STUDY DESIGN A retrospective analysis of 7 patients with traumatic rotatory atlanto-axial subluxation. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Cases of traumatic rotatory atlantoaxial subluxation in children are difficult to be stabilized. Surgical challenges include: narrow pedicles, medial vertebral arteries, vertebral artery anomalies, fractured pedicles or lateral masses, and fixed subluxation. The use of...

The authors report this case of a 48-year-old male patient sustaining a complete tear of the biceps tendon and associated radial head subluxation. A restriction of supination-pronation of the forearm was noted as a result of the radial head subluxation. The complete tear of the biceps tendon was treated conservatively and the radial head subluxation corrected itself.

PURPOSE To diagnose, evaluate and describe the clinical, genetic and ophthalmic characteristics of a family with type II Stickler syndrome. METHODS X-rays for bone age, clinical and genetic evaluation were performed in all patients with ocular alterations. The Stickler syndrome diagnosis was established after correlating these examinations. RESULTS Type II Stickler syndrome was found in 11 ...

PURPOSE To report outcome, complications and safety of retropupillary fixated iris-claw intraocular lenses in a pediatric population. DESIGN Retrospective study. PATIENTS AND METHODS Ten consecutive pediatric patients (15 eyes) underwent placement of retropupillary fixated iris-claw intraocular lenses between October 2007 and July 2013 at the Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University ...

Rotatory subluxation of the scaphoid is a well known lesion that is relatively common and results in instability of the wrist. It has been well accepted that because of the subluxation of the scaphoid, degenerative changes in the wrist may develop rapidly, and for that reason correction of the subluxation in its early stages is indicated. Over the past thirteen years, many cases of rotatory sub...

A 46-year-old woman with moderate lens subluxation and Marfan ́s syndrome underwent a phacoemulsification on the right eye with a sutureless Henderson Capsular Tension Ring (HCTR) implantation. The surgical procedure and the postoperative follow up period were uneventful, with a best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 0 (LogMAR). Seven months after surgery the patient presented an inferomedial di...

Purpose. To compare the feasibility of cataract surgery with implantation of endocapsular supporting devices and intraocular lens (IOL) in subluxated cataract in phacoemulsification and manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS). Design. Prospective randomized intervention case series consisting of 60 eyes with visually significant subluxated cataract. Method. The patients were randomly dis...

conclusions the treatment of symptomatic ecu instability is still controversial, especially for acute dislocations. depending on the type of injury many surgical techniques have been proposed. combination of direct repair of the tendon’s subsheath and reinforcement with an extensor retinaculum graft is a reliable option. introduction dislocation/subluxation of the extensor carpi ulnaris (ecu) t...

Neck involvement in cases of rheumatoid arthritis is extremely common, and the radiological features have been investigated by several authors, particularly Martel (1961, 1964), Bland, Davis, London, Van Buskirk, and Duarte(1963), Serre, Simon, Janicot, and Levy (1964) and Conlon, Isdale, and Rose (1966). The features most characteristic are atlanto-axial subluxation, serial subluxation, and di...

Subluxation syndrome is a legitimate, potentially testable, theoretical construct for which there is little experimental evidence. Acceptable as hypothesis, the widespread assertion of the clinical meaningfulness of this notion brings ridicule from the scientific and health care communities and confusion within the chiropractic profession. We believe that an evidence-orientation among chiroprac...