Prosthetics

Our generation is faced with many growing global issues. Many of which have to do with solving medical and healthcare matters. As population increases, as does the risk of an increase in the spread of disease or epidemic growth. This calls for a growing need in biomedical engineering to develop the ideas to save humanity in the future. Biomedical Engineering is a complex process of solving, and then designing ways to solve problems in the human body using medicines or technology to improve…

Introduction: Maxillary canines impaction is a common condition , and dentists must be ready to manage the situation. Early detection of impaction with time interception, and well-managed orthodontic and surgical treatment, impacted maxillary canines can be guided to erupt in an appropriate location in the dental arch.(1) Maxillary permanent canines position is very strategically important in keeping the occlusal relationship symmetrical and harmony. The upper canine are the most impacted…

to fabricate the end result. AM has been used in many applications. At first, it was used in Rapid Prototyping (RP). Today, AM is used to create end-products used in many different applications, from aerospace, automotive and even biomedical prosthetics. AM can create highly customizable products, and it’s this advantage that is being exploited in today’s world of manufacturing. 3D printing and AM are almost interchangeable. AM is the broader term, encompassing processes such as Rapid…

Surgeons are looking at HTO as a alternative viable option due to concerns of longterm survival of uni-compartmental and total knee arthroplasty in the younger population (McNamara et al. 2013). The advantages of osteotomy include the facts that prosthetic material is not used, the bone stock is preserved and unlimited activity is permitted (Stukenborg-Colsman et al. 2001), excellent pain relief and function improvement, often delaying the need for total knee replacement (TKR) (Dettoni et al.…

Flannery O’Connor has written about many subjects that defied the common ideology of her society at the time, like misogyny and ways to improve women’s rights. She wrote stories that have meaning towards her ideas and that show the importance of them, and she did so within her own fictitious tales instead of taking a direct approach and write a dissertation on her thoughts. In one of her famous short stories, “Good Country People”, she discusses the topic of identity within the plot of it and is…

quite a wondrous thing. We have millions of amazing technologies that we can use at our disposal. Every day we look to our phones and acquire a thousand bits of information a second. On our daily walk to work or class we observe other humans with prosthetics or wheelchairs all the time. These advances in technology are great in so countless ways, but it still begs the question, what is technology’s role in society and do we rely on it too much? In “The Bicentennial Man” by Isaac Asimov, we look…

Operative Management of Portal Vein/SMV Trauma: Can We Just Ligate Case Scenario: A 21-year-old male presented to the emergency department after he was stabbed in the abdomen. On examination, his vital signs were significant for a systolic blood pressure of 70 mmHg, heart rate of 120 beats per minute, and a right upper quadrant stab wound. Given the concern for intra-abdominal bleeding, he was taken to operating room for exploratory laparotomy. The patient had a large right zone 1…

with the saying “Hell is other people.” For Anne, the absence is that of her mother, who was crushed by a truck on an icy road when Anne was 2, and also the emotional absence of her kind but inattentive father, an engineer and maker of medical prosthetics, with a penchant for calm and order. “He believed that if he worked hard enough I could be shaped like a mechanical limb,” Anne says. But this turbulent teenager is anything but mechanical, and the sexual desire and eventual love she feels for…

Dance and its Dimensions “Dance according to me is emotion. Dance is a non-verbal medium of communication where we can express our thought, beliefs and ideas. It is one of the most famous or prominent medium of art. Dancers develop their own techniques and moves with the help of choreographers. It provides both the viewer and the performer sense of freedom, happiness and joy. It helps people to express who they are. Dance is an art form where we express ourselves freely. It indeed has a…

Person of Interest When I read the course contents, the first one that caught my interest is the major paper, requiring us to interview a nurse administrator. It indicates to conduct it as soon as possible, plan ahead, and give yourself leeway for unforeseen circumstances in your part or the person you are going to interview. Why I need to look somewhere else to interview when, I have a Chief Nurse Officer (CNO) at my work of employment. That very first week of class, I contacted the…