... and their treatment, including patient parameters, mode of trauma, level of injury, type of fracture, injury surgery interval, kyphotic angles (pre-operative, post-operative, loss of kyphosis), ... kyphosis of 28-degrees patient with showing1 unstable L1 fracture b) lateral radiogram of a showing preoperative a) AP and b) lateral radiogram of a patient with unstable L1 fracture with kyphosis of ... and simple treatment, offering the advantage of incorporating fewer motion segments in the fusion [14-17] A review of the literature showed that SSPF alone led to a 9–54% incidence of implant...
... et al found that the incidence of supracondylar fractures was 12% of all femoral fractures and out of the 12 supracondylar fractures in their study of 112 femoral fractures were displaced and were ... ability of the femur to deformity remodeling at this level The treatmentof displaced supracondylar fractures of the femur depends on the age and size of the child, the site, the pattern of the fracture ... the size of the femur, similar to the treatmentof a supracondylar fractureof the humerus [2] However, this method may need post-operative cast immobilization and there is a chance of intra-articular...
... the lack of motion at the dysplastic hip, causing a low energy spiral fracture There was a debate about the best treatment for this woman The optimal treatment for femoral mid-shaft fractures ... difficulties of antegrade nailing due to the distorted anatomy and the limited ability of intraoperative traction and manipulation because of hip ankylosis in 15° of flexion and as a result of previous ... of acetabular graft and diaphyseal cerclage wires Three months postoperatively, the fracture had healed, the cup showed no signs of migration (Figures 2,3,4,5), there was a normal hip range of...
... the lack of motion at the dysplastic hip, causing a low energy spiral fracture There was a debate about the best treatment for this woman The optimal treatment for femoral mid-shaft fractures ... difficulties of antegrade nailing due to the distorted anatomy and the limited ability of intraoperative traction and manipulation because of hip ankylosis in 15° of flexion and as a result of previous ... of acetabular graft and diaphyseal cerclage wires Three months postoperatively, the fracture had healed, the cup showed no signs of migration (Figures 2,3,4,5), there was a normal hip range of...
... The eruption of impacted teeth is induced by the guided fractureof the root apex, called apicotomy, resulting from the impact of hammer and chisel, followed by elastic traction of the coronoradicular ... segmentation of the root stucture and minimal risk of damage of the pulp tissue A surgical hammer, weighing 150 g, is part of the basic instruments involved in the surgical technique As part of the ... movement of the corono-radicular process is not reproduced by the apical fractured segment The insertion of an exploratory probe in the fractured line may also reveal a slight expansion of the...
... I is Professor of Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology at the University of Montreal Fearing Others The Nature and Treatmentof Social Phobia Ariel Stravynski University of Montreal ... disruptive social anxiety are features of the lives of many thousands of people But exactly what is social phobia? What causes it? What is its nature and what kinds of treatments can improve it? Using ... and ways of testing them 81 5.3 Reliability: agreeing about the entity of social phobia 86 5.4 Predictors of response to treatment 95 5.5 Social phobia in the family 99 5.6 Association of social...
... by insufficient treatmentof AF or, on the contrary, is caused by adverse effects of the treatment, however, is too realistic to be ignored All we have stated about the treatmentof AF in MICU ... 80% of patients with AF convert to SR within 24 hours The use of β-blockers before the start of AF and the absence of diabetes and left ventricular hypertrophy were independent predictors of conversion ... disease and other nosocomial complications Can treatmentof atrial fibrillation improve survival? There are few data on the effect oftreatmentof AF on mortality in ICU patients A meta-analysis...
... Antipsychotics [29] Initiation ofTreatment First Year ofTreatment Duration ofTreatment • Baseline fasting glucose level • Fasting glucose level every 3–4 months • Observe for signs of hyperglycemia • ... of our patients develop renal disease, psychiatrists must be aware of the effects of psychotropics on the kidneys, as well the effects of decreased renal functioning on the pharmacokinetics of ... bioavailability of free, active highly protein-bound drugs Accumulation of active hydroxylated metabolites of carbamazepine may lead to symptoms of drug toxicity despite therapeutic drug levels [70] Of all...
... mind, in the presence of adherent scars, after having infiltrated the whole area with a solution of Lidocaine 0.5% and Epinephrine 1:200,000 very close to one of the two edges of the scar, a small ... that brings great improvement to the treatmentof depressed scars AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS FI: participated in the surgical treatment and in the follow-up of this patient MT: drafted the manuscript ... literature FMA: participated in the surgical treatment and in the follow-up of this patient MM: participated in the design of this case study and in the follow-up of this patient ADI: revised the literature...
... Position of Occlusion Begnning of the CCA Begnning of the CCA Begnning of the ICA Left cavernous sinus part of the ICA, right beginning of the ICA Begnning of the ICA Symptom Other aeurysms SAH PCA SAH ... sclerosis of the CCA PCA VA→ECA→IC A Present case 2010 69/F Arterio- Begnning SAH sclerosis of the ICA No No Year Age/ Cause gender 41/F aortitis 63/M Position of Occlusion Begnning of the CCA ... arteries The angiograph of the vertebral artery showed no delay in the blood flow of anterior circulation The saccular aneurysm with a diameter of 3.2 mm was observed at the apex of the basilar artery...
... Different methods of decompressive craniectomy in the treatmentof TBI Different methods of decompressive craniectomy have been developed for, or applied to, decompression of the brain at risk ... most authors.11, 26 The temporary removal of a piece of skull followed by loose closure of the dura and skin layers presumably allows for expansion of the edematous brain into a durotomy “bag” ... comes down to the floor of the middle cranial fossa, at the root of the zygoma; this ensures adequate lateral decompression of the temporal lobe, allowing it to “fall out” of its usual calvarial...
... indication of techniques for the treatmentof this kind of surgical complication Spontaneous healing of to mm openings can occur, while untreated larger defects are connected with the pathogenesis of ... attention for the presence of sporadic intraoral drainage in posterior left maxilla The discomfort was of a few years duration and had its origin following an endodontic treatmentof tooth 2.6 provided ... characteristics of OAC/OAF; the apexes of tooth 26 were in extremely close approximation to the maxillary sinus, and an area of periapical rarefaction was evident (Fig 1) After the failure of the endodontic...
... restraints of the surgery RESULTS A total of 174 people (77 women, 97 men; mean age 64, range 22-89) were included Length of follow-up was at least years with a maximum of years Location of facet ... the treatmentof low back syndrome Pain 1977;3:257-63 Savitz MH Percutaneous radiofrequency rhizotomy of the lumbar facets: ten years' experience Mt Sinai J Med 1991;58:177-8 Schaerer JP Radiofrequency ... elsewhere as treatment prior to considering the endoscopic option The facet injections in these 72 patients gave 50 to 100% relief of their pain in 86% of the patients with a median relief period of months...
... objectives adaptation and the development of new forms oftreatment are necessary This team is composed of the lymphologist or professional trained in the treatmentof lymphedema, psychologists, nutritionists, ... was developed for the treatmentof the lower extremities by producing dorsoflexion of the foot and allows treatment sessions of hours or more daily with losses of as much as 20 cm in circumference ... research of lymphedema with excellent results attending the necessities of patients from distant localities This option of simple and feasible treatment can change the lives of millions of people...
... adhered to the dosing schedule less than 75% of the time Method of assigning patients to treatment groups Patients were assigned to treatment groups (order of treatments) using computer-generated randomization ... ingredients Use of concomitant prohibited medication (narcotics, oral NSAIDs, topical NSAIDs) within four weeks of randomization Use of acetaminophen or ibuprofen within days of randomization ... thus compromising the quality of life of millions of Americans In addition, OA costs the North American economy approximately $60 billion per year Current treatmentof OA includes exercise, heat/cold...
... efficient treatment option even for deep wound infections The most important advantages of this system are an increased localised blood flow, the reduction of tissue bacterial counts, elimination of ... the transport of cellular and humoral components of the immune system to the infected area is facilitated, which leads to a significant reduction of the bacterial count The efficacy of the V.A.C ... reduction, the V.A.C.-system is not often used in the treatmentof prosthesis – related infections Currently, there exist only four reports about the use of the V.A.C – system in the infection...
... total dose of antibiotics should not exceed 10% of the weight of the cement in order to avoid fractureof the cement spacer [27] The implantation of an ALC spacer shortens the duration of systemic ... time of reimplantation and allow delivery of the antibiotics of choice according to sensitivities [23,36] The disadvantage of a static spacer is that it does not allow physiological motion of the ... substantial impairment of patients’ normal daily activities during the prolonged course oftreatment Another drawback of the static spacer is bone loss attributed to migration of the block spacer...
... of soft-tissue shortening and provision of sufficient infection therapy is the usage of temporary, antibiotic-loaded cement spacers [5, 7, 14, 24] Although their indication in the treatmentof ... the diagnosis of an osteomyelitis of the femoral head Table 1: Patients’ data, surgical procedures, and causative organisms at the site of hip spacer implantation in the treatmentof coxitis and ... Fig 2: Evaluation of the hip joint function by the Merle d’ Aubigne score at the site of spacer implantation in the treatmentof proximal femur infections Fig 3: Evaluation of the hip joint function...
... possibility of a bone fracture and reconstructive strategies regarding both infection eradication and fracturetreatment The etiology of dislocations after total hip arthroplasty is often multifactorial ... properties of gentamicin-loaded hip spacers after insertion of Kirschner wires [31] Stress experiments showed an average failure load of 1.6 kN The insertion of the K-wires prevented any dislocation of ... review of the literature South Med J 2007; 100: 712-6 Cabrita HB, Croci AT, Camargo OP, Lima AL Prospective study of the treatmentof infected hip arthroplasties with or without the use of an...
... with endoscopic laminoforaminoplasty via a small incision, of less than one inch Materials and Methods Twelve patients were treated with endoscopic laminoforaminoplasty (ELFP) of the thoracic spine ... small study group Conflict of Interest The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists References Kunogi J, Hasue M Diagnosis and operative treatmentof intraforaminal and extraforaminal ... neural structures increases the risk of adverse events with invasive approaches Open surgical correction is the current standard of care for foraminal stenosis of cervical and lumbar vertebrae Open...