This issue of VHJOE presents expert reviews
from Dr. Baron on intestinal stenting and Dr. Rex on some
interesting aspects regarding polypectomies. These articles
give some clinical pearls and practical demonstrations from
physicians with a large "hands-on" and academic
experience in their respective topics. We hope the reader
can use these articles and the other expert reviews in VHJOE
to improve his or her own practice of medicine.
For my part, I would like to show how the Visible Human Interactive
Atlas may be useful in understanding this issue's review articles
through the use of anatomy models. (A model is a segmented
part of real anatomy from the Visible Human database.)
Usually, when one accesses the Visible Human data through
the Visible Human Interactive Atlas, one makes an anatomy
model to use as a target in which to orient a plane. The plane
then returns the detailed anatomy from the Visible Human database.
However, the models are also useful as study guides, and can
be moved laterally, vertically, rotated, and zoomed in or
out. In my opinion, the respective anatomy covered by the
review articles seems like it can be better visualized using
models than using oblique slices. One can see for instance,
the tortuosity of a normal colon in the area of the sigmoid
colon and at the splenic and hepatic flexures. I encourage
the reader to see and manipulate these models using the links
supplied in this editorial.
Editorial Board:
Manoop S. Bhutani, M.D. Galveston, TX
William R. Brugge, M.D. Boston, MA
Peter R. McNally, D.O. Denver, CO
Iqbal S. Sandhu, M.D. Salt Lake City, UT Thomas J. Savides, M.D.
San Diego, CA
