The acute compartment syndrome of the forearm is rare and may therefore be easily missed. Although many clinicians will not see such a patient during their entire career, profound knowledge of the symptoms is required to recognize the syndrome in time. Besides immediate identification of the compartment syndrome early surgical treatment is mandatory to avoid its devastating consequences. Then t...

Objectives: Flexion contracture in fingers of hands is a complication of Dupuytren's contracture and cannot be stopped by the progressive course. The aim of this study was to review the effect of splinting in corrective of contracture after Dupuytren's contracture surgery. Methods: To carry out this research, a kind of systematic evidence-based review process (Duffy 2005) was used. For data...

I HE correct method of treatment of a supracondylar fracture of the humerus with no palpable radial pulse still presents a problem. There is obviously still some doubt as to whether the absent radial pulse should give rise to any alarm, provided the hand is a reasonable colour, and the circulation in it seems to be quite satisfactory. The author feels that it should, and it is the purpose of th...

A bo aged twelve years fell in 1949 and sustained a supracondvlar fracture of the right elbow with backward displacement of the lower fragment. On tile same day the fracture reduced. The hospital notes are scant ’ , but it seems likely that there some vascular damage at that time which escaped notice. Radiographs showed persistence of the backward displacement of the lower fragment, and ten day...

Although the ischaemic contracture that Volkmann described immediately suggests the familiar deformity of the forearm and hand, the first case he reported, in 1872, was of a contracture in the leg. The purpose of this paper is to review the features of fifteen cases of ischaemia in the leg following injuries or operations (the anterior tibial syndrome is excluded) that have come under the care ...

BACKGROUND The cardiopulmonary effects of the individual criteria air pollutants have been well investigated, but little is known about the cardiopulmonary effects of inhaled multipollutant mixtures that more realistically represent environmental exposures. OBJECTIVES We assessed the cardiopulmonary effects of exposure to photochemically altered particle-free multipollutant mixtures. METHOD...

conclusions scarring of the neck produces problems with function, and appearance. in our view, the supraclavicular flap, a thin flap of good texture, is an excellent and highly reliable flap for covering defects of the anterior neck. this flap is easy to harvest, with good functional and aesthetic results. results thirty-seven of the 41 flaps survived completely, but there were three cases of d...