tool allows smaller incisions and minimal trauma to the surrounding brain. Mukherjee ...

Meniscal tears can be either traumatic or degenerative in nature. Meniscal tears are uncommon in persons under 10 years of age, but become increasingly common during and after adolescence. [1 ...

A basic tenet of laparoscopic surgery involves triangulation of instruments so as to produce adequate intracorporeal working space for anatomic dissection and manipulation of tissues (Figure 1B ...

Objectives: Proximal median nerve (PMN) neuropathies are caused by lesions proximal to the carpal tunnel, which include the forearm, elbow, upper arm, and brachial plexus. Differentiating between ...

Background: While the subxiphoid approach (SA) in thoracoscopic thymectomy offers benefits in terms of fat removal and pain reduction, it remains unclear which patients with anterior mediastinal ...

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OK. It is there. Pull towards you. Can I have an ... here? Good. There you go. All right, let's get that retractor again. All right, let's get a Caspar [...], please. It just looked larger for ...

What are skin warts in children? Warts on the skin are harmless growths. They are caused by a virus. Warts can spread to other parts of the body and to other people. What causes skin warts in a child?