The first case of septic arthritis of the knee caused by Eggerthia catenaformis.

Eggerthia catenaformis has been reported as a human pathogen. We present the first case of the primary knee infection caused by Eggerthia catenaformis in a 23-year-old male patient with a knee infection, after primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. Eggerthia catenaformis was confirmed by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry from synovial fluid.

Glucocorticoid levels after exposure to predator odor and chronic psychosocial stress with dexamethasone application in rats.

This study was conducted to explore the effects of specific psychosocial paradigm on predator animal posttraumatic stress model and to test the hypothesis that psychosocially stressed rats would exibit abnormal levels of cortisol and a larger suppression of cortisol levels after the application of dexamethasone. Animals were divided in two groups: experimental and control groups. The experimental group was exposed to two types of stressors: acute immobilization stress, and combined predator stress and daily social stress with application of dexamethasone.

Volumetric analysis of amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex in therapy-naive PTSD participants.

Objective: In our study we have hypothesized that volume changes of amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex are more pronounced in male posttraumatic stress disorder participants.

Material And Methods: We have conducted a study of 79 male participants who underwent MRI brain scanning. PTSD diagnosis was confirmed in 49 participants.

Chiari pelvic osteotomy in the treatment of adolescent hip disorders: possibilities, limitations and complications.

Ninety-nine hips treated by the Chiari pelvic osteotomy were included in this study designed as a retrospective review. The group consisted of 36 male and 50 female patients, with mean age of 15.6 years.

[Medial subtalar dislocation--case report].

Introduction: Subtalar dislocation (SI) is a term that refers to an injury in which there is dislocation of the talonavicular and talocalcanear joint, although the tibiotalar joint is intact.

Case Outline: A case of medial subtalar dislocation as a result of basketball injury, so-called "basketball foot", is presented. Closed reposition in i.

[The results of surgical and nonsurgical treatment of mallet finger].

Introduction: The injury of the hand tendon classified as mallet finger presents the loss of continuity of the united lateral band of the extensor apparatus above distal interphalangeal joint, which consequently leads to specific deformity of distal interphalangeal joint which is called mallet (hammer) finger.

Objective: Our paper had several research objectives: presentation of the existing results of surgical and nonsurgical treatment of mallet finger deformities and comparison of our findings and other authors' results.

Method: The study was retro-prospective, and analyzed 62 patients treated in the Clinical Center of Serbia in Belgrade (at the Institute of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, and the Emergency Center) in the period 1998 to 2003.

[External fixation war injuries of the proximal humerus].

Nine patients with open fractures of the proximal humerus were treated using an external fixation device. All of them had grade III open fractures resulting from high-velocity missile and explosive injuries with massive foreign body contamination. Radial nerve injury was present in five and two multiply injured patients with thoracic wall and abdominal viscera were present.