[Paragliding-associated bilateral partial rupture of the rectus femoris muscle].

Pain in the thigh or groin due to a rupture of the rectus femoris muscle is rather uncommon. We report on a patient with a bilateral rupture of the rectus femoris muscle that occurred due to a landing maneuver while para-gliding. The diagnosis was confirmed by ultrasound and MRI.

[Value of sonography after rotator cuff repair: a comparison with MRI and clinical results].

Aim: How well do ultrasound- and MRI-results after rotator cuff reconstruction correlate with postoperative clinical findings?

Methods: Ultrasound- and MR-imaging of the afflicted shoulder on 40 patients who were surgically managed for isolated tear of the tendon of supraspinatus was performed at least 24 months after intervention. Patients were also clinically assessed. Based on the clinical result, sensitivity and specificity for the two imaging procedures was determined.

Five-year follow-up of intermittent distracting rod correction in congenital scoliosis.

Severe progressive curve deformities in children's congenital scoliosis often require an early operative intervention. As spinal fusion interferes with longitudinal growth, a "growth enabling" operative device may represent an alternative method to delay a progressive curve deformity until an eventual operative intervention can be carried out. We report on the five-year follow-up of a seven-year-old girl who presented at our clinic with severe congenital scoliosis of 62 degrees with a unilateral unsegmented bar between T7 and T12 and an anomaly of segmentation between L2 and L4.

[Ultrasound topometric measurements of thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis in school children with normal and insufficient posture].

Aim: The posture of school children was examined in order to establish whether possible differences in clinically normal and insufficient posture can be detected by means of ultrasound topometry.

Method: 105 healthy school children (56 female, 49 male) with an average age of 8 years (+/- 0.9) were examined.

Three-dimensional ultrasonography in the diagnosis of rotator cuff lesions.

Two-dimensional (2-D) ultrasound (US) of rotator cuff lesions is a well-established tool. The aim of this study was to elucidate if the use of 3-D sonography can increase the diagnostic yield of US. A total of 40 patients were preoperatively evaluated using 2-D and 3-D sonography, and these results were compared to intraoperative findings.