Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
December 2024
Background: The art of casting and creating molds of the hands for teaching anatomy and strategic planning was introduced by Dr. Adrian Flatt and later modified by Dr. Joseph Upton.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The 4th-5th metacarpal synostosis, present in over 80% of Apert hands, flattens the metacarpal arch, restricts metacarpal descent, may prevent opposition of border rays, and combined with symphalangism, negates any functional flexion. Ironically, the fifth ray including the digit is the most intact finger within the hand. Restoration of both position and mobility with arthroplasty changes the cardinal plane of flexion and enables both pinch and grip in these compromised hands.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: This study analyzed all reported cases of painful traumatic neuromas to better understand their anatomic distribution, etiologies, and surgical treatment.
Methods: PubMed, Embase, Cochrane, and Web of Science were searched in October 2023 for articles describing painful traumatic neuromas.
Results: In total, 414 articles reporting 5,562 neuromas were included and categorized into head/neck, trunk, upper extremity, lower extremity, and autonomic nerves.
J Craniovertebr Junction Spine
March 2024
Purpose: Lymphangiomas are benign hamartomas in the spectrum of lymphatic malformations, exhibiting multifaceted clinical features. Spinal involvement is exceedingly rare, with only 35 cases reported to date. Both due to their rarity and chameleonic radiologic features, spinal lymphangiomas (SLs) are usually misdiagnosed; postoperatively, surgeons are thus confronted with an unexpected histopathological diagnosis with sparse pertinent literature and no treatment guidelines available.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFResearch Question: Are the pregnancy outcomes (clinical, biochemical and ectopic pregnancies) of women with a history of vaginal birth and women with a history of caesarean section who underwent single euploid embryo transfer at Fakih IVF Fertility Centre comparable?
Design: This retrospective cross-sectional chart review with multi-variate analysis, including 1157 women, compared pregnancy outcomes between women with a history of caesarean section and women with a history of vaginal birth who underwent in-vitro fertilization (IVF) at Fakih IVF Fertility Centre. All women who underwent single euploid frozen embryo transfer were included. Fresh and multiple embryo transfers were excluded.