Type of subtotal parathyroidectomy and evolution of parathyroid hormone levels in end-stage renal disease patients: a retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: Parathyroidectomy (PTX) is performed in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism. Whether and how the number of glands removed affects parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels remain controversial. The objective of this study is to compare the biochemical and pharmacological evolution after subtotal PTX according to the number of glands removed in ESRD.

An international study of the quality of life of adult patients treated with home parenteral nutrition.

Background & Aims: Home parenteral nutrition-quality of life (HPN-QOL) is a self-assessment tool for the measurement of QOL in patients on HPN. The aims of this study were: to re-assess the basic psychometric properties of the HPN-QOL in a multinational sample of adult patients; to provide a description of QOL dimensions by short and long HPN treatment duration; to explore clinical factors potentially associated to QOL scores.

Methods: Patients (n = 699) from 14 countries completed the HPN-QOL.

Surgical results from treating children with syndactyly through the collective effort system at "SOS Hand Recife" between 2005 and 2009.

Objective: to evaluate the results from and parents' satisfaction with treatment for children with syndactyly who were operated at the "SOS Hand Recife" hospital between 2005 and 2009.

Methods: data for assessing the results were gathered from the patients' medical files. The subjective scores, which were ascertained prospectively, were as follows: greater than or equal to 9, good result; between 6 and 8, fair result; less than 6, poor result.

Triceps innervation pattern: implications for triceps nerve to deltoid nerve transfer.

There are multiple nerve branches supplying the triceps. Traditionally, the nerve to the long head of triceps is utilized for nerve transfer to neurotize the deltoid muscle in patients with brachial plexus injuries. However, no anatomical studies were done to investigate which triceps nerve would be preferred for nerve transfer.

NOSOLOGY OF HAND DISEASES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS OPERATED IN PROVISIONAL FACILITIES IN A MODEL HOSPITAL - PERNAMBUCO STATE, BRAZIL.

Unlabelled: To report the frequencies of congenital hand diseases in patients who underwent surgery on a collective mobilization basis at SOS Hand, Recife, Pernambuco, between 2005 and 2009.

Methods: Information was collected from 833 children and adolescents who were examined in eight missions.

Results: Among the patients, 306 (36.

Results of end-to-side nerve coaptation in severe obstetric brachial plexus lesions.

Objective: Options for nerve repair are limited in brachial plexus lesions with multiple root avulsions because an insufficient number of proximal nerve stumps are available to serve as lead-out for nerve grafts. End-to-side nerve repair might be an alternative surgical technique for repair of such severe lesions. In this technique, an epineurial window is created in a healthy nerve, and the distal stump of the injured nerve is coapted to this site.

Long-term results of primary repair of brachial plexus lesions in children.

The results of brachial plexus reconstruction in adults are poor, despite the sophistication of the various methods used. However, the same methods used in neonates after obstetrical brachial plexus injury will give far better results because of the shorter distance, stronger potential of regeneration, and capacity of brain adaptation. Complete paralyses, associated root ruptures, and avulsions are very severe, and the end results cannot be evaluated before the end of growth.

Forearm supination deformity after obstetric paralysis.

We retrospectively evaluated 66 patients who had radius osteotomies (44 patients; average age, 79.9 months) or soft tissue procedures (22 patients; average age, 57.4 months) to improve persistent supination at rest secondary to obstetric brachial plexus lesions and select the optimal treatment indication for each patient.

Management of complete obstetric brachial plexus lesions.

From 1978 to 2002, the authors have operated on 723 babies for obstetric brachial plexus repair. Complete paralyses and associated root ruptures and avulsions are severe, and the results cannot be evaluated before the end of growth. A series of 73 patients operated on from 1978 to 1994 were followed with a mean follow-up of 6.