Conservative Treatment of Camptodactyly with use of Orthoses: A Retrospective Cohort.

 To evaluate the outcomes of conservative treatment using static orthoses manufactured by the Occupational Therapy Sector of our institution in participants with camptodactyly types I, II, and III in their rigid or flexible forms, to describe the demographic and clinical data, and to analyze the number of dropouts during the treatment period.  The Ethics in Human Research Committee approved the project under protocol number CAAE 20300419.3.

Spatial Analysis in Areas with High Occurrence of Accidents Caused by Tityus serrulatus and Tityus bahiensis (Scorpiones: Buthidae) in Brazil.

Introduction: In Brazil, scorpion stings are recorded in high numbers with an increasing epidemiological situation in most municipalities. In the present study, data between 1998 and 2018 in Americana, São Paulo, were analyzed.

Methods: In total, 4122 records on scorpion stings were georeferenced using a Garmin eTREX 30X global positioning system device, with WGS84 datum projection and Universal Transverse Mercator zone 23S.

Strategy for the Conservative Treatment of Type-III Camptodactyly in Children with Beals-Hecht Syndrome.

The authors present a successful case in the conservative treatment of type-III camptodactyly in a patient with Beals-Hecht syndrome. Camptodactyly is a flexion deformity of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint, in the anteroposterior direction, painless and bilateral in 2/3 of the cases. Type-III is the most severe and disabling form, as it usually affects several fingers and is associated with syndromes and other malformations.