A Review on Functional Electrical Stimulation in Tetraplegic Patients to Restore Hand Function.

The purpose of this collective review is to describe a new form of functional electrical stimulation called neuroprosthesis. This unique technology has been devised to produce lateral pinch and palmar grasp in persons with C5 and C6 motor level spinal cord injuries. This neuroprosthesis includes external as well as implanted components.

Interposition arthroplasty with bone-tendon allograft: a technique for treatment of the unstable sternoclavicular joint.

Sternoclavicular joint instability is an uncommon but challenging clinical problem for the orthopaedic surgeon. Although most cases can be treated nonoperatively with minimal long-term pain or functional limitation, a small percentage may require surgical intervention. This includes chronic anterior instability associated with persistent pain or functional limitation as well as irreducible or recurrent posterior instability.

Changes in radiocarpal loading characteristics after proximal row carpectomy.

Purpose: To document the changes in wrist loading that occur after proximal row carpectomy in a cadaver model.

Methods: The normal radioulnar carpal pressure distributions of 7 cadaver wrists were measured using super-low-pressure-sensitive film. Proximal row carpectomies were performed and the loading characteristics re-evaluated.

Recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis of operating room personnel and patients exposed to bloodborne diseases.

The purpose of this collective review is to discuss management of operating room personnel who have had occupational exposure to blood and other body fluids that might contain hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I). HBV postexposure prophylaxis includes starting hepatitis B vaccine series in any susceptible unvaccinated operating room personnel who sustain an exposure to blood or body fluid during surgery. Postexposure prophylaxis with hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) is an important consideration after determining the hepatitis B antigen status of the patient.