– Discussion: (distal radius fracture menu) – closed reduction & immobilization in plaster cast remains accepted method of treatment for majority of stable distal radius frx; – unstable fractures will often lose reduction in the cast and will slip back to the pre-reduction position; – patients should … Read more
– See: – Cervical Spondylosis: – SCIWORA Syndrome – Discussion: – are most frequent at C 6-7 level but also occur at C 5-6 & to a lesser extent at C4-5 & other levels; – in relatively younger persons soft disk protrussion is more common … Read more
ATB Index: C Carbenicillin Cefaclor Cefadroxil … Read more
– Considerations: – assessment of risk: – operative timing: – anesthesia: – in elective hip surgery there is 3-fold decrease in thromboembolic complications from the use of regional anesthesia and SCDs (COOR 1989 Oct (247): 163-7) – in the study by Koval, et al (1999), there was similar mortality … Read more
– Anatomy: – PCL is approximately twice as strong and twice as thick as the normal ACL (therefore less commonly injured); – size: 13 mm, its length, 38 mm, (approximates that of ACL); – origin: – PCL originates from the antero-lateral aspect of … Read more
– See: – El Escorial Revisited: Revised Criteria for the Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – Disorders of Nerves: – Anterior Horn Cell Disorders: – ALS Society Homepage – Discussion: – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a syndrome characterized by both upper and lower motor neuron … Read more
– Position: – place patient in a beach chair position w/ torso flexed 45 deg and the knees flexed to 30 deg; – move patient to the edge of the table (operative side), and use a McConnel positioner to prevent the patient from failing off the table; – patient must lie … Read more
– Discussion: – surgical indications include diabetic neuropathy, osteoarthritis, posttraumatic injury, talar AVN, and RA involving ankle and subtalar joints; – position for pantalar arthrodesis: – 0-5 deg of calcaneus (not equinus) and 5 deg of valgus; – in the report by Chou, et al, the authors … Read more
– Sequential Order of Release: – PCL: (posterior stabilized prosthesis is generally required); – LCL – in general, sepquential elevation of the femoral origin of the LCL is performed prior to release of other structures because … Read more
– See: – TKR Menu: – Collateral ligaments: – Medial Collateral Ligament – Lateral Collateral Ligament – Discussion: – more common in females; – in valgus knee, ligament balancing is more difficult to fix; – the anatomic deformity is usually larger in valgus than in varus, and it is on the femoral side; – femur … Read more