Measurement properties of the Danish version of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire.

Background And Aims: Patient reported outcome measures are often used in medical research to evaluate symptoms and functional status in patients. The Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire is specifically designed to evaluate functional status and symptom severity in patients with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. The aim of this study was to validate and examine the measurement properties of the Functional Status Scale and Symptom Severity Scale from the Danish translated Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire.

The true incidence of cryptorchidism in Denmark.

Purpose: Considerable controversy exists regarding the recently published high prevalence of cryptorchidism and the actual orchiopexy rate in Denmark. Therefore, we carried out another prevalence study.

Materials And Methods: The study population included 1,094 consecutive males delivered alive at Glostrup University Hospital during 2002, with a 4-year review of patient data and telephone contact with primary physicians.

Ulnar shortening osteotomy after Colles fracture.

Ulnar shortening is well accepted in the treatment of ulnar abutment but less so in patients with a shortened radius and ulnar-sided wrist pain as a result of a Colles fracture. Sixteen patients with pain and reduced range of movement (ROM) and a median preoperative ulnar positive variance of 5 mm (range 0.5-11) had 17 osteotomies.

[Scapulae alatae--angels' wings. A study of 64 patients treated with braces and physical therapy at the Viberg's hospital].

Introduction: Scapula winging is characterized by a paresis/paralysis of either m. serratus anterior innervated by n. thoracis longus or m.

["Footballer's ankle". Results of arthroscopic treatment of anterior talocrural "impingement"].

Introduction: Footballer's ankle may be caused by anterior talocrural impingement of exostosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of arthroscopic resection of exostosis, which was performed in our department.

Material And Methods: We reviewed 17 consecutive cases of arthroscopic surgery for the bony impingement.

Endoscopic resection of the septic prepatellar bursa.

The authors show how septic prepatellar bursitis of the knee can be treated arthroscopically. The arthroscopic resection of nonseptic prepatellar bursitis has been described before, but that of the septic prepatellar bursitis has not.

Efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin administered subcutaneously to CAPD patients once weekly.

Objective: The purpose of the present study was to compare the dosage requirements of recombinant human erythropoletin (rHuEPO) administered subcutaneously (SC) either one or three times weekly.

Design: A randomized, prospective study.

Setting: The patients were recruited from two university hospitals and five county hospitals.

Deep infection after primary hip arthroplasty: results after treatment of 10 patients.

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Subcapital fractures of the fourth and fifth metacarpals treated without splinting and reposition.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the results after treating subcapital fractures in the fourth and fifth metacarpals with immediate mobilisation and without splinting or reduction. We undertook a prospective clinical evaluation of 36 subcapital fractures of the fourth and fifth metacarpals treated with immediate mobilisation and without splinting or reduction during the period 1 January 1990 to 31 December 1992 in the accident and emergency department, Holstebro Central Hospital. After 4 weeks only 4 patients (11%) had restricted movement in the metacarpophalangeal joint (less than 0-80 degrees of movement).