Rapid and selective determination of free chlorine in aqueous solution using electrophilic addition to styrene by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

We developed a rapid and selective method for determination of free chlorine in aqueous solution by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for the first time. Free chlorine was converted to styrene chlorohydrin using electrophilic addition to styrene in sodium acetate buffer solution (pH 5). The chlorine derivative obtained was extracted with chloroform, and then analyzed by GC/MS.

Arthroscopic capsular release for painful throwing shoulder with posterior capsular tightness.

Posterior capsular tightness with glenohumeral internal rotation deficit is usually considered to be an acquired condition of the throwing shoulder and is usually treated conservatively. However, because posterior capsular tightness is sometimes irreversible, we have performed arthroscopic capsular release for painful throwing shoulder with posterior capsular tightness. The true loss of internal rotation and posterior stiffness was confirmed by examination with the patient under anesthesia, and contracture of the posterior capsule and the posterior band of the inferior glenohumeral ligamant was observed arthroscopically.

Arthroscopic Bankart repair with knotless suture anchor for traumatic anterior shoulder instability: results of short-term follow-up.

Purpose: To assess the clinical results of arthroscopic Bankart repair with the knotless suture anchor for traumatic recurrent anterior shoulder instability.

Methods: A total of 47 patients with traumatic recurrent anterior shoulder instability and without severe glenoid bone defect who underwent arthroscopic Bankart repair with knotless suture anchors and were followed-up for longer than 2 years were included in the present study. The average age at surgery was 26 years (range, 16 to 49 years), with an average follow-up period of 28 months (range, 24 to 38 months).

Analysis of hallucinogenic constituents in Amanita mushrooms circulated in Japan.

The constituents of seven mushrooms sold as Amanita muscaria or Amanita pantherina (five A. muscaria and two A. pantherina) and four "extracts purported to contain A.

Forced shoulder abduction and elbow flexion test: a new simple clinical test to detect superior labral injury in the throwing shoulder.

Purpose: Although several clinical tests for detecting superior labral injury of the shoulder have been reported, some of the maneuvers involved are complicated and diagnosis is still inaccurate. The purpose of this report is to introduce our forced shoulder abduction and elbow flexion test (forced abduction test) along with an assessment of its efficacy in the throwing shoulder in comparison with other clinical tests.

Type Of Study: Prospective nonrandomized clinical trial.

Dynamic enhanced MRI of the subacromial bursa: correlation with arthroscopic and histological findings.

Objective: To assess dynamic MRI with Gd-DTPA enhancement for evaluating inflammatory changes in the subacromial bursa.

Design And Patients: We detected the signal intensity changes in dynamic MRI of the subacromial bursa, and confirmed these macroscopically by arthroscopy and histologically. The signal intensity was measured using built-in software, and the enhancement ratio (E ratio) was calculated from dynamic MR images.

Arthroscopic removal of symptomatic Bennett lesions in the shoulders of baseball players: arthroscopic Bennett-plasty.

Background: Bennett lesions are often observed in throwing athletes, and, although usually asymptomatic, they can sometimes become painful and disturb an athlete's throwing ability. Because it is clinically difficult to determine whether a Bennett lesion is symptomatic or whether pain is from another lesion, the outcome of surgical treatment is variable.

Hypothesis: Arthroscopic resection of Bennett lesions diagnosed according to our criteria and arthroscopic treatment of associated lesions performed simultaneously were effective for treatment of baseball players with symptomatic Bennett lesions.

Augmentation with a Gore-Tex patch for repair of large rotator cuff tears that cannot be sutured.

The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of augmentation with a Gore-Tex patch in reconstruction of rotator cuff tears that cannot be repaired by direct suture. Twenty-eight shoulders of 27 patients underwent this procedure. The average age at surgery was 62 years, the average duration of symptoms before surgery was 16 months, and the average follow-up period was 44 months.

Dansyl chloride derivatization of methamphetamine: a method with advantages for screening and analysis of methamphetamine in urine.

The screening and quantitation of methamphetamine (MP) in urine using dansyl chloride (DNC) as the derivatization reagent were studied. Urinary MP derivatized with DNC could be detected by visual observation of the fluorescence in a solid-phase extraction column such as a Sep-Pak C18 cartridge to which the whole reaction solution was applied. The DNC-derivatized MP was eluted from the cartridge and then identified and quantitated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).