Chirurgie de la main
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Chirurgie de la main · Apr 2010
Case ReportsRupture of flexor tendon following volar plate of distal radius fracture. Report of five cases.
We report three cases of complete rupture of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL) tendon, one case of complete rupture of the index and middle finger flexor digitorum profundus tendons and one case of rupture of the flexor digitorum profundus tendon to the index finger after placement of a volar plate for distal radius fracture. We review the literature and discuss the aetiology of tendon ruptures and techniques to prevent tendon attition.
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Chirurgie de la main · Apr 2010
Continuous at-home postoperative analgesia using a catheter in the case of hand surgery: preliminary study about 40 cases.
In hand surgery, ever since continuous at-home postoperative analgesia (CPA) was implemented, procedures which cause pain for more than 24h can now be performed in ambulatory surgery. The aim of our work was to study the feasibility of CPA. Our series comprised 40 patients with a mean age of 50 years. ⋯ However, technical success was almost always achieved. Our results show that the indications for ambulatory surgery could be extended and hospital-private practice networks be further developed. CPA appears to be a promising technique for analgesia and ambulatory surgery.
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Chirurgie de la main · Apr 2010
[Central-medullary nailing of proximal humerus fractures using T2 nails. A retrospective study of 38 cases].
The intramedullary nailing of humerus has emerged as one of the treatments of reference for proximal fractures. We have reviewed 38 patients aged 64.2 on average with a mean follow of 18 months. The functional scores used were the Constant and Murley's score as well as the DASH self-administered quality of life questionnaire. ⋯ Intramedullary nailing allows fixation of comminuted fractures with three or four fragments, but control of fixing and strength of assembly were not always practiced. In young patients, where tuberosities consolidation is essential, screwed plates seem to be a favorable alternative. Moreover, total reverse prosthesis seems to have more and more arguments to impose itself like the preferred treatment towards fractures in four fragments in people aged over 75 years.
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Chirurgie de la main · Feb 2010
Case Reports[Hand and foot acrometastasis secondary to breast carcinoma].
Hands and feet acrometastases are rarely observed. The authors report a case of bone metastasis to the left thumb and the right second metatarsal bone in a 37-year-old woman with breast carcinoma. Through this case report, mechanisms of such metastases are reviewed.
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Chirurgie de la main · Feb 2010
Case ReportsTrans-scaphoid perilunate dislocation with fractured carpal bones in a child.
Transcarpal fractures and dislocations in children are rarely reported in the orthopedics literature. This is a report of a 10-year-old boy who sustained a trans-scaphoid perilunate dislocation with fractures across the carpal structure: these included injuries to the scaphoid, capitate and triquetrum bones. ⋯ The injury healed well with a full return of good wrist function. This unusual pattern of injury is described so that it may be more readily appreciated in the future.