Objectives: This study evaluated countermovement jump and Single Leg Jump measures to identify landing measures that best distinguish a novel Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction technique using bone marrow aspirate, demineralized bone matrix, and suture tape augmentation patients from controls. The secondary objective assessed performance differences between operated and non-operated limbs post-reconstruction. The hypothesis was that novel Anterior Cruciate Ligament reconstruction patients at return to sport would not differ from controls during landing and that the operated limb's performance would not differ from the unoperated limb.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStevens-Johnson syndrome/toxic epidermal necrolysis (SJS/TEN) is a rare, severe mucocutaneous reaction with few large cohorts reported. This multicenter retrospective study included patients with SJS/TEN seen by inpatient consultative dermatologists at 18 academic medical centers in the United States. A total of 377 adult patients with SJS/TEN between January 1, 2000 and June 1, 2015 were entered, including 260 of 377 (69%) from 2010 onward.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Despite widespread adoption by the surgical community, high-quality prospective data supporting the practice of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for the treatment of biliary dyskinesia (BD) are lacking.
Study Design: Adult patients meeting criteria for diagnosis of BD (Rome III symptoms, normal ultrasound, gallbladder ejection fraction < 38%) were randomized to either LC or a trial of nonoperative (NO) therapy with a low-dose neuromodulator (amitriptyline 25 mg/day). Patients in the NO arm were allowed to cross over to the surgical arm and remain in the study for any reason.
The purpose of our study was to review the results of the three treatment modalities currently used at Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) for iatrogenic pseudoaneuryms. Retrospective records were reviewed of patients treated for pseudoaneurysms (PSA) from July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002. In the 12-month period, 69 psedoaneurysms were treated with either ultrasound-guided compression (UGC), duplex-guided thrombin injection, or open operative repair.
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