Flexor and Extensor Tendon Injuries

Wright, Phillip E.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-03329-9.50066-0

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“…2,14,22,23 Reconstruction of the UCL has salvaged what used to be a potentially career-ending injury for such athletes. In a recent report, 82% of Major League Baseball pitchers who underwent UCL reconstruction were able to return to pitching with success equaling preinjury levels by a mean of 18.5 months after surgery.…”

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Elbow medial ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction: Clinical relevance and the docking technique

Bowers

Dines

et al. 2010

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

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Elbow medial ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction: Clinical relevance and the docking technique

Bowers

Dines

et al. 2010

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

101

117

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“…It is of importance, besides the hand surgeon, to the plastic surgeon, the ophthalmologist (Bachelor & Jobe, 1980) as well as the otolaryngologist (Song & Bromberg, 1974). Palmaris longus is the tendon of choice because it fulfills the criteria of length, thickness and availability (the last named being variable and evaluated in the present study) without producing a deformity (Wright, 2003).…”

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Clinical relevance of palmaris longus agenesis: Common anatomical aberration

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Palmaris longus muscle, although of little functional use to the human upper limb, assumes great importance when used as a donor tendon for transfer or transplant. The variability in the prevalence of palmaris longus agenesis among various ethnic groups has been established, and the surgeon's awareness of the prevalence in a population or ethnic group is desirable. The prevalence of palmaris longus agenesis has, to the best of the authors' knowledge, not been reported in Indian patients. Five hundred Indian patients were examined for the presence or absence of palmaris longus tendon, using the conventional test for presence of palmaris longus. The prevalence and pattern of palmaris longus agenesis was analyzed statistically and any difference in prevalence or pattern of palmaris longus agenesis with regard to body side or sex was looked for. All statistical analysis was done using SPSS (version 12). chi2 test was used to analyze the association of agenesis with limb laterality and sex. The prevalence of palmaris longus agenesis was found to be 17.2% (8% bilateral and 9.2% unilateral). The prevalence of agenesis was significantly more common on the left side. Male subjects had a greater likelihood of unilateral agenesis, while female subjects were more likely to have bilateral agenesis. That prevalence of palmaris longus agenesis is race dependent is reaffirmed in the present study. Although the prevalence of palmaris longus agenesis in Indian patients was found to be much higher than the reported average prevalence in an Asian population, this tendon can still be counted on by surgeons treating Indian patients for use as a donor tendon, which will be present in a vast majority of Indian patients.

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“…Both Chybowski et al (5) and Oesterling et al (16) concluded that a staging bone scan is unnecessary in patients with newly diagnosed previously untreated prostate cancer, a serum PSA level of 10 ng/mL and no skeletal symptoms. Recent reports discourage the routine use of a bone scan when the serum PSA level is <10 ng/mL, because this level is a strong negative predictor of a positive bone scan (17). Many clinicians now limit bone scans to men with a preoperative PSA level of > 20 ng/mL and/or bony symptoms, provided the Gleason score is <7 (G1 or G2 tumours) (5,6,16).…”

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“…It has been reported in 2011 that approximately 40% of Palestinian women had their first birth at the age of 18 or less, 66.4% had their first birth before they turned 20 and only 7% of evermarried women had their first birth at the age of 25 and above (16). The main reason for early marriage in Palestine as stated by World Bank, MENA and Social and Development Group (17) in 2009 is the war since families wish to increase the generations to help them face life hardship in the region as well as to assure girls' security.…”

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PSA as a Predictive Tool for Detecting Bone Metastases in Bone Scan

Alasmar¹,

Alqaralla²,

Alkawaldah³

2014

ME-JFM

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Introduction: PSA is considered as a tumor marker for prostate cancer which has helped since its first application in the early detection, prognosis and follow up of patients with prostate cancer. In our study we collect the results of bone scans of patients with prostate cancer and correlate them with their serum PSA value to predict the efficacy of PSA value in predicting bone metastases. Material and methods: Our study was in 102 patients with prostate adenocarcinoma who were treated in our urology center and sent for staging in the nuclear medicine Lab for bone isotope scan for the detection of bone metastases in addition to the collection of their PSA value and the comparison between scan results and PSA value. Results: We divided our patients into two groups according to their PSA value considering the first one with patients of PSA more than 20ng/ml and the second group with PSA of less than or equal to 20ng/ml. The results were 82.7% of patients with PSA more than 20ng/ml to have a positive scan with bone metastases and 82% of patients with PSA less than or equal to 20ng/ml to have a negative scan. Conclusion: PSA can be considered as a good tool for the prediction of bone metastases in patients with prostate cancer especially for patients with a PSA value of 20 ng/ml and more, and as an accepted tool when the PSA value is 10-20 ng/ml.

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Flexor and Extensor Tendon Injuries

Cited by 15 publications

References 298 publications

Elbow medial ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction: Clinical relevance and the docking technique

Elbow medial ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction: Clinical relevance and the docking technique

Clinical relevance of palmaris longus agenesis: Common anatomical aberration

PSA as a Predictive Tool for Detecting Bone Metastases in Bone Scan

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