Flexor pollicis longus tenosynovitis in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome.

Carpal tunnel syndrome is typically diagnosed from history and physical examination then confirmed with electrodiagnosis. Electrodiagnosis provides only limited anatomic information and evaluation of space-occupying lesions. The authors present two cases in which demonstrated flexor pollicis longus tenosynovitis coexistent with carpal tunnel syndrome was diagnosed with ultrasonography.

A preliminary report on the efficacy of a dynamic jaw opening device (dynasplint trismus system) as part of the multimodal treatment of trismus in patients with head and neck cancer.

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of a dynamic jaw opening device as part of a multimodal treatment strategy for trismus in patients with head and neck cancer.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Tertiary care cancer center.

Modulation of macrophage phenotype by soluble product(s) released from neutrophils.

The regulation of macrophage phenotype by neutrophils was studied in the s.c. polyvinyl alcohol sponge wound model in mice made neutropenic by anti-Gr-1 Ab, as well as in cell culture.

Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to healing tendon--enhanced efficiency using a gelatin sponge.

Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer is a potential method for enhancing tendon healing. We investigated the transfection of Ad5CMVntLacZ, an adenovirus containing the reporter gene LacZ, in primary cultured human rotator cuff tendon cells and in a rat Achilles tendon healing model in vivo. Ad5CMVempty, the adenoviral vector containing no inserted gene, was used as a control for adenoviral transfection alone.