ABSTRACT
We have treated six patients with chronic pain following nerve injury using a cryosurgical probe. All had a significant return of hand function and improvement of pain during a mean follow-up of 13.5 months. Open visualisation of the injured nervous tissue is essential for patients undergoing this technique. Four patients regained normal sensation in the dermatome of the previously injured nerve.
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Arm Injuries/surgery , Cryosurgery , Neuralgia/surgery , Radial Nerve/injuries , Radial Neuropathy/surgery , Skin/innervation , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Chronic Disease , Cryosurgery/instrumentation , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Neuroma/surgery , Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms/surgery , Radial Nerve/surgerySubject(s)
Compartment Syndromes/etiology , Lifting/adverse effects , Acute Disease , Adult , Female , Forearm , HumansABSTRACT
We present a previously undescribed injury of avulsion of the ulnar collateral ligament of the thumb IP joint. Stress radiographs may be used to confirm the diagnosis in cases of clinical suspicion.
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Collateral Ligaments/injuries , Joints/injuries , Thumb/injuries , Adult , Bone Wires , Collateral Ligaments/diagnostic imaging , Collateral Ligaments/surgery , Female , Humans , Joint Dislocations/diagnostic imaging , Joint Dislocations/surgery , Joints/surgery , Postoperative Complications/diagnostic imaging , Radiography , Rupture , Thumb/diagnostic imaging , Thumb/surgeryABSTRACT
We report a new method of ankle arthrodesis which combines an anterior approach with a dowel technique of bone grafting and screw fixation. In 20 ankles of 20 patients, ten with osteoarthritis, eight with rheumatoid arthritis and two others, we achieved 19 solid bony fusions and one painless fibrous ankylosis. The average time to union was 12.5 weeks. Patient satisfaction was high and the functional results were as good as for other reported methods, with fewer complications.