Postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing thoracotomy: A comparison between total intravenous anesthesia and inhalation anesthesia.

Objective: Propofol is more effective than inhalational anesthesia; however, the results for the management of acute pain remain controversial. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the incidence of acute pain after inhalation anesthesia and total intravenous anesthesia among patients who underwent thoracotomy at our hospital.

Methods: We conducted a single center retrospective observational study using data from electronic medical records.

Involvement of inflammatory lipoproteinemia with idiopathic adhesive capsulitis accompanying subclinical hypothyroidism.

Background: Thyroid functional abnormalities are considered risk factors for idiopathic adhesive capsulitis (IAC) though that relationship remains uncertain. Although dyslipidemias are associated with IAC, no readily accessible study has reported associations between dyslipidemias and IAC patients with subclinical hypothyroidism. The purposes of this study were to investigate whether subclinical hypothyroidism is an independently associated factor for IAC and to determine the differences in prevalence of dyslipidemias between two groups of persons with subclinical hypothyroidism: one composed of IAC patients and the other of individuals without IAC.

Association Between High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Idiopathic Adhesive Capsulitis.

Background: Chronic inflammation is implicated in the development of idiopathic adhesive capsulitis (IAC), whose association with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammation marker, is undetermined. This study's purposes were to investigate the association between high-sensitivity CRP levels and IAC and to determine the metabolic factors associated with high-sensitivity CRP.

Methods: This case-control study examined a group of 202 patients with IAC and without intrinsic shoulder lesions or extrinsic causes and a control group of 606 age and sex-matched persons seeking general check-ups at our health promotion center during the same period as the case group.

Computational simulation of sacral-alar-iliac (S2AI) screw fixation of pelvis and implications for fluoroscopic procedure: A cadaver study.

Purpose: To determine an easy and convenient method of sacral-alar-iliac (S2AI) screw fixation and introduce the surgical landmarks for fluoroscopic procedure by analyzing 3-D models of pelvis and virtual implantation in a 3-D model.

Materials And Methods: Eighty-two cadavers underwent computed tomography scans and the images imported into Mimics software to make the 3-D pelvis model. The pedicle screw (Ø 8.

Simultaneous correction of radius and ulna for secondary ulnar impaction syndrome with radial physeal arrest in adolescent: A case report and review of literatures.

Introduction: Distal radius physeal fractures are common in pediatric patients. Although most of these fractures heal without complication, some result in significant physeal arrest. If significant physeal arrest occurs, the various treatment methods can be applied depending on the severity of deformity and remaining growth of the patient.

Risk Factors for Posterior Cage Migration after Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgery.

Study Design: A retrospective clinical case series.

Purpose: To determine the strength of association between cage retropulsion and its related factors.

Overview Of Literature: Lumbar interbody fusion with cage can obtain a firm union and can restore the disc height with normal sagittal and coronal alignment.

Brown-Sequard syndrome caused by hyperextension in a patient with atlantoaxial subluxation due to an os odontoideum.

Brown-Sequard syndrome is an uncommon complication of atlantoaxial arthrodesis. A 50-year-old female visited our emergency department after falling from a ladder. Radiologic evaluations revealed chronic C1-2 instability with acute spinal cord injury.

A new surgical technique for traumatic dislocation of posterior tibial tendon with avulsion fracture of medial malleolus.

We introduce a case of traumatic dislocation of the posterior tibial tendon with avulsion fracture of the medial malleolus in a 52-year-old female patient who was treated surgically with periosteal flap and suture anchor fixation. Based in the posteromedial ridge of the distal tibia, a quadrilateral periosteal flap was created and folded over the tendon, followed by fixation on the lateral aspect of the groove by use of multiple suture anchors. Clinical and radiological findings 25 months postoperatively showed well-preserved function of the ankle joint with stable tendon gliding.

The value of diagnostic ultrasonography in the assessment of a glomus tumor of the subcutaneous layer of the forearm mimicking a hemangioma: a case report.

Introduction: A glomus tumor is a rare, benign tumor with atypical clinical symptoms. Because of its small size, it is difficult to diagnose and treat early; therefore, it leads to poor quality of life. Glomus tumors are known to commonly affect the hand and rarely manifest in other areas.

Use of intramedullary nonvascularized fibular graft with external fixation for revisional Charcot ankle fusion: a case report.

We describe a case of Charcot ankle arthropathy in a 43-year-old male patient who underwent revision surgery for tibiotalocalcaneal arthrodesis with a retrograde intramedullary nonvascularized fibular graft. After 3 months of postoperative stabilization with a ring external fixator, successful radiographic union was identified. The findings obtained at 33 months postoperatively showed maintenance of solid fusion and restoration of hindfoot alignment without any complications.

Revision total knee arthroplasty with a cemented posterior stabilized, condylar constrained or fully constrained prosthesis: a minimum 2-year follow-up analysis.

Background: The clinical and radiological outcomes of revision total knee arthroplasty with a cemented posterior stabilized (PS), condylar constrained knee (CCK) or a fully constrained rotating hinge knee (RHK) prosthesis were evaluated.

Methods: This study reviewed the clinical and radiological results of 36 revision total knee arthroplasties with a cemented PS, CCK, and RHK prosthesis in 8, 25, and 13 cases, respectively, performed between 1998 and 2006. The mean follow-up period was 30 months (range, 24 to 100 months).

Antiapoptotic effects of anthocyanins on rotator cuff tenofibroblasts.

Degeneration of the rotator cuff tendon, which involves apoptosis of the tenofibroblasts, is one of the most common shoulder problems that can lead eventually to a full-thickness rotator cuff tendon tear. The current authors evaluated both the ability of anthocyanins, which are powerful antioxidants, to reduce apoptosis in oxidation-stressed rotator cuff tenofibroblasts, and the molecular mechanism for this antiapoptotic action. Anthocyanins demonstrated a dose-dependent ability to inhibit H(2)O(2)-induced apoptosis in cultured tenofibroblasts, as assessed by MTT assay and FACS analysis.

Posterior lumbar interbody fusion using a unilateral single cage and a local morselized bone graft in the degenerative lumbar spine.

Background: We retrospectively evaluated the clinical and radiological outcomes of posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) with using a unilateral single cage and a local morselized bone graft.

Methods: Fifty three patients who underwent PLIF with a unilateral single cage filled with local morselized bone graft were enrolled in this study. The average follow-up duration was 31.

Restoration of the center of rotation in revision total hip arthroplasty.

We measured the change of the center of hip rotation after the revision of acetabular loosening using an acetabular reconstruction ring and an impaction allogenic bone grafting. Thirty-five revision total hip arthroplasties were performed. The average follow-up was 3.

Two-stage conversion of fused knee to total knee arthroplasty.

We report 2 cases of conversion of fused knee to total knee arthroplasty (TKA) by way of soft-tissue expansion. Case 1 had had multiple operations on the infected total knee, which was arthrodesed 7 months before conversion. Case 2 had had knee arthrodesis for an intra-articular comminuted fracture 5 years and 10 months before conversion.

Cementless alumina-on-alumina total hip arthroplasty in patients younger than 50 years: a 5-year minimum follow-up study.

Sixty-seven patients (78 hips) who were younger than 50 years underwent cementless total hip arthroplasty using a porous-coated acetabular cup, an alumina liner, a 28-mm alumina head, and a proximally porous-coated femoral stem. One patient (1 hip) died and 2 patients (3 hips) were lost to follow-up. The remaining 64 patients (74 hips) were followed for 5 to 6 years.

The origin of chondrocytes in the nucleus pulposus and histologic findings associated with the transition of a notochordal nucleus pulposus to a fibrocartilaginous nucleus pulposus in intact rabbit intervertebral discs.

Study Design: Intact rabbit lumbar intervertebral discs were examined histologically.

Objectives: To demonstrate the origin of chondrocytes in the nucleus pulposus, and to document histologic findings associated with the transition of a notochordal to a fibrocartilaginous nucleus pulposus.

Summary Of Background Data: A human nucleus pulposus undergoes a chronological transition from a notochordal to a fibrocartilaginous nucleus pulposus.