INTRODUCTION Volkmann's ischemic contracture (VIC) is a complex and variable flexion deformity of wrist and fingers resulting from fibrosis and contracture of flexor muscles of forearm. It is caused by ischemic injury to the deep tissues enclosed in the tight unyielding osteo-facial compartments secondary to neglected acute compartment syndrome. VIC may be associated with malunion or non-union ...

There are many problems in the anesthetic management of patients with scar contracture. In this case, a 41-year-old male with severe scar contracture on his face, neck, anterior chest, and both shoulders underwent surgery for resurfacing with flaps. We tried to awake fiberoptic orotracheal intubation with GlideScope® Video laryngoscope guide after surgical release of contracture under local ane...

buthotus schach finally, according to our results venom as well as fractions f4 and f6 act mostly prejunctionally on ach release. more attempt is carrying out to study their effects on ion channel activities. is one of the most dangerous scorpions in tropical part of iran. the effects of its crude venom at 1, 3, 10 µg/ml and its obtained fractions by gel filtrations were investigated on neuromu...

The major complications of deltoid contracture frequently encountered are abduction contracture, winging of the scapula, humeral head flattening and shoulder dislocation (Bhattacharyya 1966; Chatterjee and Gupta 1983). To our knowledge acromium hyperplasia has not been a reported complication of deltoid contracture in the English-language literature. We encountered a patient who had bilateral a...

Contractures develop in sheep atrial trabeculae if Tyrode's solution is rapidly replaced by a solution containing elevated potassium, reduced sodium, or both. Two phases of the contracture can be identified on the basis of differences in physiological behavior: a rapid and transient phase that predominates during the first few seconds of the contracture, and a slowly developed phase that is res...

Function and satisfaction after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are partially linked to postoperative range of motion (ROM). Fixed flexion contracture is a recognized complication of TKA that reduces ROM and is a source of morbidity for patients. This study aimed to identify preoperative risk factors for developing fixed flexion contracture following TKA and to quantify the effect of fixed flexio...

The relation among passive electrical resistive properties, longitudinal conduction velocity, extracellular potassium concentration, [K+]o, and mechanical activity was investigated in the isolated rabbit papillary muscle during normal arterial perfusion and no-flow ischemia in the presence and absence of verapamil, or a reduced extracellular Ca2+ concentration [Ca2+]o. During normal arterial pe...