– See: Knee Joint Menu – Discussion: – arthroscopy of the arthritic knee – Arthroscopy following TKR – chondral and osteochondral injuries of the knee – meniscal tears: – prevalence of wrong pre-operative diagnosis or additional pathology: – always consider an alternative diagnosis especially in younger patients (in whom bone tumors should be considered); – ” … Read more
– Discussion: – for diagnosing infectious tenosynovitis; – intense pain accompanies any attempt to extend partly flexed finger; – this is absent in local involvement; – pain will be noted along the course of tendon with extension; … Read more
– Discussion: – one of most common knee injuries in children; – most common in children between ages of 8-14 yrs; – usually result from avulsions of anterior intercondylar eminence from pull of ACL; – fragment of tibial spine may be non displaced, or … Read more
– Synovial F. Exam: – Pauciarticular JRA – Polyarticular JRA – seronegative Arthritides – Osteochondroses (LCP, Osgood-Schlatter dz) – Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis – Lyme Disease – Oseoid Osteoma – Foreign body synovitis
– 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
– 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
– 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
Index P: Pagets Disease Panner’s Disease Parsonage-Turner Syndrome Parosteal Osteosarcoma Patella Infera Pathologic Fracture: Diff dx Pauciarticular JRA Pediatric Spine Peripheral Neuropathies Perthes Disease Periosteal Osteosarcoma Peripheral Neuropathies PeriLunate Instability Periosteal Chondroma Pes anserinus Pes Cavus Pigmented Villonodular synovitis Planovalgus Plates Poliomyelitis Polyarticular JRA Polydactyly of Hand Polydactyly of Foot Polyethylene Polymyalgia Rhematica Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis … Read more