Persistent Median Artery as an Unusual Finding in the Carpal Tunnel: Its Contribution to the Blood Supply of the Hand and Clinical Significance.

BACKGROUND Knowledge of the variable relation of the persistent median artery (PMA) to the median nerve and its contribution to the formation of the superficial palmar arch is of great clinical significance. This study presents a proposal of specific variables which might be introduced to characterize the PMA in the wrist region. MATERIAL AND METHODS One hundred and twenty-five randomly selected, isolated upper limbs fixed in 10% formalin solution were subjected to anatomical dissection.

The High Origin of the Radial Artery (Brachioradial Artery): Its Anatomical Variations, Clinical Significance, and Contribution to the Blood Supply of the Hand.

Background: This study thoroughly analyzes the anatomic variations of the brachioradial artery (radial artery of high origin) based on the variability of its origin, the presence and types of anastomosis with the brachial artery in the cubital fossa ("cubital crossover" or "cubital connection"), and the pattern of radial recurrent arteries, as well as the vascular territory within the hand.

Material And Methods: One hundred and twenty randomly selected, isolated upper limbs fixed in 10% formalin solution were dissected.

Results: The radial artery was found to have a high origin in 9.

Large prospective validation and cultural adaptation of the Polish version of the Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire for patients with lumbar spinal stenosis.

Objective: The aim of this prospective cohort study was to translate, validate and perform a cultural adaptation of the Polish version of the Swiss Spinal Stenosis Questionnaire (P-SSSQ), a disease-specific questionnaire for assessing symptom severity, physical function and satisfaction with treatment in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).

Material And Methods: Patients were prospectively recruited at two orthopedic centres in Krakow, Poland, between January 2011 - October 2016. During the interview, each patient completed the P-SSSQ, SF-36 Health Survey, and a demographic data questionnaire.

Radiological results and clinical complications after calcaneal articular fracture surgical treatment using minimally invasive percutaneous fixation.

The choice of method for surgical treatment of articular calcaneal fractures remains problematic due to the potential complications and difficulty in restoring loss of functional status, anatomical geometry and congruence of joint surfaces. The preferred method of surgical treatment for these injuries, among others, is still minimally invasive percutaneous fixation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the radiological results of articular calcaneal fractures surgical treatment using a minimally invasive percutaneous fixation and to determine the prevalence of complications in early and long-term observation.

A prospective study to validate the Polish language version of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Colorectal Liver Metastases (QLQ-LMC21) module.

Purpose: This validation study was designed to assess the psychometric validity and quality of the Polish translation of the EORTC QLQ-LMC21 questionnaire in Polish colorectal patients suffering with liver metastases.

Methods: Patients with either histopathological or imaging confirmation of colorectal cancer with liver metastases, with a minimum of three months survival, were eligible for this study. These patients completed the Polish version of the EORTC core QLQ-C30, the QLQ-LMC21 module, and a demographic data questionnaire.

A large scale prospective clinical and psychometric validation of the EORTC colorectal (QLQ-CR29) module in Polish patients with colorectal cancer.

The purpose of our study was to assess if the Polish translation of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Colorectal Cancer (CRC)-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-CR29) is an acceptable and psychometrically valid measure to collect quality of life (QoL) data in Polish patients with CRC for use in clinical trials and clinical practice. A total of 150 patients undergoing treatment for CRC were prospectively enrolled in the study. Psychometric assessment of the translated QLQ-CR29 structure, reliability, convergent and divergent validity, and clinical validity was subsequently performed.

"Pros and cons" of total hip arthroplasty with metaphyseal Proxima endoprosthesis.

The authors present their own experience concerning total hip arthroplasty with the metaphyseal prosthesis Proxima. Proxima, a metaphyseal prosthesis, provides an innovative supplement to total hip arthroplasty. In this study, the authors present their own experience using Proxima in patients with hip osteoarthritis.

Cross cultural adaptation of the English version of the IOF-QLQ to Polish, to assess the health-related quality-of-life of patients after a distal radius fracture.

Background: A distal radius fracture (DRF) is a common injury that can cause significant pain and lead to a prolonged decrease in physical, emotional, and social functioning. In modern randomized clinical trials, assessing outcomes after a DRF, health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) is a "must-be" endpoint. Additionally, HRQoL assessments are essential in the clinical decision-making process.

Preliminary psychometric validation of the Polish version of the EORTC elderly module (QLQ-ELD14).

Aim: The aim of our study was to report preliminary validation data on the EORTC translated, Polish version of the EORTC QLQ-ELD14 questionnaire to show that this tool is an acceptable and psychometrically robust measure to collect HRQoL data in Polish elderly patients with cancer.

Materials And Methods: Patients with histological confirmation of primary cancer were eligible for the study. All patients filled out the Polish version of the EORTC QLQ-ELD14 module in addition to EORTC QLQ-C30 and a demographic questionnaire.

High-Resolution Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization Utility in Polish Newborns with Isolated Cleft Lip and Palate.

Cleft lip with or without cleft palate is one of the most common birth defects of unknown etiology. A fraction of its genetic causes is attributable to copy number variations detected by array comparative genomic hybridization. The value of array comparative genomic hybridization screening as a first-tier test in the newborn population with multiple congenital anomalies has now been accepted.

Surgical treatment of unilateral cleft lip and palate - own experience.

Aims: the aim of this paper is to present the final modification to a one-step operation of unilateral cleft lip and palate, together with a plaster-model representation of the shape of the palate in the 5th , 10th and 15th year of life of the patients treated at the Institute of Mother and Child. A modified one-step surgical technique for treating cleft lip and palate is presented.

Material And Methods: The study included 265 children and adolescents from the years 1980-2000.

Nasolabial appearance after two palatoplasty types in cleft lip and palate.

Background: Facial appearance is important for normal psychosocial development in children with cleft lip and palate (CLP). There is conflicting evidence on how deficient maxillary growth may affect nasolabial esthetics.

Methods: We retrospectively investigated nasolabial appearance in two groups, the Langenback (35 children; mean age 11.

Plutonium, Sr and Am in human bones from southern and northeastern parts of Poland.

The paper presents the results of our study on Pu, Pu, Pu, Am and Sr concentration in human bones carried out on a set of 88 individual samples of central Europe origin. Bone tissue samples were retrieved under surgery while introducing hip joint implants. The conducted surgeries tend to cover either southern or northeastern parts of Poland.

Facial esthetics in children with unilateral cleft lip and palate 3 years after alveolar bonegrafting combined with rhinoplasty between 2 and 4 years of age.

Objectives: To evaluate facial esthetics in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) after alveolar bone grafting combined with rhinoplasty between 2 and 4 years of age.

Design: Retrospective case-control study.

Setting: The Department of Pediatric Surgery, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.

Cephalometric outcome of two types of palatoplasty in complete unilateral cleft lip and palate.

In complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (CLP), a vomerplasty is assumed to improve midfacial growth because of the reduction in scarring in the growth-sensitive areas of the palate. Our aim, therefore, was to evaluate maxillofacial morphology after a modified Langenbeck technique or a vomerplasty in children with complete unilateral CLP who were operated on by a single surgeon. As part of a one-stage closure of complete unilateral CLP done during the first year of life, the technique for repair of the hard palate repair differed between the two groups.

Dental arch relationships following palatoplasty for cleft lip and palate repair.

Palatal scarring is assumed to be a primary cause of facial growth derangement in cleft lip and palate. Evidence supporting this hypothesis is confounded by the clinical involvement of various surgeons, and therefore definitive conclusions are not possible. In this study, we investigated the dental arch relationship in two groups, Exposed (47 children; 11.

Malonylcarnitine in newborns with non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate.

Aim: Malonyl-CoA is regarded as a key signaling molecule in mammalian cells. It is converted to acetyl-CoA, and to a lesser extent, to malonyl acid and malonylcarnitine (C3DC). Availability of carnitine has been reported to be essential for the developing fetus.

Craniofacial morphology in complete unilateral cleft lip and palate patients consecutively treated with 1-stage repair of the cleft.

Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the craniofacial morphology of children with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate treated with a 1-stage simultaneous cleft repair performed in the first year of life.

Methods: Cephalograms and extraoral profile photographs of 61 consecutively treated patients (42 boys, 19 girls) who had been operated on at 9.2 (SD, 2.

Dental arch relationship in children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate following one-stage and three-stage surgical protocols.

The objective of this study is to compare dental arch relationship following one-stage and three-stage surgical protocols of unilateral cleft lip and palate. Dental casts of 61 children (mean age, 11.2 years; SD, 1.

Craniofacial morphological outcome following treatment with three different surgical protocols for complete unilateral cleft lip and palate: a premilinary study.

This study compared craniofacial morphology between three groups of children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate, treated with different surgical protocols. The study included 66 10-year-old children (42 boys and 20 girls) with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (22 patients in each of the three groups). Children aged 7 months underwent one-stage surgery, performed by a single surgeon.

Dental arch relationship in children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate following Warsaw (one-stage repair) and Oslo protocols.

Objective: To compare the dental arch relationship following one-stage repair of unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) in Warsaw with a matched sample of patients treated by the Oslo Cleft Team.

Material: Study models of 61 children (mean age, 11.2; SD, 1.

Treatment outcome after one-stage repair in children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate assessed with the Goslon Yardstick.

Objective: To compare results of Golson Yardstick measurement of dental arch relationships in a sample of 10-year-old Polish children with results of the Golson measurement in published reports.

Materials And Methods: Plaster models of 28 consecutively treated subjects with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) that was repaired with a one-stage simultaneous closure performed in the first year of life. All individuals were born between 1994 and 1995.

Nasolabial esthetics in children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate after 1- versus 3-stage treatment protocols.

Purpose: Facial esthetics play an important role in social interactions. However, children with a repaired complete unilateral cleft lip and palate usually show some disfigurement of the nasolabial area. To date, few studies have assessed the nasolabial appearance after different treatment protocols.

Relation between the concentration of zinc in maternal whole blood and the risk of an infant being born with an orofacial cleft.

We investigated the relation between concentrations of maternal zinc and copper and the risk of an infant being born with an orofacial cleft. We did a case-control study using 116 mothers of children with isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate (cleft group), and 64 mothers of unaffected children (control group). Mothers with a whole blood zinc concentration of 47.

[Preconceptional cigarette smoking and other risk factors for giving birth to a child with orofacial cleft].

Evidence suggests an association between orofacial clefts and maternal smoking, common cold, and stressful life events. 247 mothers of children with an orofacial cleft completed a self-administered survey with questions concerning obstetric history. Of these, 29.