Effectiveness of Hospital-Based Systemic Rehabilitation in Improving Ankle Function after Surgery in Chronic Ankle Instability Patients.

We investigated the therapeutic effect of a postoperative hospital-based systemic rehabilitation protocol on ankle function in chronic ankle instability (CAI) patients. Thirty-five patients who underwent a modified Broström procedure for CAI were recruited in this prospective randomized controlled trial. Fifty-minute sessions of hospital-based rehabilitation were performed three times weekly for 12 weeks in the intervention group.

Adult Patients with Congenital Muscular Torticollis Treated with Bipolar Release: Report of 31 Cases.

Objective: We assessed the surgical results of bipolar release in 31 adult patients with uncorrected congenital muscular torticollis (CMT) and more than 12 months of follow-up.

Methods: Thirty-one patients underwent a bipolar release of the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM) and were retrospectively analyzed. The mean follow-up period was 14.

Pneumocephalus and Pneumorrhachis due to a Subarachnoid Pleural Fistula That Developed after Thoracic Spine Surgery.

Development of a communication between the spinal subarachnoid space and the pleural space after thoracic spine surgery is uncommon. Subarachnoid pleural fistula (SAPF), a distressing condition, involves cerebrospinal fluid leakage. Here we report an unusual case of SAPF, occurring after thoracic spine surgery, that was further complicated by pneumocephalus and pneumorrhachis postthoracentesis, which was performed for unilateral pleural effusion.