Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty for Proximal Humeral Fractures: Is the Bigliani-Flatow Stem Suitable for Tuberosity Fixation and Healing?

: The aim of the study was to investigate the clinical, functional, and radiographic results of patients affected by three- or four-part proximal humeral fractures treated with reverse total shoulder arthroplasty, to investigate whether a prosthetic stem nonspecifically designed for fractures (i.e., the Bigliani-Flatow stem) promotes tuberosities' healing, and to evaluate the impact of tuberosity fixation and healing on the outcomes.

Six-year experience with antegrade intramedullary nail for the treatment of proximal and diaphyseal humeral fractures.

Background: Proximal and shaft humeral fractures are very common worldwide; surgical treatment can be a viable option to reduce limb immobilization and to allow the patient an earlier return to daily activities. The aim of our study was to evaluate the outcomes of patients treated with intramedullary nail in our Institute from January 2010 to December 2016.

Materials And Methods: This is an observational cohort study.

Risk factors for shoulder pain in patients with spinal cord injury: a multicenter study.

Introduction: Shoulder pain in spinal cord injury (SCI) is common due to the repetition of the wheelchair propulsion and the increased intra-articular pressure during transfers. Known risk factors for the onset of shoulder pain are age and level of SCI. Aims of this study were to assess how body mass index affects the onset of shoulder pain and to evaluate the relationship between the age at the moment of SCI and the number of years between SCI and the onset of shoulder pain.

[Risk factors of nontransmissible chronic diseases in students of medicine of Carabobo University. Venezuela. Year 2006].

Unlabelled: Generally, a student changes lifestyle when enters to the University, this can lead to different alimentary habits that could become as risk factors of nontransmissible chronic diseases (NTCD).

Objective: To evaluate the presence of risk factors of NTCD in students of medicine race in Carabobo University.

Methodology: 120 people were evaluated, students of third to the sixth year of the medicine race, Carabobo University, year 2006.

Chronic microscopic enterocolitis with severe hypokalemia responding to subtotal colectomy.

The authors present the first case report of a 50-year-old woman with a 33-year history of severe, chronic watery diarrhea and hypokalemia secondary to chronic active microscopic enterocolitis with patterns similar to lymphocytic colitis but with acute cryptitis and terminal ileum involvement microscopically. The progressive nature of her illness resulted in multiple hospital admissions secondary to hypokalemia with subsequent chronic renal failure. High continuous doses of oral potassium supplements failed to correct the hypokalemic episodes.