– for treatment of classical hemophilia A to replace missing clotting factor to correct or prevent bleeding episodes of perform emergency or elective surgery; – Dosage: 1 AFH unit/kg increases Factor VIII concentration in body by approx 2%; – Prophylaxis of spontaneous hemorrhage = 5% normal; – Hemostasis following trauma or surgery = 30% normal; … Read more
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– See: – Antibiotic Menu – Osteomyelitis – Perioperative Prophylactic Antibiotics: – the main question we need to ask is what are we trying to accomplish? – obviously we want a strategy that prevents the infection of MRSA, MSSA, staph epi, and anaerobic infections; – giving ancef alone, … Read more
– Seee: Anterior Pelvic Injuries – Discussion: – symphyseal diastasis and/or longitudinal rami fractures; – these injuries result from relatively anterior or posterior forces applied to the anterior or posterior superior iliac spine areas; – this gives rise to forces that tend to disrupt anterior pelvis, either by fracturing … Read more
– See: Hetertopic Ossification of the Elbow: – Discussion: – most indicated for flexion contractures of the elbow (w/o extension contracture); – disadvantages: – some patients may gain extension but will loose flexion (especially if they are casted in extension); … Read more
– See: – Arthroscopic Reconstruction – Historic Operations – Revision Bankart Procedure – Bankart Repair: – reattachment of the capsule and glenoid labrum to the glenoid lip; – subscapularis is carefully divided to expose the capsule, and is reapproximated without any overlap or shortening; – PreOp Eval: – rotatory stress test for anterior instability; – … Read more
– See posterior tibial artery – Anatomy: – anterior tibial artery passes from behind through gap above interosseous membrane to enter anterior compartment of leg and supply its muscles; – as it crosses membrane, it gives off a recurrent branch; – ref: The risk of injury to anterior tibial artery in posterolateral approach to … Read more
– Discussion: – ON THE ARTICULATIONS. by Hippocrates. – pathoanatomy: – bankart lesion – hill sachs lesion – stabilizers of the shoulder: – dynamic / muscular stabilizers – static stabilizers – anteroinferior glenohumeral ligament – references: – Pathoanatomy of first-time, traumatic, anterior glenohumeral subluxation events. – mechanism of anterior dislocations: – combination of abduction, … Read more
– Discussion: – anterior injury may be through symphysis or thru pubic rami unilaterally or bilaterally; – symphysis disruption may also occur with pubic rami fractures; – posterior injury: degree of SI joint disruption depends on the energy sustained during the trauma; … Read more
– See: Anterior Plate Fixation Methods – Indications: – open book pelvis injury w/ greater than a 2.5 cm pubic diastasis; – note that fixation of pubic rami fractures can be much more complex than the fixation of a simple diastasis; – controversies: – posterior injury and need for … Read more