In so far it lies in our knowledge, this is the first report concerning the scintigraphic pattern of myocardial perfusion in mustard intoxicated patients. Based on the results, the pattern of myocardial perfusion in these patients is significantly different from normal controls, which could resemble either coronary artery disease or mild cardiomyopathic changes.

GABAergic, endogenous opioidergic and cholinergic systems are involved in the memory recall improvement by ethanol when it replaced morphine on the test day. A review of the literature suggests other possibilities such as the release of intermediate neurotransmitters.

The intraoperative use of a computer-assisted navigation system during implantation of a total knee prosthesis reduced the average varus/valgus deviation from the anatomical long leg axis. A disadvantage of the computer-assisted surgical procedure may be the longer operating time. Long-term follow-up of the presented data is needed in order to show whether the improved average alignment is advantageous for patients and/or results in a longer service life of the TKA.

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