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Peripheral nerve lesions are a complication of operative procedures under both general and regional anesthesia. The study incorporates a case of twenty eight year old woman who developed left foot drop after removal of a McDonald cervical suture followed by Caesarean section under subarachnoid block [SAB]. Intra-operatively, she was put in lithotomy position for removal of the McDonald cervical suture. Her neurological deficit gradually recovered over the next ten months. We suggest that intra-operative positioning for cervical suture removal may have caused this injury
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The aims of the study are to determine the radioactivity concentrations of [226]Ra, [238]U, [232]Th and [40]K in vegetables of a recently found high background radiation area of south-eastern part of Bangladesh and to detect the radiological risks to human from intake of these vegetables. 10 plant samples were collected randomly from different locations of the study area. The radio-nuclides in papaya were measured by direct gamma-ray spectrometry using HPGe detector. The average activity concentrations of [226]Ra, [238]U, 232Th and [40]K in papaya samples were 80.95 +/- 13.61, 64.77 +/- 38.47, 83.53 +/- 20.50 and 1691.45 +/- 244.98 Bq kg[-1] respectively. The annual effective ingestion dose due to intake of papaya was 1.1 mSv Y[-1]. The concentrations of radio-nuclides in the papaya samples found in present study were higher than the world average values suggested by the UNSCEAR. The annual effective ingestion dose was found 3.8 times higher than total exposure per person resulting from the ingestion of terrestrial radioisotopes