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Foot Ankle Surg ; 21(3): 202-5, 2015 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26235861

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis is an important salvage method for patients with complex hindfoot problems. This study reports the elective results of combined subtalar and ankle arthrodesis using one design of retrograde intramedullary compression nail. METHODS: Retrospective review identified 58 patients undergoing 59 tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis procedures. Mean follow up was 9.15 (3-36) months with average age 60.7 (22-89) years. A function and subjective patient satisfaction questionnaire was achieved in 89%. RESULTS: 53 patients (93%) achieved union at a mean time of 4.17 months. Four patients (8%) subjectively thought the procedure was of no benefit while 42 (84%) had an excellent or good result. The mean visual analogue scale (VAS) score for preoperative functional pain was 7.46 compared to 1.98 post-operatively (p<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: This device and technique offers an effective treatment of hindfoot pathology giving reliable compression and subsequent fusion with excellent patient satisfaction and pain relief. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: IV case series.


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Ankle Joint/surgery , Arthrodesis/methods , Bone Nails , Calcaneus/surgery , Talus/surgery , Tibia/surgery , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Patient Satisfaction , Retrospective Studies , Time Factors , Treatment Outcome , Young Adult
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Ann Rheum Dis ; 64(7): 981-7, 2005 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15640265

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Proteoglycan aggrecan (PG)-induced arthritis (PGIA) is the only systemic autoimmune murine model which affects the axial skeleton, but no studies have been performed characterising the progression of spine involvement. OBJECTIVES: To follow pathological events in experimental spondylitis, and underline its clinical, radiographic, and histological similarities to human ankylosing spondylitis (AS); and to determine whether the spondyloarthropathy is a shared phenomenon with PGIA, or an "independent" disease. METHODS: Arthritis/spondylitis susceptible BALB/c and resistant DBA/2 mice, and their F1 and F2 hybrids were immunised with cartilage PG, and radiographic and histological studies were performed before onset and weekly during the progression of spondylitis. RESULTS: About 70% of the PG immunised BALB/c mice develop spondyloarthropathy (proteoglycan-induced spondylitis (PGISp), and the progression of the disease is very similar to human AS. It begins with inflammation in the sacroiliac joints and with enthesitis, and then progresses upwards, affecting multiple intervertebral disks. In F2 hybrids of arthritis/spondylitis susceptible BALB/c and resistant DBA/2 mice the incidence of arthritis was 43.5%, whereas the incidence of spondylitis was >60%. Some arthritic F2 hybrid mice had no spondylitis, whereas others developed spondylitis in the absence of peripheral arthritis. CONCLUSIONS: The PGISp model provides a valuable tool for studying autoimmune reactions in spondylitis, and identifying genetic loci associated with spondyloarthropathy.


Subject(s)
Disease Models, Animal , Intervertebral Disc , Sacroiliac Joint , Spondylitis, Ankylosing/immunology , Animals , Arthritis, Experimental/immunology , Arthritis, Experimental/pathology , Autoimmune Diseases/immunology , Autoimmune Diseases/pathology , Disease Progression , Female , Immunization , Intervertebral Disc/immunology , Intervertebral Disc/pathology , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Mice, Inbred DBA , Models, Animal , Proteoglycans , Sacroiliac Joint/immunology , Sacroiliac Joint/pathology , Spondylitis, Ankylosing/chemically induced , Spondylitis, Ankylosing/pathology
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Clin Exp Immunol ; 129(2): 224-31, 2002 Aug.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-12165077

ABSTRACT

Mucosal tolerance is a natural mechanism that prevents immunological reactions to antigens by altering the activity of immune cells of pathogenic clones without modulating the entire immune system. This 'natural immune suppression' can be exploited when antigen(s) of the target organ in an autoimmune disease is used for mucosal treatment. Being inspired by the experimental results in animal models, clinical trials using type II collagen for mucosal treatment have been conducted in rheumatoid arthritis. High-density proteoglycan (aggrecan) is another major macromolecular component in articular cartilage, and may be a candidate autoantigen for provoking immune reactions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Indeed, like type II collagen, systemic immunization of genetically susceptible mice with proteoglycan (PG) aggrecan induces progressive autoimmune polyarthritis. Here, we investigated whether intranasally applied PG can be effective in suppressing PG-induced arthritis (PGIA) in BALB/c mice. We found that nasal administration of 100 microg PG exerted a strong suppressive effect on both the incidence and severity of the disease, most probably by reducing responsiveness towards the immunizing PG antigen. When we transferred PGIA into genetically matched but immunodeficient SCID mice, we were able to establish a tolerized state, but only if the recipient SCID mice received lymphocytes from tolerized animals and intranasal treatment with PG was continued. Without nasally administered antigen, the transferred anergic cells recovered and arthritis rapidly developed in a severe form. Intranasal PG treatment of recipient SCID mice was ineffective when cells from non-tolerized arthritic donors were transferred, in which case the regular weekly 'tolerizing' dose of PG made the disease worse. Our results suggest that mucosal treatment in an already existing disease may result in paradoxical outcomes.


Subject(s)
Antigens/administration & dosage , Arthritis, Experimental/immunology , Arthritis, Experimental/therapy , Extracellular Matrix Proteins , Administration, Intranasal , Adoptive Transfer , Aggrecans , Animals , Arthritis, Rheumatoid/immunology , Arthritis, Rheumatoid/therapy , Autoimmunity , Collagen Type II/immunology , Cytokines/metabolism , Female , Humans , Immune Tolerance , Immunity, Mucosal , Immunosuppression Therapy , Interleukin-2/biosynthesis , Lectins, C-Type , Lymphocyte Activation , Mice , Mice, Inbred BALB C , Mice, SCID , Proteoglycans/administration & dosage , Proteoglycans/immunology , Self Tolerance , T-Lymphocytes/immunology
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Int Urol Nephrol ; 32(2): 281-4, 2000.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11229650

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVES: PSA is regarded as the best method in the follow-up of prostate carcinoma. After radical vesiculo-prostatectomy the prostate carcinoma seldom recurs at zero or nearly zero PSA levels. METHODS: The authors have used PSA since 1989 and they have found only one case where metastasis in the tibia came without an increase in PSA levels. RESULTS: Tibia metastasis showed lower tissue activity of PSA than did the primary tumor in the prostate. The authors think this explains the zero PSA level when the metastasis developed. CONCLUSIONS: The authors think based on their case that PSA free progression prostate cacncers may cases where the metastases do not produce PSA.


Subject(s)
Adenocarcinoma/secondary , Adenocarcinoma/surgery , Bone Neoplasms/secondary , Prostatectomy , Prostatic Neoplasms/pathology , Prostatic Neoplasms/surgery , Tibia , Adenocarcinoma/blood , Aged , Bone Neoplasms/blood , Humans , Male , Prostate-Specific Antigen/blood , Prostatic Neoplasms/blood
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