E. A. Codman (1869-1940) was Boston born and bred: Harvard College, Harvard Medical School, and the Massachusetts General Hospital. This is hardly the background one would expect of a medical Don Quixote who spent his life tilting at professional windmills and fighting to advance his ideas,...
1. A tearing apart of an organ or tissue. Acute rupture of the biceps tendon with bruising. Acute rupture of the biceps tendon, with bruising. 2. A colloquial term for a hernia. SEE: hernia. There's more to see -- the rest of this topic is available only to subscribers....
In 22% of the scans there was no pathological finding. Conclusions: In our 4-year clinical experience with MRE this non-invasive and non-radiating modality proved to be a reliable technique for the evaluation and long-term follow-up of small bowel pathologies. The most common clinical ...
- 《Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery-british Volume》 被引量: 80发表: 1995年 [Simultaneous bilateral rupture of the quadriceps tendon]. Bilateral rupture of the quadriceps tendon is a rare injury. It usually occurs in obese older patients. Other predisposing factors are long-term chronic re.....
They are not always clinically apparent, especially when peritendinous synovia lead to adhesion of the tendon ends. Malpositioning of the fingers and often painful restrictions of movement are long-term effects. These can lead to ankylosis and affect other fingers and the use of the entire hand...
it does not mean that the heart fails to pump - it does mean a failure in an aspect of the heart's ability to complete an otherwise normal function. The symptoms and signs are almost identical to those seen with cardiomyopathy. Most cases of heart failure are chronic, long-term heart fai...
Examines the long-term results of patellar tendon ruptures in athletes treated by acute surgical repair. Characteristics of study population; Operative rep... Kuechle,David,K.,... - 《American Journal of Sports Medicine》 被引量: 57发表: 1994年 Bilateral, Sequential Rupture of the Patellar Te...
Although non-surgical and surgical approaches have been developed to repair acute closed Achilles tendon ruptures, the medical community still lacks a definitive consensus on which approach is superior. This study describes a new minimally invasive inter
Rupture of the quadriceps tendon is an uncommon yet serious injury requiring prompt diagnosis and early surgical management. It is more common in older (>40 years) individuals and sometimes is associated with underlying medical conditions. In particular, bilateral spontaneous rupture may be associated ...
Recent advances in the medical management of rheumatoid patients may significantly decrease the rates of spontaneous tendon rupture in the future. In the meantime, tendon transfer remains the first-line treatment of tendon rupture. At the time of surgery, the underlying disorder causing the rupture ...