– See: – Obstetrical Paralysis: – Upper Trunk Brachial Plexus Injuries in Adults; – Discussion: – most common birth related neuropraxia (about 48%); – lesion of C5 & C6 roots are usually produced by widening of the head shoulder interval (in some cases C7 is involved as … Read more
– See: – Bone Tumor Menu: – Eosinophilic Granuloma of Spine: – Discussion: – includes a group of disorders characterized by a variety of tumor like lesions, which arise from from clonal proliferation of Langerhans- type histiocytes; – most common in children less than 12 … Read more
– See: Bone Tumor Menu / Multiple Enchodromatosis (Ollier’s Disease) – Discussion: – benign and asymptomatic cartilaginous tumor of bone which most often occurs in adolescents or young adults; – it is an intramedullary cartilage lesion located in central metaphysis; – intramedullary tumor develops in adjacent metaphysis and may … Read more
– Discussion: – RA manifests itself in many ways in elbow joint, including nodules and bursae, synovitis, progressive joint destruction, antecubital cysts, & ulnar or, rarely posterior interosseous palsy; – note that involvement of the RA elbow is infrequently an isolated and therefore it is important to consider possible involvement in the wrist … Read more
– Discussion: – is the most severe and is the most common of the dystrophies; – clinical manifestations are usually obvious by 3 years of age, with child experiencing particular difficulty in running and climbing; – toe walking may be an early manifestation; – proximal … Read more
(See also: brachial plexus) Anatomy dorsal scapular nerve to both rhomboids is typically derived from C5 neve close to intervertebral foramen and runs downward and backward thru or across surface of middle scalene, parallel to & below accessory nerve; it then passes medial to or thru levator scapulae (to which it may give a branch) and descends on the … Read more
– See: – Plating Techniques – Radial Shaft Fractures: Discussion – Discussion: – dorsolateral approach is best suited to frxs of proximal & middle thirds of radius as well as to address injury to proximal RU joint; – advantages: – … Read more
– Discussion: – w/ arm in external rotation, upper & lower borders of subscapularis can be visualized and palpated; – rotator cuff interval (soft spot) between supraspinatus & subscapularis is identified; – subscapularis tendon is tagged just shy of insertion; – subscapularis tendon and subajacent capsule are … Read more
– Discussion: – adduction contractures of shoulder and flexion contractures of elbow are not a problem in themselves, as muscle weakness renders patient unable to abduct the arm above the level of the shoulder or to extend the elbow against gravity; – pronation contractures of the forearm and flexion contractures … Read more
– Discussion: (distal radius fracture menu) – technique of closed reduction – position of immobilization: – generally need to avoid positions of marked palmar flexion & ulnar deviation (Cotton-Loder position); – a truly stable fracture will probably be stable in any position once it is reduced; … Read more