PURPOSE To evaluate the indications, postoperative visual efficacy, and complication rate after intraocular implantation of an iris-claw aphakic intraocular lens (IOL). SETTING Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom. DESIGN Case series. METHODS This chart review comprised eyes with no capsule support that had anterior iris-fixation IOL implantation for aphakia between 2001 and 2009. ...

Movement studies of the neck have shown that certain patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) demonstrate instability in the vertebral joint immediately above the posterior osteophytic bar. While Cloward's anterior cervical decompression with fusion eliminates the cord or root compressive element, it adds to the hypermobility of the adjoining vertebral segment. In an attempt to reduc...

We report five children who presented at the mean age of 1.5 years (1.1 to 1.9) with a progressive thoracolumbar kyphosis associated with segmental instability and subluxation of the spine at the level above an anteriorly-wedged hypoplastic vertebra at L1 or L2. The spinal deformity appeared to be developmental and not congenital in origin. The anterior wedging of the vertebra may have been sec...

BACKGROUND To determine if tibial positioning affects the external rotation of the tibia in a dial test for posterolateral rotatory instability combined with posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries. METHODS Between April 2007 and October 2007, 16 patients with a PCL tear and posterolateral rotatory instability were diagnosed using a dial test. The thigh-foot angle was measured at both 30 d...

This article presents the characteristics of changes in hearing and cerebral hemadynamics patients with deviation nasal septum. The septum occurs cartilaginous bone regions, both separately at same time. Deformations can be a different nature (bend, crest, spike) localization. They are one two-sided. Spines ridges more often localized junction quadrangular cartilage perpendicular plate, ploughs...

OBJECTIVES To examine whether functional radiography and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are equally efficient in detecting the extent of unstable anterior atlantoaxial subluxation (aAAS) in rheumatic patients. METHODS 23 patients with unstable aAAS (diagnosed by functional radiography) were examined by functional MRI because of a neck symptom. Twenty two patients had rheumatoid a...

This study investigated the epidemiology, sequelae, and prognosis of subluxation injuries to the maxillary primary anterior dentition. Data were collected from dental records at the Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Canada, of patients sustaining trauma between 1982 and 1993. The study group consisted of 207 teeth in 134 patients, 81 males and 53 females. The age of the patients ranged fr...

We report a case of symptomatic subluxation of the semitendinosus and gracilis over the posteromedial corner of the tibia manifesting with snapping. This is the first such case recorded in non-Asian population and in a high-demand athlete. Snapping was reproduced on active extension of the knee and at initiation of flexion and could be readily palpated over the posteromedial aspect of the tibia...

This work studied the fibre bundle anatomy of the anterior cruciate ligament. Three functional bundles--anteromedial, intermediate, and posterolateral--were identified in cadaver knees. Their contributions to resisting anterior subluxation in flexion and extension were found by repeated tests after sequential bundle transection. Changes of length in flexion and extension and in tibial rotation ...

Our objectives were to establish the envelope of passive movement and to demonstrate the kinematic behaviour of the knee during standard clinical tests before and after reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). An electromagnetic device was used to measure movement of the joint during surgery. Reconstruction of the ACL significantly reduced the overall envelope of tibial rotation ...