Costovertebral Osteoarthrosis: Rare Differential Diagnosis of Back pain in young patients. Case Report.

The differential diagnosis of dorsal thoracic pain can be a challange due to the proximity of the dorsal column to vital organs as well as to its unique anatomy, innervation, and rib joint. The patterns of referred visceral pain require, in most cases, extensive complementary diagnostic tests in order to exclude severe conditions. Referred pain patterns often result in numerous and expensive visceral workups in order to exclude serious conditions, and costovertebral joint osteoarthritis is usually only considered when the origin of the pain remains unexplained.

Surgical outcome of a post-traumatic dystonic foot: Case report and literature review.

Post-traumatic dystonia is an underrecognized condition that can present with bizarre symptoms after trauma, usually out of proportion to the trigger event. We describe the case of a 31-year-old man with a severe lower extremity deformity, gradually developed after minor trauma. An interdisciplinary treatment was tried without any improvement and surgery was performed as a rescue approach.

Coracohumeral distance and coracoid overlap as predictors of subscapularis and long head of the biceps injuries.

Background: Subscapularis (SS) lesions are often underdiagnosed because of an incomplete understanding of contributing factors but also because of a greater difficulty in SS tear diagnosis with magnetic resonance imaging or physical examination. In this setting, predicting factors can be useful tools in these injuries' management. The goal of this study was to determine the influence of the coracohumeral distance (CHD) and coracoid overlap (CO) in anterior rotator cuff lesions, as well as to determine the CHD and CO values that can accurately predict SS and long head of the biceps (LHB) injuries.

[New perspectives on degenerative disease treatment].

The degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a chronic and multifactorial condition of the intervertebral disc that can manifest itself by axial pain, radiculopathy, myelopathy and spinal stenosis. It constitutes an increasing cause of lumbar pain and morbidity in Western Societies, with important socio-economic implications. The available treatment options do not modify the intervertebral disc degeneration process and they are not always capable of relieving symptoms.