The verdict: Tornmeniscus
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stipeygirl75Posted
Thu 09 Dec 2010 12:00am
OK when the doc announced I needed another surgery, he expressed extreme dismay and said, "What is going on with your body? You're set to have more surgeries than ME!" I'd guess he's in his mid 40s. I don't really feel that way at all - I know I have EDS/Chiari and that's why my body tends to fall apart more quickly than others. I'm OK with that ...
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Trick of the Trade: Finger nailbed laceration repair
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Michelle LinPosted
Wed 06 Jan 2010 12:00am
Over the years, I have been frustrated by how inelegant finger nailbed closure is. Nailbed lacerations are often sustained by a major crush injury, resulting in a stellate and irregular laceration pattern. This typically also requires the crushed fingernail to be removed. Cosmesis is never ideal because pieces of the nailbed are often missing, ...
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Trick of the Trade: Hemostasis of finger laceration
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Michelle LinPosted
Wed 24 Nov 2010 12:00am
Lacerations of the finger can bleed quite profusely because of digital vascularity. This obscures the provider's ability to perform a careful exam and can make suturing quite difficult. Simple direct pressure over the laceration often controls the bleeding.
What if this doesn't work?
Trick of the Trade:
Glove tourniquet "ring ...
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Trick of the trade: Irrigating scalp lacerations
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Michelle LinPosted
Wed 27 Jan 2010 12:00am
Thanks to my new-found Emergency Medicine friend in Turkey, Dr. John Fowler has some useful tips about scalp lacerations.
Often patients with scalp lacerations have clotted blood in their hair. While we can irrigate the wound itself (and unavoidably soaking the patient in cold irrigation fluid), a lot of blood remains stuck in their hair. I ...
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Hand lacerations important health risk in commercial fishermen
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Annet LenderinkPosted
Wed 06 Jan 2010 10:09am
In this study 210 fishermen were interviewed. Over their careers, 56 subjects (27%) had been returned to shore as an emergency for medical reasons. Most emergency evacuations were for acute injuries, and only 5 were for illness. Fifty-five fishermen had suffered injuries in the past year, including 12 that had caused loss of more than 3 day ...
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Meniscus tears increase knee ost ...
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Dr. Rubens D.Posted
Thu 19 Mar 2009 3:50pm
and 79.
Individuals with minor meniscaltear were 3 times more likely than those with no meniscal damage to develop knee osteoarthritis, the authors report. For people with more severe meniscal damage, the risk was 8 times greater.
The results strongly suggest that meniscaltear "is a potent structural risk factor" for the development of osteoarthritis
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Clinical Examination for Meniscus
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Mike ReinoldPosted
Mon 07 Sep 2009 10:26pm
the lateral or medial meniscus was torn.
The researchers ultimately found that:
Joint line tenderness was found to be the superior test in terms of sensitivity, followed... DH, Simel DL, Bates DW, et al. The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have a tornmeniscus or ligament of the knee? Value of the physical examination. JAMA. 2001
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The verdict is in...
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Lisa ..Posted
Fri 14 Jan 2011 8:00am
I met with the Orthopedic Surgeon yesterday to discuss the results of my MRI.
As it turns out, I have a tornmeniscus in my left knee.
How did I manage that?
Anyhow, surgery is scheduled for January 27th.
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Questions About Meniscus Injury, Surgery, Rehab
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Doug K.Posted
Tue 19 Jan 2010 3:47pm
us that she has a torn ACL and tear of medial cartilage
(meniscus). He also mentioned that he couldn’t see any ACL fragments so
it could be from an earlier injury which... clients with partial meniscaltears, some operated on and some not, who have done quite well in rehab as well as folks with meniscal repairs. But, as I mentioned earlier
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