CONGENITAL fusion of two or more bones of the tarsus is referred to as tarsal coalition and affects some 2% of individuals. All forms of coalition from involvement of two adjacent bones to massive tarsal fusion have been recorded. Tarsal fusion was well recognised by anatomists long before attention was drawn to its clinical significance. Slomann (1921) and Badgley (1927) were first to describe...

during the last 10 years, we have had 11 cases of radioulnar (ru) synostosis, a very rare congenital amomaly of the upper extremity. only 3 of them required surgical intervention. so we evaluated these three cases of proximal radioulnar synostosis corrected by proximal derotational osteotomy. the indication for surgery was severe pronation deformity that caused functional problem. mean age at t...

BACKGROUND Congenital radioulnar synostosis (CRUS) refers to an abnormal connection between the radius and ulna due to embryological failure of separation. Derotational osteotomy has been advocated for children with functional limitations, although historically this procedure has been associated with a 36% complication rate including compartment syndrome and loss of correction. METHODS A retr...

BACKGROUND Contracted valgus flat foot in the adolescent is frequently caused by tarsal synostosis or synchondrosis. These synostoses are prevalently symptomatic during adolescence, when by ossifying they block the subtalar joint in valgus. Careful and detailed examinations might reveal additional abnormalities. CASE PRESENTATION A 16-year-old boy of Austrian origin presented with contracted ...

C is characterized as the early closure of the calvarial sutures.1 The classification of skull malformations in craniosynostosis is based on the sutures involved.1 Craniosynostosis involves approximately one infant in 2000 live births. More than 150 different types of craniosynostosis have been described and most isolated cases of craniosynostosis have multifactorial or sporadic inheritance,2 a...

A radiographic study on Knee-Spine Syndrome in the coronal plane a, Harato, K; Otani, T; Yoshida, H. a Department of Orthopedic Surgery, IUHW Mita Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, b Department of Sports Clinic, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan c Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NHO Tochigi Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan, [email protected] Introduction Clinically, back pain is present in 54.6 % of patients...

Postoperative resynostosis and secondary craniofacial growth abnormalities are common sequelae after craniofacial surgery. It has been suggested that an overexpression of transforming growth factor-beta2 (Tgf-beta2) may be related to craniosynostosis and contribute to postoperative resynostosis. Interference with Tgf-beta2 function using neutralizing antibodies may inhibit resynostosis and impr...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of brimless compared with ischial ramus containment (IRC) prosthetic sockets when using vacuum-assisted suspension (VAS) on persons with a unilateral transfemoral amputation (TFA). A randomized crossover design with a 2 d accommodation was used. People with unilateral TFA (n = 9 analyzed) were enrolled. Interventions were IRC VAS and bri...

M oday, Sptem er 6, 2016 CONCLUSIONS: Bitemporal to biparietal ratios are a quantitative, objective clinical measure that can be used to differentiate patients with significant trigonocephaly from those with metopic ridging but no significant cranial deformity. In no case of trigonocephaly did CT scan provide information that would alter surgical planning beyond that obtained from caliper measu...