Adult Male with Leg Swelling after a Fall Two Weeks Prior

Leg swelling in a newborn.

A 2 week old male child was referred to the orthopaedic service with a swelling in the left tibia and associated deformity of the foot. He was born at 38 weeks by normal delivery and birth weight. There was no other significant history. On examination, there was a fusiform swelling over the antero-medial aspect of the tibial diaphysis. The overlying skin was normal with no local warmth and the ...

Six weeks' aerobic retraining after two weeks' immobilization restores leg lean mass and aerobic capacity but does not fully rehabilitate leg strength in young and older men.

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of aerobic retraining as rehabilitation after short-term leg immobilization on leg strength, leg work capacity, leg lean mass, leg muscle fibre type composition and leg capillary supply, in young and older men.Subjects and design: Seventeen young (23 ± 1 years) and 15 older (68 ± 1 [standard error of the mean; SEM] years) men had one leg immobilized for 2 weeks...

A diagnostic long shot: dyspnea and cardiomegaly in a 32-year-old male with unilateral leg swelling.

Bilateral femoral neck fractures in an adult male following minimal trauma after a simple mechanical fall: a case report

BACKGROUND Despite being rare there are several reports in the medical literature of bilateral femoral neck fractures in adult patients. They have been reported to have occurred following major trauma, or as a result of primary or secondary bone disease. In this case report we describe for the first time in the literature bilateral femoral neck fractures in a patient following minimal trauma af...

Compression stockings reduce occupational leg swelling.

BACKGROUND Evening edema of the legs is a physiologic phenomenon occurring after sitting and standing. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to investigate which compression pressure is necessary to prevent leg swelling. METHODS In 12 volunteers, the volume of both lower legs was measured in the morning and 7 h later, the difference being defined as evening edema (mL). The procedure was...