Ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare entity resulting from developmental defects at early stages of
thyroid gland embryogenesis, during its passage from the floor of the primitive foregut to its …

Background The variations of vessels arising from the aortic arch are numerous. The
purpose of the present study is the description of the aortic arch branches' variations, in …

Horseshoe kidney (HSK) is the most common renal fusion, which is characterized by three
anatomic anomalies: ectopia, malrotation and vascular changes. Patients with HSK are …

BACKGROUND: Patients with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis (HD) have limited
work capacity. Many structural and functional alterations in skeletal muscles contribute to …

The present study proposes a simple and reproducible method to classify the morphology of
the suprascapular notch (SSN), on the basis of specific geometrical parameters that clearly …

The purpose of this study was to compare the architectural parameters of the long head of
biceps femoris (BFlh) and semitendinosus (ST) muscles by comparing measurements from …

Purpose To detect the variable relationship between sciatic nerve and piriformis muscle and
make surgeons aware of certain anatomical features of each variation that may be useful for …

Background There has been great interest in the literature regarding meniscal tears in
unstable knees, but there is not as much information available on stable knees. Purpose To …

The purpose of this study was to correlate the four types of acromial shape with the
existence of enthesophytes, which together comprise two important parameters for …

The purpose of this study was to understand the detailed architectural properties of the
human hamstring muscles. The long (BFlh) and short (BFsh) head of biceps femoris …