Carpal tunnel release: transverse or longitudinal limited-incisions?

Aims: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral neuropathy of the upper extremity. Surgical decompression through a limited open palmar incision is still the most widely used treatment. The aim of this study was to compare two different incision surgical techniques for carpal tunnel surgery.

Meniscal tears left in situ during anatomic single bundle anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Objectives: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are a common finding in sports medicine. Our scope is to investigate whether stable, incomplete medial meniscus tears could be left untreated during single bundle anatomic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.

Patients And Methods: A prospective observational study on 597 knees from a single surgeon cohort, using the same reconstruction technique, found 23 medial and 48 lateral meniscus tears which could be left untreated.

[Methodolgy and interpretation in the study of the complement system in chronic hepatitis].

The determination of the total hemolitic serum complement, as a screening test for investigating the activity of the entire complement system and the measurement of the C3 fraction consumption, has now gained a peculiar importance due to its contribution to the clearing up of some problems regarding the pathogeny an diagnosis of chronic hepatitis. The correlation of these values alterations with the presence of antiglobulinic antigens orientatively suggests the presence of immune complexes taking part in the maintainance of the inflammatory hepatic process.