Data Trace Editor – See: – Finger Tip Injuries – Brunner Type Incisions: – The zig-zag volar-digital incision for flexor tendon surgery. – Midaxial Incision: – indications: septic arthritis of IP joints and MP joint of thumb; – site for placing midaxial incision is performed by flexing finger & marking the … Read more
– See: – Phalangeal Injury – Menu – Thumb Defects: – Moberg Flap – Nail Bed Injuries: – if injury damages the distal phalanx, particularly when the damage extends into germinal matrix, the nail will probably be irregular and … Read more
– Finkelstein’s test: – ask patient to make a fist over his thumb, and ulnarly deviating wrist – sharp pain at this site is produced by active extension and abduction of the thumb against resistance; – Differential Diagnosis: – DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis must be differentiated from degenerative arthritis & trapeziometacarpal joint; … Read more
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Acta Orthop Scand. 1994 Feb;65(1):103-106 Reigstad A, Hetland KR, Bye K, Waage S, Røkkum M, Husby T ABSTRACT We reconstructed in 24 patients, traumatic tissue loss in the foot with 10 lateral arm flaps and 14 scapular flaps. The mean follow-up was 4 (1-7) years. There was 1 flap loss, and 1 … Read more
Foot Ankle Int. 2008 Jun;29(6):554-560 Jeng CL, Kadakia A, White KL, Myerson MS ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Fresh osteochondral total ankle allograft transplantation has been reported in the literature with survival rates between 50% and 92% at 1- to 12-years followup. The goal of this study was to present the results of total ankle … Read more
Foot Ankle Int. 2005 Oct;26(10):793-802 Meehan R, McFarlin S, Bugbee W, Brage M ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Conventional treatment for tibiotalar joint arthritis relies on arthrodesis or prosthetic arthroplasty. Fresh osteochondral allografting is an alternative procedure to replace diseased articular cartilage. METHODS: Eleven patients (average age 43 years; range 18 to 65 years) had fresh … Read more
Foot Ankle Int. 2004 Jun;25(6):377-381 Dyrby C, Chou LB, Andriacchi TP, Mann RA ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the function of the ankle joint during walking before and after Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (STAR™ Ankle). METHODS: Nine patients (six males and three females) with an average age … Read more
– Discussion: – fibrosarcoma of bone occurs most often in adolescents or young adults; – presents in major long bones, presenting as painful mass; – preoperative staging studies are needed to differentiate low grade stage I fibrosarcomas from high grade stage II lesions; – X-rays – poorly defined, … Read more
– See: Soft Tumor Menu – Discussion: – an invasive, malignant, spindle cell tumor which demonstrates cellular atypia, mitosis, & formation of type I collagen; – it is less aggressive in soft tissue than in bone; – most common soft tissue sarcoma in infants; – lower limb … Read more