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Browsing by UP Author "Briers, Nanette"
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Briers, Nanette; Bosman, Marius C.; Becker, Piet J.; Potgieter, J.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2008-09-29)An infarct is an area which has lost its blood supply due to obstruction, thrombosis or embolism. It is the third leading cause of death in the Western world, following non-cerebral cardiovascular disease and cancer. This ...
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Briers, Nanette; Bosman, Marius C.; Strydom, M.A.; Steyn, S.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2008-09-29)Obstruction of the intracranial dural venous sinuses would result in an increase in intracranial dural venous pressure. This intracranial hypertension is not only the result of poor cerebral venous drainage, but is also ...
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Mogale, Nkhensani; Olorunju, S.A.S.; Matshidza, Steven; Briers, Nanette (Elsevier, 2021-01)BACKGROUND : Clinically, the lateral circumflex femoral artery (LCFA) is used in a variety of procedures, these include anterolateral thigh flaps, aortopopliteal bypass, coronary artery bypass grafting and extracraniali ...
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Mogale, Nkhensani; Olorunju, Steve A.S.; Matshidza, Steven; Briers, Nanette (South African Orthopaedic Association, 2017-08)BACKGROUND : This research investigated the anatomy underlying minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty when the anterior approach was used. METHODS : Ninety hips were dissected and in one cadaver, a complete hip ...
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Briers, Nanette; Odendaal, C.W.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2009-12-09)The cortical branches of the distal anterior cerebral artery (ACA) are responsible for the primary blood supply of the corpus callosum. Anatomical variation in these arteries leads to difficulty in defining a standard ...
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Briers, Nanette; Bosman, Marius C.; Van der Merwe, L.; Creative Studios, Dept of Education Innovation, University of Pretoria (2009-12-09)Surgical techniques such as ankle arthroscopy and reconstructive flap surgery have made detailed knowledge of the dorsal pedal artery (DPA) and the deep fibular nerve (DFN) on the foot dorsum essential. The aims of this ...
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Briers, Nanette; Briers, T.M.; Becker, Piet J.; Steyn, Maryna (Elsevier, 2015-07)In children, craniofacial changes due to facial growth complicate facial approximations and require specific knowledge of soft tissue thicknesses (STT). The lack of South African juvenile STT standards of particular age ...
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Kalweit, K.L.; Briers, Nanette; Olorunju, Steve A.S. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2015-05)Background. Despite the availability of international guidelines for the treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in children, important aspects of treatment are not accessible to all young patients in South Africa ...
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