Data Trace Editor – See: innervation muscles lower limb – Discussion: – arises from posterior branches of L5, S1, and S2; – passes from the pelvis below the piriformis muscles in the greater sciatic foramen; – it enters the deep surface of the gluteus maximus muscle, to which it is the sole … Read more
– See: Spondyloarthropathies – Discussion: – associated with a peripheral arthritis, which reflects activity of bowel disease; – frequently associated with erythema nodosum; – large joint oligoarthritis occurs in 10 to 20 % of pts, usually during flares of the bowel disease; – fevers, synovitis, & vesiculopustular … Read more
– Discussion: – methods to prevent infection – report by by Peersman G, et al . – comorbidities that were statistically significant in increasing the risk of infection were prior open surgical procedures, immunosuppressive therapy, poor nutrition, hypokalemia, diabetes mellitus, obesity, and a history of smoking. – prevalence of infection after … Read more
– Diabetic Foot Infection – Deep Puncture Wound: – puncture wounds most often result in staph aureus infections (most common organism), or pseudomonas infection (most common gram negative organism); – staph aureus is the most common organism in soft tissue infections, where as pseudomonas is the most common cause … Read more
– See: Work Up and Treatment: – Bacteriology of Hand infections – Bite Wounds – Clenched Fist Injury – Collar Button Abscess – Felon – High Pressure Injection Injuries – Infectious Flexor Tenosynovitis – Lumbrical Muscle Sheaths – Mid palmar space – Kanavel’s signs … Read more
Periprosthetic knee joint infection following colonoscopy. A case report.
– See: – Hand Infections – Menu – Kanavel’s signs – Thumb Flexor Sheath Infections – Workup and Treatment – Relevant Anatomy: – index, long, & ring tendon sheaths … Read more
– Technique: – goal is to establish closed continuous drainage thru flexor sheath; – tourniquet should be used; – incision & drainage of flexor tendon sheaths are performed from both proximal and distal ends; – palmar incision: – transverse incision is made just proximal to distal palmar crease, over the infected tendon; – spread … Read more
– See Laboratory Finding in Infected THR Discussion: – WBC – ERS – IL-6 – C-reactive protein – references: – Mark B. Coventry Award: Synovial C-reactive Protein: A Prospective Evaluation of a Molecular Marker for Periprosthetic Knee Joint Infection – C reactive protein and skin … Read more
– See: TKR menu, work up of the painful knee, and prevention of infection and infected THR; – Diagnosis: – early dx of an infected prosthesis requires a high index of suspicion. – infection may cause only knee pain, persistent effusion, or early painless loosening, or more obvious signs, including inflammation, drainage, and sepsis; – classification: (ref: … Read more