Isokinetic and functional shoulder outcomes after arthroscopic capsulolabral stabilization.

Introduction: Shoulder stability is secured by dynamic and static stabilizers. Rotator cuff is responsible for dynamic stabilization. In cases of shoulder instability their activity is disturbed.

Prospective outcome assessment of arthroscopic arthrolysis for traumatic and degenerative elbow contracture.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of arthroscopic elbow release for both traumatic and degenerative contractures from intraoperative recording through the recovery time until final follow-up.

Methods: The study is based on 54 consecutive patients with extrinsic elbow contracture (traumatic in 31 and degenerative in 23) treated with arthroscopic arthrolysis by a single surgeon in 2011-2015. Range of motion (ROM) and the Mayo Elbow Performance Score (MEPS) were recorded preoperatively; intraoperatively; following release; and in the 1st, 3rd, 8th, 12th, and 26th weeks and at 2 years postoperatively.

Problems of the glenohumeral joint in overhead sports - literature review. Part II - pathology and pathophysiology.

In throwing sports shoulder is exposed to enormous and often repetitive overloads. Some sports (contact sports) are also connected with direct trauma. We are thus dealing with traumatic injuries, overload and degenerative damage.

Elbow joint position sense after total elbow arthroplasty.

Background: Multiple human experiments have shown that articular lesions can have a negative effect on proprioception. The influence of total elbow arthroplasty on joint position sense has not been reported so far. The purpose of the study was to evaluate proprioception, defined as a joint position sense, after total elbow arthroplasty.

The outcome of open elbow arthrolysis: comparison of four different approaches based on one hundred cases.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the results of elbow arthrolysis according to the surgical approach, durability after arthrolysis and the severity of contracture.

Methods: The study includes a cohort of 100 consecutive patients treated in our institution between 1986 and 2008. The indication for surgery was loss of mobility.

[Symptomatology of carpal tunnel syndrome during pregnancy and puerperium].

Objectives: Epidemiology of the carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) during pregnancy remains to be fully elucidated. The purpose of the following study is to determine occurrence of that complication in a population of pregnant women. So far the literature in Polish lacks information that might enable adequate diagnosis and proper therapy.

Clinical and biomechanical performance of patients with failed rotator cuff repair.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was clinical and advanced biomechanical evaluation of shoulder function with respect to rotator cuff (RC) integrity following repair.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of 111 cases with solid single row rotator cuff repair and a minimal one-year follow-up. The RC repair was performed as an open procedure in 42 patients, arthroscopically assisted in 34 and fully arthroscopic in 48 cases.

Clinical and functional evaluation of patients after total elbow arthroplasty.

Background: The operation of the total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) is recommended in case of advanced joint destruction. At present both in our country and abroad, the number of elbow arthroplasties performed per year is increasing. Surgical procedures are difficult, and postoperative complications may arise.

Arthroscopic capsular shift technique and volume reduction.

Multidirectional instability is very complex pathology. Excessively redundant capsule is one of the important reasons causing symptomatic laxity in multiple planes. Arthroscopic techniques are not able to reproduce the potential of open methods to reduce the joint volume.

Peritoneal effects of intravenous iron sucrose administration in rats.

Intravenous iron supplementation is commonly used in uremic patients treated with peritoneal dialysis. Infusion of iron compounds results in various systemic noxious effects, mainly because of its prooxidant and proinflammatory actions. The authors studied how the intravenous infusion of iron sucrose (IS) affects intraperitoneal homeostasis in rats undergoing acute peritoneal dialysis.

Iron sucrose induced morphological and functional changes in the rat kidney.

Treatment of anemia in uremic patients requires simultaneous supplementation of erythropoietin and iron. Because of the impaired iron absorption from the gastrointestinal tract in conditions of renal insufficiency, intravenous supplementation is a treatment of choice in such conditions. Iron compounds used for intravenous supplementation induce several systemic side effects, and therefore, we studied the effect of chronic exposure to iron sucrose in rats on renal function.

Limitations of CA125 as an index of peritoneal mesothelial cell mass.

Background: CA125 is commonly used as an index of the mesothelial cell mass in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis. However, we have no data that show a direct relationship between the number of mesothelial cells, their functional properties, and the amount of CA125 produced in these cells.

Methods: Experiments were performed on primary in vitro cultures of human peritoneal mesothelial cells obtained from 32 donors of various ages and of both sexes.

Glucose-induced changes in the phenotype of human peritoneal mesothelial cells: effect of L-2-oxothiazolidine carboxylic acid.

Background: During peritoneal dialysis, mesothelial cells are chronically exposed to high concentrations of glucose. Therefore, the cytotoxic effect of glucose may alter the function and reactivity of these cells.

Methods: For 4 weeks, human peritoneal mesothelial cells were cultured in vitroin medium supplemented with 45 mM glucose or 45 mM mannitol or with 45 mM glucose and 1 mM L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (OTZ), the latter being a precursor for glutathione synthesis.