Data Trace Editor – See: Soft Tissue Tumor Menu – Discussion: – 4th most common soft-tissue sarcoma (5 to 10 percent of all cases of soft-tissue sarcoma) – tumor derived from the synovial tissues found along fascial planes, periarticular structures, and rarely, in joints; – it may involve the … Read more
– Discussion: – caused by non hemolytic Strep and hemolytic Staph aureus; – although staph alone may show up on culture, special attention may must be paid to isolating the microaerophilic Streptococceae; – necrotizing fascitis may occur, especially in diabetics; – any hand infection that does not respond … Read more
– Discussion: – includes ankle disarticulation, removal of malleoli, & anchoring heel pad to the wt bearing surface) allows execellent gait with a cosmetic prosthesis; – symes amputations will not heal w/o palpable posterior artery pulse; – surgery may be performed in 2 stages; – most common … Read more
– See: Acrosyndactyly; – Discussion: – failure of differentiation of the tisses between the fingers at 5th-8th week of intrauterine life (see limb development); – most common in the middle and ring fingers; – syndactyly (webbing or fusion of two or more digits), a result of failure of … Read more
– Acrosyndactyly; – Delta Phalanx; – Poland’s syndrome: – hypoplasia of hand and simple syndactyly of fingers on the same side as the absent pectoral muscles (and other chest wall muscles); – Apert’s Syndrome: – when all digits are … Read more
– See: syndesmotic sprain – Anatomy: – syndesmosis is made up of anterior-inferior tibiofibular ligament, interosseous ligament, and posterior-inferior fibular ligaments, inferior transverse tibiofibular ligament, and interosseous ligament; – these stabilize the mortise by opposing the fibula in the fibular notch (incisura fibularis tibiae); – section of the anterior tibiofibular ligament results in diastasis of … Read more
– See: Technique of Snydesmotic Fixation – Discussion: – if only syndesmotic ligaments are divided (w/ fibula & collateral ligaments intact) there will be no widening of mortise or lateral displacement of talus; – compressing the fibula and tibia above the ankle elicits tenderness at the syndesmosis, implies injury to the … Read more
– Discussion: – fractures of the sustentaculum tali result from landing on the heel combined with severe inversion of the foot; – inversion of foot produces acute pain just below the medial malleolus; – pain may be accentuated by passive hyperextension of the great toe; – this fracture may be mistaken for an ankle fracture; … Read more
– See: – Phalangeal Injury – Thumb Swan Neck Deformity – Transverse Retinacular Ligament – Discussion: – deformity involves hyperextension of PIP Joint w/ flexion of DIP joint; – deformity may start at either the PIP or DIP; – at PIP joint, there … Read more