Zimmer Patient Care, a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co ., began designing the new dermatome about five years ago but never developed it because of the bleak financial picture.
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A "'dermatome "'is a surgical instrument used to produce thin slices of skin from a donor area, in order to use them for making skin grafts.
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"Herpes zoster may have additional symptoms, depending on the dermatome involved . " Herpes zoster ophthalmicus " involves the orbit of the eye and occurs in approximately 10 25 % of cases.
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If Collagenesis chooses not to take the skin, then the banks can supply it to another company and Collagenesis would charge a yet-to-be-determined fee for the use of its dermatome.
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Although analgesia in this distribution is " nonphysiologic " in the traditional sense ( because it crosses several dermatomes ), this analgesia is found in humans after surgical sectioning of the spinal tract of the trigeminal nucleus.
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A positive "'Spurling's sign "'( i . e . the Spurling's test is positive ) is when the pain arising in the neck radiates in the direction of the corresponding dermatome ipsilaterally.
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In some cases, the dermatome is less specific ( when a spinal nerve is the source for more than one cutaneous nerve ), and in other cases it is more specific ( when a cutaneous nerve is derived from multiple spinal nerves .)
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Viruses that lie dormant in nerve ganglia ( e . g . varicella zoster virus, which causes both chickenpox and herpes zoster commonly shingles ), often cause either pain, rash or both in a pattern defined by a dermatome ( a zosteriform pattern ).
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People who have some preservation of sensation in the dermatomes at the S4 and S5 levels and display a bulbocavernosus reflex ( contraction of the pelvic floor in response to pressure on the clitoris or glans penis ) are usually able to experience reflex erections or lubrication.
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At first the rash appears similar to the first appearance of hives; however, unlike hives, shingles causes skin changes limited to a dermatome, normally resulting in a stripe or belt-like pattern that is limited to one side of the body and does not cross the midline.
