Dinesh Palipana

Sep 22, 2024 | insightplus.mja.com.au | Dinesh Palipana

With complex interplay between health and other aspects of life, it remains to be seen how the Disability Royal Commission’s work will impact the health of Australians with disability. An estimated 1 in 6 Australians experience disability, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Adults with disability in Australia report poorer health compared to people without disability.

Aug 25, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Dinesh Palipana |Lynn Marie Morski |Stephen Foley |Homer Moutran

In 2024, I met a Tamil doctor at an event. We spoke of memories from our childhood in Sri Lanka. We had one stark memory to share: burning bodies in stacks of tires, with beheaded human beings nearby. This was life in the Sinhalese-Tamil ethnic war in the eighties, nineties, and beyond, coupled with a Marxist-Leninist insurrection in the country. Yet, there we were, two doctors, one born a Tamil and one a Sinhalese, two ethnicities once at war, now Australians at peace, celebrating friendship.

Jun 16, 2024 | mja.com.au | Amy Sweeny |Gerben Keijzers |Dinesh Palipana |John Gerrard

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (11): 579-581. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.52321 Published online: 17 June 2024 After the World Health Organization declared the international coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic on 11 March 2020, Australian governments introduced stringent public health measures, including stay‐at‐home orders, school and business closures, and interstate border closures.

Feb 19, 2024 | radiopaedia.org | Dinesh Palipana |Rohit Sharma

The lateral corticospinal tract is formed at the level of the of the medullary pyramids when the majority (90%) of descending corticospinal tract fibers decussate. The remaining 10% do not decussate and form the much smaller anterior corticospinal tract. A few non-decussated fibers may enter the lateral corticospinal tract 1,2. The lateral corticospinal tract descends along the lateral funicular and then lies anterolateral to the dorsal horn.

Dec 14, 2023 | radiopaedia.org | Dinesh Palipana |Ashesh Ishwarlal Ranchod

The ligamentum nuchae or nuchal ligament is a large median ligament composed of tendons and fascia located between the posterior muscles of the neck. The ligament nuchae covers the spines of C1 to C6 vertebrae. It is a superior and posterior extension of the supraspinous ligament. It rises from the spinous process of C7 to the inion of the occipital bone, attaching all the posterior tips of the spinous processes in between. It is thick and strong, limiting hyperflexion of the neck.