The Hip - book

Glomus Tumor

    – Discussion:     – glomus body is a neuromyoarterial apparatus;     – glomus is a controlled arteriovenous anastomosis or shunt between terminal vessels;     – its function is to regulate peripheral blood flow in the digits;     – majority of the lesions occur in females between the ages of … Read more

GLUCAGON

– Discussion:  – for treatment of severe hypoglycemic reactions in diabetic patients with insufficient liver glycogen stores;  – Adult: 0.5 – 1.0mg SQ, IM, or IV, repeated at 20 min intervals as needed;  – administration of IV glucose is necessary if pt fails to respond to glucagon;  – Peds: 0.03-0.1 mg/kg/dose SQ, IM, or IV … Read more

Girdlestone Arthroplasty

– Girdlestone:   – references:       – Treatment of chronic infected hip arthroplasty wounds by radical debridement and obliteration with pedicled and free muscle flaps.       – Management of the Recalcitrant Total-Hip Arthroplasty Wound.      – Resection arthroplasty of the hip

Girdlestone Taylor Procedure

– Discussion:        – this procedure allows long toe flexors to behave like intrinsic muscles producing active plantar flexion at MP joints & extension at IP joint;        – indicated for flexible hammer toes and claw toes;        – inform pt that toe ischemia sometimes follows correction of this … Read more

Genetic Disorders and congenital malformations

  Achondroplasia   Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia   Multiple Cartilaginous Exostoses   Osteogenesis Imperfecta   Marfan’s   Mucopolysaccharidoses   Hypophosphatemic Vitamin D-resistant rickets Medical Progress: Epiphyseal Disorders. Pathogenic mechanisms in osteochondrodysplasias. Asymmetrical arrest of the proximal tibial physis and genu recurvatum deformity. Adolescent tibia vara: alternatives for operative treatment.

Genital Femoral Nerve

– Discussion:     – arises from L1  and L2;     – in abdomen, it descends on anterior surface of Psoas and then divides into genital and femoral branches;     – genital branch innervates cremaster muscle and gives twigs to scrotum and adjacent thigh;     – femoral branch passes under inguinal ligament & … Read more

Gentamicin/Garamycin

– See: Aminoglycocides – Discussion:     – indicated for serious Gm Neg infections caused by suseptable Pseudomonas, Proteus,  E. coli, Klebsiella, Enterobacter sp., Serratia, and Gm Neg Sepsis;     – as with all aminoglycocides, gentamicin binds to bacterial ribosomes and inhibits protein synthesis;     – tobramycin is more active than gentamicin against Pseudomonas, including … Read more

Gentamicin in the Renal Failure Patient

– dosage must be adjusted in pts with impaired renal failure to assure adequate, but not excessive, blood levels; – one method of dosage adjustment is to increase the interval between administration of the usual dosages; – the interval between doses (in hrs) may be approximated by multiplying the serum creatinine level (mg/100 ml) by 8;   … Read more