Medicine
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Observational Study
Treatment of Severely Displaced Radial Neck Fractures in Children With Percutaneous K-wire Leverage and Closed Intramedullary Pinning.
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of percutaneous K-wire leverage (PKWL) reduction and closed intramedullary pinning (CIMP) for the treatment of pediatric radial neck fractures. From June 2010 to December 2013, a total of 50 children with Judet III and IV radial neck fractures were treated at our hospital. Manual closed reduction was first attempted to reduce the radial neck fractures. ⋯ Three patients, however, treated with open reduction showed 10 to 20° limitation in range of motion of the elbow. No other complications were seen. Percutaneous K-wire leverage and CIMP are safe and effective for the treatment of pediatric Judet III and IV radial neck fractures.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of Clinical Efficacy Between Interlaminar and Transforaminal Epidural Injection in Patients With Axial Pain due to Cervical Disc Herniation.
Transforaminal (TF) approach is preferred by physician to interlaminar (IL) approach because it can deliver injectates directly around nerve root and dorsal root ganglion, which is regarded as main pain sources. Axial neck pain is originated from sinuvertebral nerve located in ventral epidural spaces, which has been described to be related to central or paramedian disc herniation. It is very questionable that TF injection is also more effective than IL injection in the patients with axial neck or interscapular pain. ⋯ Cervical epidural injection showed favorable results in 2 weeks and moderate results in 8 weeks in patients with axial pain due to cervical disc herniation. IL and TF showed no significant difference in clinical efficacy. Considering TF was relevant to more serious side effects, IL was more recommendable in these patients.
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Review Case Reports
Infiltrating Lipoma of the Right Ventricle Involving the Interventricular Septum and Tricuspid Valve: Report of a Rare Case and Literature Review.
Cardiac lipoma, which are primary cardiac tumors, are rare entities often detected incidentally during imaging. There have been very few reports on the right ventricle (RV) lipoma. Here, we present a case of RV infiltrating lipoma involving the interventricular septum (IVS) and the tricuspid valve. ⋯ Surgical excision is the main therapeutic intervention, which is always performed in cases of symptomatic lipoma or when malignancy is suspected. Multimodality imaging would be great help in the diagnosis of cardiac lipoma. Echocardiography is a convenient method for follow-up.
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Few studies have evaluated the impacts of excessive sleep duration on falls. This study investigated the associations between sleep duration and falls among Korean adults in a wide range of age groups while adjusting for numerous confounding factors. Data collected from study participants ranging in age from 19 to 109 years old were analyzed from the 2013 Korean Community Health Survey (KCHS). ⋯ Six hours of sleep was not significantly associated with falls (≥2 times per year) in the 61+ year age group, and 8 and 9 hours of sleep were not significantly associated with falls (≥2 times a year) in the 19 to 40 year age group. This study demonstrated that long as well as short sleep durations are associated with an increased incidence of falls. However, these relations were not evident in elderly populations with short sleep durations or in young adults with long sleep durations.
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Immediate postmastectomy reconstruction has become an increasingly popular choice for breast cancer patients recently. However, whether molecular subtype of cancer impacts the incidence of breast reconstruction is unclear. We aimed to investigate the association between breast cancer subtype defined by immunohistochemistry hormone receptor (HR) and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) status and recent rates of immediate postmastectomy reconstruction in the United States. ⋯ This population-based study determined that breast cancer subtype was an independent predictor for the utilization of immediate postmastectomy reconstruction. Patients with HER2-overexpressing or triple negative breast cancer subtype that has relatively higher risk of local recurrence, were less likely to receive immediate breast reconstruction than those with luminal tumors. Further studies are needed to disclose more underlying reasons of different reconstruction incidences for distinct subtypes of breast cancer.