– 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
Haglund’s Deformity Halo Collar Hallux Valgus Hallux Rigidus Hammer Toes Hand Menu Hand Infections Head Injury Heat Stroke Heel Pain Heel Strike … Read more
Gait Gamekeeper’s thumb Ganglion cyst Gaucher’s Disease Genu Varum Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Glasgow Coma Scale Glomus Tumor Glycosaminoglycan Gout Grafts, bone Greenstick Fracture Grice Arthrodesis Gustilo Classification Guyon’s Tunnel Gun Shot Wounds Index: H Halo Collar Hallux Valgus Hallux Rigidus Hammer Toes Hand Menu Head Injury Hemangioma Hemarthrosis of Knee Hemiarthroplasty Hemochromatosis Henoch … Read more
– Discussion: – shows characteristic “cobblestone” pattern; – areas of round, plump chondroblasts (stones), enmeshed in chondroid matrix; – nodular areas of a chondroid tissue are prominent; – cartilagenous matrix may have small foci of calcification between between chondroblasts (chicken wire calcification) around islands of cartilage; … Read more
– Diff Dx: – Intracapsular Fractures – Toxic Synovitis of the Hip – Septic Arthritis – Osteomyelitis – Legg Perthes disease in children. – Clinical Features: – person suffering from a painful Hip Joint effusion is most comfortable when seated with the painful thigh … Read more