– See: Total Hip Replacement Menu: – arterial injuries: in THR – nerve injury – nerve palsy from TKR – Discussion: – incidence of sciatic (tibial and/or peroneal) &/or femoral palsies after THR ranges from 1-3%; – incidence of nerve palsy is 1-2% of primary … Read more
– Discussion: – NSAIA (member of the arylacetic acid group); – for symptomatic RA, bone pain; – primary dysmenorrhea, acute tendinitis and bursitis, mild to moderate pain: – Adult: – typical dose: 250 mg PO bid or 500 mg PO bid (500-1250 mg/24hr PO divided bid); … Read more
Co-authored by Edward Harvey M.D. – Discussion: – symptomatic hip almost uniformly progresses to further collapse without treatment; – collapse rates approach greater than 85% in the symptomatic hips, even if first seen in the earliest stages; – treatment plan for the asymptomatic AVN is controversial; – approx … Read more
– See: DDH – Main Discussion – Discussion: – 95-98% of DDH cases are possibly reversible; – 2% of DDH cases may have teratologic dislocation which is generally not reversible; – less than 2% of infants will have a positive Barlow’s test (dislocatable hip); … Read more
– Discussion: – disorder of spinal cord development/closure or secondary rupture of developing cord secondary to hydrocephalus; – term myelodysplasia includes: – spina bifida occulta – meningocele: sac without neural elements protruding through defect; – myelomeningocele; … Read more
– Use of Medications in Pregnancy: – calcium supplementation – intra-articular steroids – note that intra-articular steroids may interfere w/ lactation in nursing mothers; – ref: The use of antirheumatic medication during pregnancy and in the puerperium. – Surgical Considerations: – positioning: – avoid supine positioning because of hypotensive effects from aortocaval compression by the … Read more
– Discussion: – derives from lateral cord (C5, C6): – musculocutaneous nerve passes through coracobrachialis; between biceps & brachialis, & becomes lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve at elbow; – it has only muscular branches above elbow & only sensory branches below; – lesion of this nerve produces weakness of … Read more
Section Editor Dean Taylor, MD – See: Muscle Anatomy, Histology, & Physiology; A Abductor Digiti Minimi Brevis Abductor Digiti Minimi (hand) Abductor Hallucis Abductor Pollicis Brevis Abductor Pollicis Longus Anconeus Adductor Brevis Adductor Hallucis Adductor Longus Adductor Magnus Adductor Pollicis B Biceps Brachii Biceps Femoris Brachialis Brachioradialis C Coracobrachialis D Deltoid Dorsal Interossei of Feet … Read more
– See: Bone Tumor Menu – Discussion: – an osteochondroma that results from a dysplasia of peripheral growth plate; – as its name implies, multiple hereditary exostosis is an inherited condition which produces multiple exostoses; – occurs in 1 out of 50,000 people; – … Read more
Discussion multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (a common type of osteochondrodysplasia) is characterized by disturbance of normal ossification w/ in epiphysis; pathologic abnormality is a disturbance in enchondral ossification of epiphyses and physes; is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with variable expressivity; disorder is manifested as multiple areas of abnormal growth and ossification of the epiphysis; … Read more