Is handgrip strength and key pinch measurement related with biochemical parameters of nutrition in peritoneal dialysis patients?

Backgrounds & Objective: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) frequently causes Protein Energy Wasting (PEW), which is an important morbidity and mortality factor. Although it is difficult to assess PEW with a reliable method, there are various methods such as Handgrip strength test (HST), serum albumin, cholesterol, etc. HST is a simple and reliable antropometric method which is used for nutritional status and body muscle strength.

Bullet in hip joint.

Recently, hip arthroscopy has become more popular in the diagnosis and extraction of intraarticular foreign bodies compared to open surgery. If a foreign object such as a bullet is not extracted from the hip joint, it may cause mechanical arthritis, infection and systemic lead toxicity. We present the arthroscopic excision of a bullet from the hip joint of a 33-year-old male patient who sustained a gunshot injury.

Glucosamine-sulfate on fracture healing.

Background: The aim of this study is to determine whether glucosamine-sulfate has any effects on bone-healing.

Methods: A unilateral fracture was created in the tibia of sixty-one female rats. Rats were given no drug or 230 mg/kg glucosamine-sulfate daily.

[Volar plate fixation of distal radius fractures].

Background: We aimed to evaluate the results of volar locking and unlocking plate fixation of adult distal radius fractures.

Methods: Thirty-four patients (14 female, 20 male, mean age: 48.5 +/- 17.

Is it possible to save one lumbar segment in the treatment of thoracolumbar fractures?

Surgical treatment of unstable thoracolumbar fractures is controversial. Most authors reported that short segment fixation led to a high incidence of implant failure and correction loss. On the other hand, long segment fixation has the disadvantage of fusing more segments.

Glove perforation time and frequency in total hip arthroplasty procedures.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate glove perforation rate and time and evaluate the factors affecting glove perforation in total hip arthroplasty (THA).

Methods: Nine hundred seventy-nine gloves used in 57 THA procedures were assessed according to the perforation. Forty-four (77.

Anger scale and anger types of patients with fifth metacarpal neck fracture.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate aggressive and angry behavior in patients with fifth metacarpal neck fracture and to analyze the anger management style of these patients and their response to psychological support.

Methods: This study included 30 patients (mean age: 24.8 years) who presented to the emergency room with fractures of the fifth metacarpal neck and 30 healthy control subjects (mean age: 28.

History, clinical findings, magnetic resonance imaging, and arthroscopic correlation in meniscal lesions.

Purpose: The aim of this prospective study was to compare the accuracy of clinical examination and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) versus arthroscopic findings and to determine the value of an experienced examiner in clinical decision making.

Methods: A total of 30 patients with a preoperative MRI underwent arthroscopy over a 5-month period. All patients had a clinical examination performed by an experienced knee surgeon, a specialist in general orthopedics, a senior resident, and a fourth-year resident.

Evaluation of the reliability of classification systems used for distal radius fractures.

The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the reliability of classification systems by determining inter- and intraobserver agreement in displaced distal radius fractures. Radiographs of 32 patients (21 men and 11 women with a mean age of 41.6 years) who presented with a displaced distal radius fracture were classified by 9 orthopedic surgeons (5-25 years experience) using 5 different classification systems (Fernandez, AO, Frykman, Melone, and Universal Classification systems) twice with 20-day intervals.

Bilateral lunate intraosseous ganglia.

An intraosseous ganglion is a relatively uncommon, benign cystic lesion that occurs in young and middle-aged adults. Bilateral and symmetrical lesions of the wrist are rare. Intraosseous ganglia of the carpal bones are uncommon causes of chronic wrist pain.

Which is more important after total knee arthroplasty: Local inflammatory response or systemic inflammatory response?

We aimed to determine the relationship between functional recovery after knee arthroplasty and systemic and local inflammatory responses. A prospective, clinical study of thirty patients who had osteoarthritis was conducted. After the total knee arthroplasty (TKA), intraarticular IL-6 levels, serum IL-6 levels and serum CRP levels were measured.

[A comparison between three irrigation methods in the debridement of contaminated bovine cancellous bone and the effect of duration of irrigation on the efficiency of debridement].

Objectives: Irrigation and debridement constitute an important part of treatment of open fractures. We investigated the efficiency of different irrigation methods and durations in cleansing contaminated bovine femur cancellous bone samples and the extent of tissue damage associated with irrigation.

Methods: A total of 72 samples of 4x4x1 cm size were obtained from fresh frozen bovine distal femoral cancellous bone.

[Knee ochronotic arthropathy and arthroscopic findings].

Ochronotic arthropathy is a rare condition found in patients with alkaptonuria which is a hereditary metabolic disease associated with deposition of homogentisic acid derivatives in the articular cartilage, menisci, ligaments, and connective tissues due to homogentisic acid oxidase deficiency. These pigmentary changes are termed ochronosis. We presented a 50-year-old woman in whom arthroscopic examination of the right knee revealed brown-black discoloration of the articular cartilage and menisci leading to the diagnosis of alkaptonuria by further laboratory examinations.

Morphometrical features of the human malleolar groove.

Background: Our aim was to investigate the morphometric features of malleolar groove of the lateral malleolus in humans.

Methods: This study was performed on the malleolar grooves of 93 (80 dry and 13 cadaveric) fibulae. We measured the length of the fibula; length, width, and depth of the malleolar groove; the angle between malleolar groove and the fibular axis.

[Knowledge and attitude of nursing and midwifery college students on developmental dysplasia of the hip].

Objectives: It is of special importance to educate families and health care providers, in particular midwives and nurses who are in close and frequent contact with families, for the prevention and early diagnosis of developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH). A knowledge and attitude study was conducted concerning DDH among students of Nursing and Midwifery College of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü Imam University.

Methods: A structured form was prepared consisting of 28 statements about medical and practical knowledge and traditional attitudes with regard to DDH and was administered to 232 voluntary students before and after an educational session of 60 minutes by a specialist in orthopedics.

Ischemia-reperfusion injury in rat skeletal muscle is attenuated by zinc aspartate.

Background: Oxygen-derived free radical-induced cell injury has been suggested to have a pivotal role in the etiology of ischemia-reperfusion injury. Thus, several lines of evidence indicate that antioxidant agents may be useful therapeutics in this condition. In this regard, the effect of zinc aspartate on ischemia-reperfusion injury was investigated in skeletal muscle.

Heel pad thickness and athletic activity in healthy young adults: a sonographic study.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the sonographic changes of heel fat pad thickness and compressibility index in healthy young adults in relation to level of athletic activity.

Materials And Methods: One hundred ten young adults (55 women and 55 men) with a body mass index between 18.5 and 24.

Bilateral aplasia of the tibialis anterior and unilateral aplasia of the extensor hallucis longus muscles.

A 35-year-old woman presented with bilateral leg pain on walking that had been present since childhood. Clinical examination showed bilateral absence of the tibialis anterior tendons and the left extensor hallucis longus tendon. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed that signal intensities in the location of the tibialis anterior muscles bilaterally and the left extensor hallucis longus muscle were uniformly high on T1-weighted images, consistent with fat tissue and aplastic muscles: findings not previously reported.

Comparison of ultrasonography and radiography in assessment of the heel pad compressibility index of patients with plantar heel pain syndrome. Measurement of the fat pad in plantar heel pain syndrome.

Aims: The shock absorption of the heel fat pad is assessed by heel-pad compressibility index measuring the thickness of the heel pad on the lateral radiographs unloaded and loaded by body-weight. Ultrasonography is an easily applicable method without radiation and magnification inherent in radiographs. There are no reports comparing these measurements by diagnostic ultrasonography and direct radiography in healthy individuals and in different clinical entities.

The influence of athletic activity on the plantar fascia in healthy young adults.

Purpose: Complaints deriving from the plantar fascia are relatively common in athletes. This study aimed to investigate the changes of thickness of plantar fascia via sonography in healthy young adults with different levels of activity.

Patients And Methods: One hundred ten adults with normal body mass index were separated into three groups according to activity level: sedentary (group 1, n = 50), athletic activity less than 7 hours per week (group 2, n = 30), and athletic activity 7 or more hours per week (group 3, n = 30).

Hand grip strength in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to compare hand grip strength and pinch power, which are important parameters of hand function, in 76 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) (mean age: 50.11+/-7.6) with 47 non-diabetic control subjects (mean age: 46.

Does long-term ischemia affect the oxidant status during fracture healing?

Introduction: The influence of transient circulatory arrest on oxidant status during the healing of a tibial fracture was investigated in rats by the use of a hindlimb tourniquet technique.

Materials And Methods: One of the most reliable indicators for cytological damage is lipid peroxidation, which can be demonstrated by malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. Fifty-eight Wistar rats were used in this study.