Publications by authors named "Patrick Foye"
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- * Researchers analyzed 78 patients and found that only 1 patient (1.3%) experienced vascular uptake, which was easily corrected by adjusting the needle position.
- * The findings indicate that vascular uptake is rare in these procedures, which may influence physicians' decisions about using contrast media in future treatments.
To our knowledge, this case report describes the first known case of sternocleidomastoid tendinopathy, occurring in a pediatric athlete who had gone undiagnosed for a period of 2 yrs. She presented to our pain clinic with bilateral otalgia, occipital headaches, and occasional bouts of tinnitus and dizziness. An extensive workup by otolaryngology (ENT) including computed tomography imaging of the head, ear pressure equalization, and an attempt at therapeutic tonsillectomy left her with no diagnosis and no symptom relief.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite a growing number of people living with disabilities (PWD), many experience health disparities related to access to high quality medical care. Lack of knowledge and low comfort level of medical providers in caring for PWD is a significant barrier and can lead to poor health outcomes. Education of future physicians is an important factor in addressing these health disparities.
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- Regenerative medicine aims to harness the body's natural healing processes to repair or replace damaged tissues, showing promise as a new alternative to traditional therapies.
- The objective of the guidelines is to ensure safe and effective use of biologic therapies in treating lumbar spine issues and to encourage standardized treatment protocols and high-quality research.
- A team of medical experts reviewed existing literature to establish these guidelines, focusing on the effectiveness and safety of regenerative medicine while considering potential conflicts of interest.
Ganglion impar injection approaches and outcomes for coccydynia.
Indian J Radiol Imaging
January 2018
Background: Water slides and rides are increasingly popular attractions at amusement parks. There has been some documentation of various patterns of injury associated with these rides, most notably vaginal injuries caused by water jets. But we find no previous medical publications reporting the association between water slides/rides with coccydynia (coccyx pain) and tailbone injuries.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCoccyx (tailbone) pain substantially decreases the quality of life for patients who suffer with this condition. Classic symptoms include midline pain located below the sacrum and above the anus. Symptoms are worse while sitting or during transitions from sitting to standing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To systematically analyze the literature on the use of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) for intra-articular injections of the knee and its efficacy in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA).
Design: Systematic literature reviews were conducted in PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL (ie, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) on October 30, 2013, using the keywords "platelet-rich plasma" and "knee" and "osteoarthritis." Inclusion criteria included (1) studies with human subjects, (2) prospective clinical studies (including either clinical trials or observational studies), and (3) full-text articles published in English.
The common peroneal nerve is a major source of innervation to the lower limb, but it is sometimes compressed or entrapped at the fibular head. The authors present what they believe is the first reported case where peroneal nerve impingement caused by ganglion cyst compression of the nerve at the fibular head was diagnosed using a combination of ultrasound imaging and electrodiagnostic studies. The authors described the history, physical examination, electrodiagnostic findings, and musculoskeletal ultrasound findings of a patient with a left foot drop caused by a ganglion cyst compressing the common peroneal nerve at the fibular head.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Medical educators use a variety of strategies to help medical students and resident doctors understand and remember complex topics.
Methods: One teaching tool is matching up radiographic appearances with unrelated, common, non-medical images, in order to help students easily recognise clinical patterns.
Discussion: However, even among medical educators who use this approach, many are not aware of the neuropsychiatric phenomenon they are using, known as pareidolia.
Background: Treating pain associated with acute coccyx fractures can be challenging. Intranasal calcitonin has been used to treat acute pain after vertebral fracture, and may even accelerate fracture healing. However, intranasal calcitonin has never previously been published as part of the treatment of acute coccyx fractures.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cervical epidural steroid injections can be performed through either interlaminar or transforaminal approaches, although the interlaminar approach is more frequently used, for cervical radicular pain as a result of cervical disc herniation or spinal stenosis. Cervical selective nerve root block (CSNRB) is an injection that uses a similar approach to that of cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection (CTFESI) but CSNRB is mainly used for diagnostic injection, often with local anesthetic only.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate an optimal needle entry angle for cervical transforaminal epidural steroid injection (CTFESI) or cervical selective nerve root block (CSNRB) using the fluoroscopically guided anterior oblique approach.