Paediatric Locked Middle Finger due to Synovial Osteochondromatosis: A Case Report.

Synovial osteochondromatosis is a relatively rare condition of the hand. We present a rare case of a locked finger in a paediatric patient with synovial osteochondromatosis, in which a tumourous lesion was continuous with the flexor tendon and trapped proximal to the A1 pulley. After resection of the tumour and synovium, no recurrence was observed over a 6-month follow-up period.

Risk factor for difficult cases at the comprehensive consultation services about medical, welfare and legal problems.

Unlabelled: It is very important to cooperate with interprofessional personnel is in order to establish the community-based integrated care system, but this is very difficult. We have held comprehensive consultation services regarding medical, welfare, and legal problems to support the community.

Objectives: This study aimed to identify the associations between background factors (such as medical conditions, intractable diseases, welfare problems, disabilities, economic difficulties, legal problems, elderly adults, children, and foreign persons) and difficult cases to provide more thorough consultation services.

Social innovation for life expectancy extension utilizing a platform-centered system used in the Iwaki health promotion project: A protocol paper.

Introduction: We are trying to create a platform for social innovation to extend life span.

Methods: Since 2005, health data (approximately 3000 items per person as of 2020) of approximately 1000 adults have been collected each year during the Iwaki Health Promotion Project. The industry, government, academia, and citizens have involvements in data collection, aiming to build a platform that encourages societal innovation and subsequently extends life expectancy in Aomori.

Aggressive active mobilization following zone II flexor tendon repair using a two-strand heavy-gauge locking loop technique.

In vitro and in vivo experimental studies have shown that a new two-strand technique increases the tensile strength of flexor tendon repair and eliminates gap formation at the healing repair site. The purpose of the current study was to clinically evaluate the new technique, followed by an aggressive active mobilization program. Seven digits with zone II flexor tendon lacerations were treated using the technique, employing a heavy (2-0) braided polyester suture.

[A study of diagnostic scale in borderline personality disorder that was synthesis of symptomatic and personality structural element].

The diagnostic criteria for BPD such as the DSM-III(-R) and DCR, based on polythetic format for prototypal categories, has not always been able to result in accurate clinical diagnosis of BPD. Reasons posited for this were that DSM-III(-R) criteria consist of symptom items based on descriptive phenomenology, even for Axis II personality diagnosis, and that descriptions of the criteria were vague because of the standardization of vocabulary which aimed at improved inter-rater reliability. With the polythetic "yes/no" format, diagnosis was influenced by the determination of only one item; furthermore, different combinations of items yielding a heterogeneous membership might lead to the same diagnosis.