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Background: the taste sensation contributes to evaluate the quality of nutrients, distinguishing between safe and hazardous foods, determining food preferences and food intake. Nowadays taste disorders among geriatric age group is a common health problem which may results in undernutrition and impaired the quality of life. Measurement of papillae number or density, therefore, can provide information about taste function of population. Objectives: to estimate taste scores for basic tastes (sweet, sour, salt, bitter and density of fungiform papilla by digital tongue image analysis among geriatric patients. To correlate the density of fungiform papillae with taste scores of basic tastes. Material and Method: 60 elderly individuals of either sex were included for the study, subjective assessment was done for taste perception and later a blue dye which was Food drug administration approved was used to identify the fungiform papillae. The images were taken using a 48-megapixel camera and analyzed on Adobe Photoshop for clarity of images. Results: mean and standard deviation of total score was 11.22±1.9 and mean standard deviation of fungiform papillae density was 13.3±2.01. The density of fungiform papillae was correlated with taste scores of basic tastes and strong positive correlation (r= 0.79) was seen, which was also statistically significant (p<0.001) Conclusion: identification of fungiform papillae and assessing density proved to be a noninvasive tool and this result can be adapted in a positive way by dieticians and medical practitioners for improving the food intake of the elderly and improving their health status for a better tomorrow. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the Gastrocnemius-soleus complex (triceps surae), traverses both the ankle and the knee joint and consolidates as achilles tendon, which is the largest, strongest tendon and one of the most common tendons to get ruptured and it is innervated by tibial nerve. Patients having Tendoachilles rupture have chronic ankle pain and are unable to walk pain free. They lose the ability to stand on their toes on the affected side, although standing on both toes may be possible with unilateral cases. Patients will not be able to run as they do not get enough strong push-off by dorsiflexion of the ankle. The management of the ruptured tendon is a challenging job. The management of chronic Tendoachilles ruptures is usually different from that of end-to-end suturing done for acute ruptures, as tendons and ends in chronic tears are retracted, undergo degenerative calcification and are atrophy with short and fibrous distal stumps. Here in this article we have reviewed the tendoachillis rupture and its surgical management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: the uniqueness of human being physical and genetical characteristics helps in identification of individual. There are various methods and techniques, but the anthropometry is internationally recognized best systematic measuring method to determine age, sex, stature and race. The stature or height is estimated using dimension of various body parts using regression equation. Here in the present study the length of Ulna bone is selected for estimation of stature as it is easily and quickly measureable even in any compromised conditions. Objectives: the objective of this study to derive regression equation for estimation of stature from the length of ulna in female tribal group of Udaipur region, Rajasthan. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was performed on 255 female of age group 20-40 years, who belongs to tribes of schedule caste community. Spreading caliper and stadiometer was used for the measurement of ulna length and for stature respectively. Results: the mean age of studied females was 31.32 years with standard deviation of 6.58 years. The mean height of tribal females was 152.52 cms, the mean length of right ulna was 24.14 cms. and left ulna was 24.35 cms. The study showed that length of left ulna was slightly higher compared to length of right Ulna. The positive correlation between mean length of right ulna and left ulna with mean height of female population was observed with correlation coefficient of 0.50, and 0.53 respectively. Conclusion: the relation between length of right and left ulna with stature of female belongs to schedule tribe community found positive. The difference between actual height and estimated height was very small. Hence this study has forensic and anthropometric implications in estimation of stature of an individual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: synovial osteochondromatosis is a rare, benign condition characterised by synovial metaplasia and the formation of cartilaginous and osseocartilaginous bodies in the capsule. It is a monoarticular condition affecting men and women equally from 3rd to 5th decade of life commonly affecting knee joint. We describe a case report of synovial chondromatosis of right hip joint in a 14-year-old female patient who complained of pain while walking due to twisting of leg. On radiographic examination multiple loose bodies were seen around right hip joint along head, neck, and trochanter of femur. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction The greater wing of sphenoid presents various foramina, of which the foramen ovale is one important foramen through which advanced surgical therapeutic and diagnostic procedures related to the middle cranial fossa are performed. Materials and Methods A total of 40 dried adult skulls of unknown gender and age, obtained from the Department of Anatomy of the JSS medical College, Mysuru, Kamakata, India. The length and the width of the foramen ovale were measured using digital sliding calipers (tiny deal 150 mm SS digital caliper with LCD display, Kristeel- Shimwa industries, Bombay, India). Results Themean length of the foramen ovale was 0.745 ± 0.31 cm on the right side (RS), and 0.68 ± 0.15 cmon the left side (LS). The mean width was 0.6 ± 0.17 cm on the RS, and 0.56 ± 0.14 cm on the LS. Conclusion The knowledge of variations in the length and breadth of the foramen ovale is of immense importance in neurosurgery during various invasive surgical procedures, such as percutaneous trigeminal rhizotomy, and in the biopsy of cavernous sinus tumors and of Meckel cave lesions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]