Safety and effectiveness of once-yearly zoledronic acid in Japanese osteoporosis patients: three-year post-marketing surveillance.

Introduction: Zoledronic acid (5 mg; ZOL), a once-yearly bisphosphonate, reduces osteoporotic fractures and increases bone mineral density (BMD). This 3-year post-marketing surveillance examined its real-world safety and effectiveness.

Materials And Methods: This prospective, observational study included patients who started ZOL for osteoporosis.

Effects of immersion in virtual reality on postural control.

In the present study, we examined the effects of the time lag between visual scene and the head movement in the virtual reality (VR) world on motion sickness and postural control in healthy volunteers. After immersion in VR with additional time lags (from 0 to 0.8 s) to the inherent delay (about 250 ms), the visual-vestibular conflict induced a slight motion sickness in experimental subjects, but no change was noticed in the body sway path with eyes open and closed.

Scaphoid fractures in children: problems and treatment.

From 1984 to 1999, the authors treated 64 cases of fracture of the scaphoid in children. Causes of injury were sports (n = 27), punching game machines or fighting (n = 22), and traffic accident or other trauma (n = 15). Most (46 cases) were nonunion cases.

Results of the latissimus dorsi and teres major tendon transfer on to the rotator cuff for brachial plexus palsy at birth.

Brachial plexus palsy at birth remains a serious problem. Although most cases resolve during the first few months by spontaneous regeneration, several operations have been used to correct the residual deformity. In the present study we describe the results of the latissimus dorsi and teres major tendons transfer on to the rotator cuff to improve shoulder function.

Complications of vascularized fibula graft for reconstruction of long bones.

The clinical results and complications of the vascularized fibular graft for the reconstruction of various long bone defects were reviewed in 60 cases. Bony reconstruction was achieved in 57 of the 60 cases; however, various postoperative complications occurred in 54 percent of the cases. One case of arterial thrombosis of an anastomosed vessel and nine cases of venous congestion of the monitoring flap occurred in the early postoperative periods.