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6,100 | 4,505 | Musculoskeletal impairments and physical disablement among the aged.
This article summarizes the results of a longitudinal investigation of the progression of sight, hearing, and musculoskeletal impairments and their association with change in physical disability, in 10 ADLs among members of the Massachusetts Health C... | C05 |
6,101 | 754 | Transient cyst-like cortical defects following fractures in children. Medullary fat within the subperiosteal haematoma.
Asymptomatic cyst-like cortical defects appearing after fractures in children have been occasionally reported.
Typically, these defects appear during fracture consolidation, within the newly formed ... | C05 |
6,102 | 3,084 | Renal disease in chronic arthritis of childhood. A study of urinary N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase and beta 2-microglobulin excretion.
Urinalyses of randomly obtained samples from children with various types of chronic arthritis revealed proteinuria in 2.3% of patients, hemoglobinuria in 3.5%, erythrocyturia in 4.1%, a... | C05 |
6,103 | 3,087 | Intravenous pulse cyclophosphamide therapy in myositis and Sjogren's syndrome.
We describe a patient with primary Sjogren's syndrome who developed myositis.
The results of muscle pathologic analysis before and after treatment with monthly pulses of cyclophosphamide (intravenously), are presented. | C05 |
6,104 | 4,181 | Arthrodesis of the ankle with cancellous-bone screws and fibular strut graft. Biomechanical analysis.
The stability of an arthrodesis with two cancellous-bone screws across the ankle joint was evaluated in eighteen ankles from fresh-frozen cadavera.
Tibiotalar motion was recorded in response to the following loading ... | C05 |
6,105 | 2,579 | Magnetic resonance imaging of radiation optic neuropathy.
Three patients with delayed radiation optic neuropathy after radiation therapy for parasellar neoplasms underwent magnetic resonance imaging.
The affected optic nerves and chiasms showed enlargement and focal gadopentetate dimeglumine enhancement.
The magneti... | C05 |
6,106 | 8,856 | The effects of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-related peptide on osteoclast resorption of bone slices in vitro: an analysis of pit size and the resorption focus.
The mechanism whereby PTH, a potent stimulator of bone resorption, may under certain circumstances exert anabolic effects on bone is not known, but it is ... | C05 |
6,107 | 5,351 | Electrophysiological spectrum of inclusion body myositis.
We present electrodiagnostic data on 30 patients with inclusion body myositis (IBM) in order to better delineate its electrophysiological features.
Comprehensive electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies (NCS) were performed in all cases.
Twelve pat... | C05 |
6,108 | 6,381 | A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
PURPOSE: The chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by profound fatigue, neuropsychiatric dysfunction, and frequent abnormalities in cell-mediated immunity.
No effective therapy is known.... | C05 |
6,109 | 3,627 | A sequential three-step lateral release for correcting fixed valgus knee deformities during total knee arthroplasty.
An approach to mild, moderate, and severe fixed valgus deformities of the knee is described.
The sequential approach to soft-tissue releases in the fixed valgus knee allows the surgeon to regain a neut... | C05 |
6,110 | 732 | Chiari pelvic osteotomy for osteoarthritis. The influence of the torn and detached acetabular labrum.
We assessed the results of Chiari pelvic osteotomy in 64 hips with early osteoarthritis in terms of acetabular labral detachment detected pre-operatively by arthrography.
At an average follow-up of four years, assess... | C05 |
6,111 | 9,931 | Synthesis and release of phospholipase A2 by unstimulated human articular chondrocytes.
High activity of proinflammatory, type II phospholipase A2 (PLA2) was found in synovial fluids (SF) in inflammatory arthritis.
In search for the sources of this PLA2, we cultured human articular chondrocytes and cartilage explants... | C05 |
6,112 | 5,456 | A case of dyschondroplasia associated with brain stem glioma: diagnosis by stereotactic biopsy.
We present a 24-year-old patient with multiple chondromas of both hands, the pelvis, the left leg, and an associated brain stem glioma.
There was no evidence of hemangioma or dyschromia, and the condition was diagnosed as ... | C05 |
6,113 | 7,011 | IgG and IgA antibodies to the collagen-like region of C1q in rheumatoid vasculitis.
We investigated the presence of IgG and IgA antibodies to C1q in serum samples from 80 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 31 patients with rheumatoid vasculitis, and 80 healthy controls.
IgG and IgA antibodies to C1q, as measure... | C05 |
6,114 | 4,180 | The lateral approach for operative release of post-traumatic contracture of the elbow.
A lateral approach was used to release a post-traumatic contracture of the elbow in seven patients, and the results were evaluated an average of thirty-eight months postoperatively.
Extension improved from an average flexion contra... | C05 |
6,115 | 464 | Measuring vibration sensations with graduated tuning fork. Simple and reliable means to detect diabetic patients at risk of neuropathic foot ulceration.
To find a simple and reliable means to measure vibration sensations, 189 diabetic patients and 88 control subjects were tested at different sites with a graduated tun... | C05 |
6,116 | 4,565 | Monosodium urate crystals stimulate phospholipase A2 enzyme activities and the synthesis of a phospholipase A2-activating protein.
Eicosanoids are important mediators of the inflammatory response to monosodium urate crystals (MSUC) that results in gout.
Phospholipase enzymes cleave fatty acids from membrane phospholi... | C05 |
6,117 | 6,040 | Effects of rib elongation on the spine. I. Distortion of the vertebral alignment in the rabbit.
Elongation of one rib on the right side by 1 cm was achieved in two groups of adult rabbits of different age, by osteotomy and application of a metallic expander.
The procedure resulted in immediate deviation of the spine ... | C05 |
6,118 | 3,077 | Specificity of antibodies to type II collagen in rheumatoid arthritis.
To reassess the role of autoantibodies to type II collagen in the pathogenesis of diseases, we studied antibodies from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and from patients with relapsing polychondritis for species specificity and collagen type... | C05 |
6,119 | 8,741 | Aerobic work capacity in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
OBJECTIVE--To determine the aerobic work capacity of patients with the chronic fatigue syndrome and compare it with that of two control groups, and to assess the patients' perception of their level of activity before and during illness.
DESIGN--A sympto... | C05 |
6,120 | 4,174 | Evaluation of an electrogoniometric instrument for measurement of laxity of the knee.
Eight lower extremities from cadavera were tested for anterior-posterior laxity in two positions before and after transection of the anterior cruciate ligament.
At critical points in the tests, electrogoniometric and radiographic me... | C05 |
6,121 | 295 | Intertrochanteric corrective osteotomy in slipped capital femoral epiphysis. A long-term follow-up study of 26 patients.
The results of intertrochanteric corrective osteotomy in a series of 26 hips with moderate to severe chronic slipped capital femoral epiphysis are reported from follow-up studies in 1976 and 1986.
... | C05 |
6,122 | 6,167 | Estrogen prophylaxis. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Recommendation: Although routine postmenopausal estrogen replacement is not recommended, estrogen therapy should be considered for asymptomatic women who are at increased risk for osteoporosis, who lack known contraindications and who have received adequat... | C05 |
6,123 | 6,041 | Effects of rib elongation on the spine. II. Correction of scoliosis in the rabbit.
Three intercostal nerves on the right side of growing rabbits were resected partially.
From 1 to 3 months later, moderate left-convex thoracic scoliosis with rotation of vertebrae had developed, and the sagittal curvatures of the spine... | C05 |
6,124 | 7,481 | Rotator cuff lesions: signal patterns at MR imaging.
The signal intensity patterns of rotator cuff lesions at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging were evaluated in 80 patients who had surgical correlation and in 13 asymptomatic individuals (14 shoulders).
Six cadaver shoulders were examined with MR, and histologic correl... | C05 |
6,125 | 2,002 | Dermatomyositis: correlative MR imaging and P-31 MR spectroscopy for quantitative characterization of inflammatory disease
Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and phosphorus-31 MR spectroscopy were used to examine four patients with dermatomyositis and five control subjects.
T2-weighted images of the thigh muscles of pa... | C05 |
6,126 | 2,917 | An unusual cause of thoracic mass.
A previously well 10 year old boy presented with scoliosis, a mass in the chest wall, and a pleural effusion.
Chest radiography showed the triad of chronic consolidation, pleural effusion, and rib periostitis.
Investigations confirmed thoracic actinomycosis.
Tissue spread was eval... | C05 |
6,127 | 3,074 | Imbalance between the mechanisms of activation and inhibition of metalloproteases in the early lesions of experimental osteoarthritis.
Levels of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteases (TIMP) and plasminogen activator (PA)/plasmin were measured and the distribution of PA was studied by immunohistochemical techniques in c... | C05 |
6,128 | 5,455 | Intradural herniation of a thoracic disc presenting as flaccid paraplegia: case report.
A case of intradural herniation of a thoracic disc in a patient with a flaccid paraplegia is described.
Intradural herniation of a thoracic disc is considered a rare event.
A review of the relevant patient literature revealed 14 ... | C05 |
6,129 | 5,352 | Central changes in hypothyroid myopathy: a case report.
A muscle biopsy from a patient with hypothyroid myopathy showed striking central changes.
"Cores" were seen in most type 1 fibers with oxidative enzyme preparations.
Electron microscopy of these areas revealed Z disc streaming, myofilament disruption, and absen... | C05 |
6,130 | 763 | A surgical approach to the cervicothoracic spine.
We describe a method for approaching the lower cervical and upper thoracic spine, the brachial plexus and related vessels.
The method involves the elevation of the medial corner of the manubrium, the sternoclavicular joint, and the medial half of the clavicle on a ped... | C05 |
6,131 | 6,030 | 1990 Volvo Award in experimental studies. Anulus tears and intervertebral disc degeneration. An experimental study using an animal model.
An animal model was developed to test the hypothesis that discrete peripheral tears within the anulus lead to secondary degenerative changes in other disc components.
In 21 adult s... | C05 |
6,132 | 736 | The incidence of deep vein thrombosis after cementless and cemented knee replacement.
The incidence of deep vein thrombosis in 244 patients who had total knee replacement has been studied.
In 120 the prosthesis was cemented and in 124 it was cementless.
In all cases the replacement was primary and a porous-coated pr... | C05 |
6,133 | 2,086 | Herniated intervertebral discs associated with unstable spinal injuries.
To examine the occurrence of traumatic herniated intervertebral discs associated with unstable spinal injuries, the authors reviewed the records of all patients with spinal cord level unstable spine injuries managed at their institution over a 26... | C05 |
6,134 | 7,841 | Bone fragility of the peripheral skeleton during fluoride therapy for osteoporosis.
Bone fragility during fluoride therapy for osteoporosis was observed in 24 (37.5%) of 64 patients treated with sodium fluoride, calcium, and vitamin D for 2.5 years who developed episodes of lower-limb pain during treatment.
Eighteen ... | C05 |
6,135 | 2,986 | Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome associated with L-tryptophan ingestion. Analysis of four patients and implications for differential diagnosis and pathogenesis
Four patients fulfilling the case definition for eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome are described, including one whose disease began in 1986.
Each displayed a variet... | C05 |
6,136 | 7,558 | Lymphoma presenting as a periorbital tumor.
Lymphoma is a common tumor of the periorbital region.
Facial radiographs may show a soft tissue mass.
Radiologic differential diagnosis of orbital masses is difficult.
Computed tomographic scanning with intravenous contrast medium is useful in diagnosing and staging neopl... | C05 |
6,137 | 4,852 | Limited precision of lumbar spine dual-photon absorptiometry by variations in the soft-tissue background.
The estimation error due to variations in soft-tissue baseline in lumbar bone mineral content (BMC) measured by dual-photon absorptiometry (DPA) was calculated with a new method of automatic baseline subtraction.
... | C05 |
6,138 | 9,736 | Open fractures of the tibia in children.
Forty-one children who had forty-two open fractures of the tibial metaphysis or diaphysis were studied retrospectively.
Twelve fractures were Type I; eighteen, Type II; six, Type IIIA; four, Type IIIB; and two, Type IIIC, according to the classification of Gustilo et al.
All ... | C05 |
6,139 | 8,851 | Effects of a multidisciplinary management program on neurologically impaired patients with dysphagia.
Dysphagia is a major problem in patients with neurologic disorders.
Aspiration pneumonia and impaired nutritional status are consequences of dysphagia that result in high morbidity and mortality rates.
Assessment an... | C05 |
6,140 | 9,916 | Adherent synovial cells from nonrheumatoid arthritis do not release interleukin 1 beta and prostaglandin E2 spontaneously in longterm culture.
Adherent synovial cells from both 13 patients without rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (gout, osteoarthritis and meniscal lesion) and 8 patients with RA consisted of dendritic cells, ... | C05 |
6,141 | 6,036 | Computer-assisted tomography of scoliosis operated with or without Harrington's rod. Biomechanics aspects of the fusion.
Forty-eight cases of posterior vertebral arthrodesis for scoliosis, performed with or without instrumentation, were examined using computed tomography (CT) scanning to study the evolving fusion mass... | C05 |
6,142 | 2,078 | Cytomegalovirus-induced osteomyelitis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
A 43-year-old man with AIDS had a periodontal abscess, no fever, and normal findings on funduscopic examination.
Three months later, the abscess area was debrided, and histologic examination of the tissue revealed osteomye... | C05 |
6,143 | 332 | Combined laminoplasty and posterolateral fusion for spinal canal surgery in children and adolescents.
Spinal deformities, especially kyphosis and instability, after laminectomy for tumors and other diseases, are major clinical problems.
Since 1981, combined laminoplasty and posterolateral fusion for the prevention of... | C05 |
6,144 | 9,335 | Peripheral neuropathy associated with eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
In 1989, the Centers for Disease Control recognized the existence of an epidemic illness characterized by myalgia and eosinophilia in individuals taking preparations containing L-tryptophan.
We evaluated 3 patients with eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome... | C05 |
6,145 | 7,839 | Simplified two-stage below-knee amputation for unsalvageable diabetic foot infections.
A simplified two-stage below-knee amputation for unsalvageable diabetic foot infections was done on 19 limbs with 84% good results for healing.
The first stage was the standard below-knee amputation with a long posterior flap in wh... | C05 |
6,146 | 5,014 | Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure associated with cocaine abuse.
Cocaine abuse has emerged as a major public health problem among young adults.
Illicit use of cocaine has been associated with an increasing array of medical complications.
Both traumatic and nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis, often complicated by acute... | C05 |
6,147 | 270 | The importance of calcium ions for in vitro malignant hyperthermia testing.
Intracellular Ca++ levels in skeletal muscle are elevated during the in vitro contracture response of muscle from subjects with malignant hyperthermia.
The role of Ca++ in the bathing medium and the consequences of substitution of Sr++ for Ca... | C05 |
6,148 | 8,781 | Orbital compartment syndrome. Direct measurement of orbital tissue pressure: 1. Technique.
Many disorders of the orbit produce an increase in intraorbital pressure, which may result in the development of an orbital compartment syndrome and visual loss.
Traditionally, orbital tension is assessed clinically by indirect... | C05 |
6,149 | 3,771 | Kyphoscoliosis and respiratory failure. A patient treated with assisted ventilation for 27 years.
A 62-year-old woman had had kyphoscoliosis since age 12 years.
Respiratory failure developed at age 35 years following a respiratory infection.
A tracheostomy was done and she required assisted ventilation using a respi... | C05 |
6,150 | 3,657 | Two- to four-year results of posterior cruciate-sparing condylar total knee arthroplasty with an uncemented femoral component.
One hundred fourteen hybrid Press-Fit Condylar total knee arthroplasties (TKAs) were reviewed an average of 2.8 years after surgery to determine if this method of implantation provided satisfa... | C05 |
6,151 | 3,091 | Alcohol and bone disease.
Alcohol is considered to be an important risk factor for various bone diseases but recent studies have shown that moderate alcohol intake can be beneficial to bone structure.
Alcohol decreases osteoblastic activity, leading to decreased bone formation and defective mineralization.
The chang... | C05 |
6,152 | 6,262 | Mother-daughter pairs: spinal and femoral bone densities and dietary intakes.
Bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine (L1-L4) and femur (femoral neck, Ward's triangle, and trochanter) was measured in 37 healthy, white mother-daughter pairs by dual-photon absorptiometry.
Mothers and daughters were aged 52 +/- 7... | C05 |
6,153 | 8,259 | Magnetic and electrical stimulation of cervical motor roots: technique, site and mechanisms of excitation.
Cervical motor roots and the brachial plexus were excited transcutaneously with magnetic (MagStim) and electrical stimulation (ElStim) applied dorsally over the spine and over the supraclavicular fossa (Erb's poi... | C05 |
6,154 | 7,422 | The effect of early fronto-orbital advancement on frontal sinus development and forehead aesthetics.
The frontal sinuses make an important contribution to normal forehead and glabellar contour.
This study was designed to test our clinical impression that early fronto-orbital ("frontal bone") advancement could have an... | C05 |
6,155 | 3,644 | Primary inflammatory reaction in synovial fluid and tissue in rabbit immobilization osteoarthritis.
The kinetics and composition of the primary cellular inflammatory process were studied in the synovial fluid (SF) and synovial tissue (ST) compartments of a rabbit knee immobilization osteoarthritis model.
Immobilizati... | C05 |
6,156 | 4,182 | Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia of Maroteaux.
The cases of four patients who had an unusual clinical entity of disproportionately short stature, referred to as spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia of Maroteaux, are described.
In patients who have this syndrome, the abnormalities are confined to the musculoskeletal system.
The ... | C05 |
6,157 | 2,654 | Reconstruction of mandibular defects in irradiated patients.
In this prospective study, mandibular reconstruction using titanium plates was evaluated in 31 patients treated between July 1988 and January 1990.
Sixteen patients had prior surgery; 13 had prior radiotherapy.
In 11 patients, prior radiation and surgery h... | C05 |
6,158 | 7,847 | Histologic, biochemical, and ion analysis of tissue and fluids retrieved during total hip arthroplasty.
Large amounts of metal and polyethylene debris and high ion readings are found in capsule and fibrous membranes of both loose titanium and cobalt-chromium stems.
Prostaglandin E2, interleukin-1, and collagenase lev... | C05 |
6,159 | 5,627 | Thrombocytosis after pneumonia with empyema and other bacterial infections in children.
Thrombocytosis is seen in association with many conditions, including infectious diseases.
We studied thrombocytosis after severe bacterial infections, particularly pneumonia with empyema in children.
A systematic survey of the p... | C05 |
6,160 | 5,883 | Estrogen therapy during menopause and the treatment of osteoporosis.
Estrogen remains the single most effective agent in the treatment of menopausal symptoms and prevention of bone loss.
This article focuses on the use of estrogen therapy during menopause and the pharmacotherapy of osteoporosis.
Risks and benefits o... | C05 |
6,161 | 8,528 | Asymptomatic rhabdomyolysis of unknown etiology.
A 7-year-old boy developed rhabdomyolysis with a peak creatine phosphokinase level of 261,400 IU/L after his appendectomy.
These abnormalities occurred following a 2-3-day illness consisting of upper respiratory tract symptoms, fever, and abdominal pain mimicking acute... | C05 |
6,162 | 6,692 | Erythromycin failure with subsequent Pasteurella multocida meningitis and septic arthritis in a cat-bite victim.
We report the case of a 75-year-old woman who developed Pasteurella multocida meningitis and septic arthritis while being treated for a cat-bite wound infection with erythromycin.
Review of the literature ... | C05 |
6,163 | 239 | Klinefelter's syndrome with anomalous origin of left main coronary artery
Klinefelter's syndrome is a rare entity.
Even rarer is an anomalous origin of the Left Main Coronary Artery.
For both conditions to occur in the same patient is hence exceedingly rare.
Reported here is a never previously reported case of a c... | C05 |
6,164 | 7,112 | Quantitative gamma-ray computed tomography of the radius in normal subjects and osteoporotic patients.
A new design of gamma-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner was used to measure bone density in 516 normal adults and in 116 female patients with osteoporotic fractures.
Trabecular bone density (TBD) was measured for... | C05 |
6,165 | 2,651 | Early facial reanimation following radical parotid and temporal bone tumor resections.
A retrospective study of 35 patients who underwent early facial reanimation following extirpative parotid and temporal bone surgery requiring facial nerve sacrifice was performed.
Regional facial reanimation performed immediately o... | C05 |
6,166 | 3,885 | Macrophage colony stimulating factor restores in vivo bone resorption in the op/op osteopetrotic mouse.
The op/op variant of murine osteopetrosis is a recessive mutation characterized by impaired bone resorption due to lack of osteoclasts.
Cultured osteoblasts and fibroblasts from this mutant do not secrete M-CSF act... | C05 |
6,167 | 4,049 | Calcium absorption in bone disease associated with chronic cholestasis during childhood.
Fractional absorption of calcium was determined in 9 children aged 4.9 to 16.9 yr with chronic cholestatic liver disease to determine the role of calcium malabsorption in the development of metabolic bone disease.
Radiological ev... | C05 |
6,168 | 2,487 | Phenotypic heterogeneity in osteogenesis imperfecta: the mildly affected mother of a proband with a lethal variant has the same mutation substituting cysteine for alpha 1-glycine 904 in a type I procollagen gene (COL1A1).
A proband with a lethal variant of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) has been shown to have, in one al... | C05 |
6,169 | 3,351 | Abdominal wall pain: an alternative diagnosis.
The cause of abdominal pain need not necessarily reside in the viscera; the abdominal wall is another source of symptoms.
Some causes of abdominal wall pain are obvious, e.g.
hernias, but not so others such as nerve entrapment syndromes.
This review is concerned with c... | C05 |
6,170 | 7,367 | Isolated congenital stapes ankylosis: surgical results in 32 ears and a review of the literature.
Isolated congenital stapes ankylosis is described in 32 operated ears from 28 patients.
In 27 ears, a regular stapedectomy was performed.
In the remaining 5 ears, 2 had stapes gushers, 2 had bony stapedial tendons, and ... | C05 |
6,171 | 5,620 | Heritability of symptoms in an experimental model of neuropathic pain.
Male and female rats underwent transection and ligation of the sciatic and saphenous nerves, and the development of autonomy was monitored.
The deafferented animals were then interbred, always selecting males and females that expressed relatively ... | C05 |
6,172 | 765 | Lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse in teenage twins. A case report and review of the literature.
We report the cases of teenage twin girls presenting within months of each other with severe symptoms from lumbosacral disc prolapses, requiring laminectomy in one and chemonucleolysis in the other.
CT scans showed simil... | C05 |
6,173 | 5,830 | Hypodense eosinophils and interleukin 5 activity in the blood of patients with the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
The recent recognition of the eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) associated with the ingestion of L-tryptophan prompted an analysis of the peripheral blood eosinophil phenotypes and of the serum eosinophi... | C05 |
6,174 | 8,583 | Epiretinal membrane contracture associated with macular prolapse.
We treated two patients with annular epiretinal membranes that produced unusual macular morphologic characteristics.
Contracture of the membranes caused herniation of macular tissue through a hole in the center of the membrane.
The membranes were remo... | C05 |
6,175 | 3,241 | Extradural abscess following local anaesthetic and steroid injection for chronic low back pain.
A case is described of extradural abscess following extradural injection of local anaesthetic and steroid for the management of chronic low back pain.
The common signs and symptoms are reviewed, possible causes discussed a... | C05 |
6,176 | 761 | The modified Schollner costoplasty.
The modified Schollner costoplasty is a cosmetic procedure for the correction of rib prominence deformity in scoliosis.
We present the results of the procedure in 21 patients who had previously undergone spinal fusion for scoliosis.
We found the procedure to be well tolerated with... | C05 |
6,177 | 2,091 | Metabolic bone disease in lumbar pseudarthrosis.
Pseudarthrosis occurs in many patients who undergo lumbar spine fusion and it has been suggested that abnormalities of bone metabolism contribute to it.
The authors evaluated 47 patients with pseudarthrosis for metabolic bone disease.
Symptomatic patients with pseudar... | C05 |
6,178 | 8,894 | Squamous cell carcinomas often produce more than a single bone resorption-stimulating factor: role of interleukin-1 alpha*.
Several cultured human squamous cell carcinoma cell lines (SCC-4, SCC-12B2, SCC-12F2, EC-GI-10, and BEN) and one normal keratinocyte line (Epy-1) were investigated for the production of bone reso... | C05 |
6,179 | 6,359 | Temporary loss of limb function secondary to soft tissue calcification in a patient with rhabdomyolysis-induced acute renal failure.
A case of unusually severe soft tissue calcification with temporary loss of limb function in a patient with rhabdomyolysis-induced acute renal failure (ARF) is described.
A large dose o... | C05 |
6,180 | 810 | Autoantibodies to the HLA-B27 sequence cross-react with the hypothetical peptide from the arthritis-associated Shigella plasmid.
We previously reported elevated serum antibody levels to a peptide representing the HLA-B27 polymorphic region (B27 peptide) in HLA-B27(+) ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients.
A plasmid (p... | C05 |
6,181 | 7,827 | Cementless total joint arthroplasty prostheses with titanium-alloy articular surfaces. A human retrieval analysis.
Surgical implants of titanium alloy (Ti-6Al-4V) have been found to be susceptible to abrasive wear, resulting in the well-known phenomenon of metallosis.
In the presence of the acrylic debris generated b... | C05 |
6,182 | 758 | Open transpedicular biopsy of the vertebral body.
We describe a method of obtaining a biopsy from the body of a vertebra by an open transpedicular route.
This minimises the danger of contamination of tissue planes and spaces. | C05 |
6,183 | 2,094 | A multicenter analysis of percutaneous discectomy.
This study was performed to evaluate a group of patients undergoing percutaneous discectomy.
All patients had a single level unilateral L4-5 or L5-S1 disc herniation documented on either computer tomographic (CT) scan, myelogram, and/or magnetic resonance imaging (MR... | C05 |
6,184 | 9,741 | Hazards of internal fixation in the treatment of slipped capital femoral epiphysis.
We reviewed the records of 202 patients (308 hips) in whom a slipped capital femoral epiphysis had been fixed with pins or screws.
A serious complication that was directly related to the use of internal fixation developed in eighty hi... | C05 |
6,185 | 7,469 | Association of vertebral end plate fracture with pediatric lumbar intervertebral disk herniation: value of CT and MR imaging.
A retrospective review of the radiologic findings in 31 patients less than 21 years old who underwent laminotomy for lumbar disk herniation revealed six cases of associated avulsion fracture of... | C05 |
6,186 | 9,939 | Septic Streptococcus milleri spondylodiscitis.
We describe 2 patients presenting lumbar spondylitis due to Streptococcus milleri.
In both cases origin was related to preexistent intestinal pathology.
Surgical drainage of a collection of pus was necessary in one case.
Longterm antibiotic therapy led to full recovery... | C05 |
6,187 | 5,780 | Fructose-induced aberration of metabolism in familial gout identified by 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
The hyperuricemia responsible for the development of gouty arthritis results from a wide range of environmental factors and underlying genetically determined aberrations of metabolism.
31P magnetic resonance ... | C05 |
6,188 | 4,935 | Evaluation of anterior maxillary alveolar ridge resorption when opposed by the transmandibular implant.
Fifteen edentulous patients with complaints regarding denture comfort and/or function were treated with the transmandibular implant.
All patients were restored with conventional maxillary dentures opposed by implan... | C05 |
6,189 | 5,611 | Cross-sectional radiography for implant site assessment.
An accurate tomographic technique is described for acquisition of optimal cross-sectional images of implant sites before implant surgery.
The described technique is applicable to tomographic systems equipped with a cephalometric head positioner.
This cross-sec... | C05 |
6,190 | 2,274 | Disc space infection: a case report with MRI diagnosis.
Vertebral disc space infection is an uncommon cause of back pain.
Physical findings may be unimpressive and laboratory evaluation may only disclose an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
Magnetic resonance imaging is particularly useful, since it reveals a... | C05 |
6,191 | 3,300 | Prediction of hip fracture in elderly women: a prospective study
OBJECTIVE--To assess the relative importance of osteoporosis of the os calcis, cognisance, and mobility in the risk of subsequent fracture of the hip in elderly women.
DESIGN--Prospective study of elderly women in residential care over two years.
SETT... | C05 |
6,192 | 2,653 | Mandibular reconstruction with composite microvascular tissue transfer.
Microvascular free tissue transfer has provided a variety of methods of restoring vascularized bone and soft tissue to difficult defects created by tumor resection and trauma.
Over 7 years, 26 patients have undergone 28 free flaps for mandibular ... | C05 |
6,193 | 9,133 | Sternoclavicular septic arthritis due to haemophilus influenzae.
We have reported a case of septic sternoclavicular arthritis illustrating a rare complication of infection with a relatively common pathogen, Haemophilus influenze.
Early identification of the infecting organism and appropriate antibiotic therapy are es... | C05 |
6,194 | 7,531 | Magnetic resonance imaging and the nonoperative treatment of spinal epidural abscess.
This report describes three patients with spinal epidural abscess diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging and treated nonoperatively.
Prior to treatment, one patient was neurologically intact, one patient demonstrated a moderate neu... | C05 |
6,195 | 9,914 | Joint inflammation provoked by a local synovial allergic reaction.
Homocytotropic antibody was stimulated in animals by administering protein antigens in a vaccine with B.
pertussis adjuvant.
The titers of the allergic antibody responses were judged by passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reactions.
Sera or globulin fract... | C05 |
6,196 | 7,544 | Flurbiprofen versus diclofenac for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee.
Seventy-four patients were enrolled in this double-blind, randomized single-center study to evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness of 50 mg tid regimens of flurbiprofen or diclofenac sodium in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
By ... | C05 |
6,197 | 5,159 | Diclofenac-associated hepatotoxicity
Diclofenac sodium, a phenylacetic acid-derived nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) recently released in the United States, was associated with the development of significant hepatitis in seven patients, with one associated death.
Signs and symptoms developed within severa... | C05 |
6,198 | 9,734 | Prerandomization: an alternative to classic randomization. The effects on recruitment in a controlled trial of arthroscopy for osteoarthrosis of the knee.
Possibly the greatest threat to the success of a randomized clinical trial is the inability to recruit an adequate number of subjects.
Concern that the randomized ... | C05 |
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Sternocostoclavicular hyperostosis is a rare rheumatic condition characterized by ossification and erosion of the clavicle and the first rib, that has been shown to be associated with pustular skin lesions.
We present 2 cases, one of... | C05 |
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