Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring for Tarsal Tunnel Decompression: A Surgical Technique to Improve Outcomes.

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of intraoperative neuromonitoring (INM) as an adjunct in performing tarsal tunnel decompression surgery. We reviewed 38 patients who met inclusion criteria. INM was used to measure the voltage of the abductor hallucis and digiti quinti muscles both before and after decompression.

Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension Without Underlying Cardiac Disease as a Presentation of Pulmonary Interstitial Glycogenosis.

Introduction: Pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis (PIG) is an idiopathic lung condition that remains clinically underrecognized despite a growing body of literature.

Case Report: We present a case of PIG with pulmonary hypertension without underlying cardiac disease. This patient presented with respiratory distress and spontaneous pneumothorax at 6 months of age.

Acute forces required for fatal compression asphyxia: A biomechanical model and historical comparisons.

Background Fatalities from acute compression have been reported with soft-drink vending machine tipping, motor vehicle accidents, and trench cave-ins. A major mechanism of such deaths is flail chest but the amount of force required is unclear. Between the range of a safe static chest compression force of 1000 N (102 kg with earth gravity) and a lethal dynamic force of 10-20 kN (falling 450 kg vending machines), there are limited quantitative human data on the force required to cause flail chest, which is a major correlate of acute fatal compression asphyxia.

Simultaneous chromatography and electrophoresis: two-dimensional planar separations.

Single-dimension separations are routinely coupled in series to achieve two-dimensional separations, yet little has been done to simultaneously exploit multiple dimensions during separation. In this work, simultaneous chromatography and electrophoresis is introduced and evaluated for its potential to achieve two-dimensional separations. In simultaneous chromatography and electrophoresis, chromatography occurs via capillary action while an orthogonal electric field concurrently promotes electrophoresis in a second dimension.

Operative outcome of 41 ankle fractures: a retrospective analysis.

Unlabelled: A retrospective study was performed to evaluate subjective and radiographic outcomes in 41 patients who underwent operative treatment of their ankle fracture. A number of risk factor variables were analyzed, a modified form of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons Ankle Scoring Scale was used to assess subjective patient satisfaction, and independent and multiple variable statistical analyses were undertaken to explain the outcomes that were observed. On the subjective scale, a maximum of 53 points was possible, and a score of > or =50 points was considered a satisfactory result.

Neurilemoma of the medial plantar nerve: a case report.

The incidence of neurilemoma in the foot is uncommon. Neurilemoma of the medial plantar nerve distal to the tarsal tunnel, with symptoms isolated to the foot, is rare. A case presentation of neurilemoma arising from the distal portion of the medial plantar nerve that was identified and excised is presented with a 19-month follow-up.

Joplin's neuroma or compression neuropathy of the plantar proper digital nerve to the hallux: clinicopathologic study of three cases.

Both nonsurgical and surgical treatment of compressive and/or entrapment neuropathy of the plantar proper digital nerve to the hallux, also known as Joplin's neuroma, are very uncommon in the literature. The condition of perineural fibrosis of this nerve was first described in 1971 by Joplin. Diagnosis of this nerve in a localized pathologic process based on physical exam and surgical pathology and noniatrogenic etiology are discussed.

Laboratory considerations in the surgical treatment of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis of the calcaneus.

Surgical treatment of acute hematogenous osteomyelitis of the calcaneus is uncommon in the literature. Laboratory considerations to aid diagnosis as well as methods of diagnosis, surgical intervention, and management with a review of the literature are presented. A case of a 10-year-old female with acute hematogenous osteomyelitis of the calcaneus treated by surgical drainage, bone biopsy, and management with 12-month follow-up is discussed.

Plant epicuticular lipids: alteration by herbicidal carbamates.

The effect of several carbamates and trichloroacetic acid on the biosynthesis of epicuticular lipids from leaves of pea (Pisum sativum) was tested by chemical and visual methods. The carbamates tested included S-(2,3-dichloroallyl) diisopropylthiocarbamate (diallate), N-(3-chlorophenyl) isopropylcarbamate (chloropropham), S-ethyl dipropylthiocarbamate, and 2-chloroallyl diethyldithiocarbamate. Diallate reduced epicuticular lipids by 50% when the plants were root-treated and by 80% when vapor-treated.

Metabolic fate of 3,4-dichloropropionanilide in plants: the metabolism of the propionic Acid moiety.

3,4-Dichloropropionanilide-(14)C (propanil) labeled in either the C-1 or C-3 carbon atoms of the propionic acid moiety was applied to the roots of pea (Pisum sativum L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) plants in nutrient solution (0.

Metabolism of 3,4-dichloropropionanilide in plants: the metabolic fate of the 3,4-dichloroaniline moiety.

Studies to elucidate the fate of 3,4-dichloropropionanilide (propanil) in rice (Oryza sativa L. var. Nato) plants have shown that the propanil molecule is cleaved and the propionic acid moiety metabolized.