OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between thorax deformities, panic disorder, and joint hypermobility METHODS The study includes 52 males diagnosed with thorax deformity, and 40 healthy male controls without thorax deformity, in Tatvan Bitlis and Isparta, Turkey. The study was carried out from 2004 to 2006. The teleradiographic and thoracic lateral images of the subjects were evaluated to...

Stress fracture of the proximal tibia after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is very rare. We found only 16 cases in a review of the literature. We report the case of a 76-year-old obese woman who sustained a stress fracture of the right proximal tibia without trauma 18 months after TKA. Pain developed in the proximal medial aspect of the tibia during walking. Physical examination showed tendernes...

Previous studies of the Ilizarov procedure have concentrated on musculoskeletal assessments rather than the opinions of patients. In a prospective trial of 25 consecutive patients, we evaluated the effect of Ilizarov reconstruction of post-traumatic deformity on general health status using the SF36 and Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). The patients had very low preoperative scores, which remaine...

Introduction: Pectus Excavatum (PEX) is the most common anterior chest wall deformity. While minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE) has improved perioperative outcomes, there continue to be opportunities optimize postoperative pain management and reduce length stay (LOS). We compared impact a multimodal expedited protocol utilizing combination systemic regional analgesia (with si...

Pectus excavatum is the most common thoracic deformity, and there are many surgical methods used in clinic. Almost all previous operations were limited to one kind of procedure. The completion operation will directly affect effect treatment pectus excavatum. After long-term clinical practice, we found that can be treated with multiple at same time. use these completely correct deformity achieve...

Background Armenian, Albanian and Greek children attending primary and secondary schools in Athens Greece were screened. These three ethnic groups comprise a rather homogeneous genetically population, each of them being culturally a closed social group population. This results in a very interesting group of people from the genetic point of view. The examination and analysis of various anthropom...

congenital radial club hand is an intercalary or terminal deficiency characterized by radial deviation of the hand, marked shortening of the forearm, and generalized underdevelopment of the extremity. we performed centralization of the ulna in 12 forearms of 10 patients with severe congenital radial club hands. the mean follow up was 42 months after operation (24 to 68 months). the mean age at ...

Figure 1. An old photograph before developing the nasal deformity (left); recent preoperative photograph (right). DESCRIPTION A 55-year-old man comes to the office for consultation regarding a gradually enlarging lesion on his nose, and nasal airway obstruction. This has developed over several years. Physical examination shows enlargement of the nose, pitting and scarring of the skin, and sever...